Veigar vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Veigar
based on 4,881 Veigar vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Shaco
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
Advice to Win Against Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Veigar vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Veigar against Shaco matchup stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shaco..
Veigar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Shaco
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Who is Better, Veigar or Shaco?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when taking on Shaco, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes an ok counter for Shaco.
While Veigar does have a higher winrate than Shaco, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Shacoas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Shaco matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Veigar is a decent counter for Shaco. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar often accumulates much more CS as Shaco. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Shaco build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Stormsurge. When Veigar used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Shaco than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Shaco with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Shaco as Veigar, Veigar players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Veigar vs Shaco clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Shaco as Veigar are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.