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How to Win Veigar vs Viego Counter MatchupVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar vs Viego

How to Beat Viego as Veigar in LoLVeigar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Viego as Veigar

based on 5,199 Veigar vs Viego matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our data, Veigar engaged Viego 5199 times. Having so many matchups for Veigar versus Viego provides us faith in our capability to prepare informative data and a recommended build to smash Viego. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Veigar fights Viego in only 3.9% of his matches.

Veigar vs Viego Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Veigar has done a poor job of beating Viego. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.0% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Veigar versus Viego matches, Veigar’s team is 0.1% less probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood against Viego.

Best Veigar vs Viego Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameVoid StaffStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Veigar to level upq
>
Second ability for Veigar to level upw
>
Last skill for Veigar to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Veigar's passive ability p
Veigar's q ability q
Veigar's w ability w
Veigar's e ability e
Veigar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Viego as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Viego

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.

Veigar vs Viego Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Viego Image
6.9
< Kills >
7.4
6.1
< Deaths >
6.2
6.3
< Assists >
6.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.74
167
< Minions Killed >
35
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
1.77
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.43
643
< Physical Damage >
14,950
21,618
< Magic Damage >
2,039
622
< True Damage >
850
22,885
< Damage Dealt >
17,839
18,583
< Damage Taken >
33,559
12,033
< Gold Earned >
12,226
2.03
< Towers >
1.41
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
1,806
< Total Healing >
16,612
14,386
< Experience >
13,965
21
< Vision Score >
22
11
< Wards Placed >
6
86
< Time Dealing CC >
228

How to Counter Viego with Veigar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Veigar vs. Viego matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viego’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viego..

Veigar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Viego. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Veigar and Viego

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Viego
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Viego

Who is Better, Veigar or Viego?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when playing against Viego, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter for Viego.

While Veigar does have a lower win rate than Viego, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Viegoas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Veigar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viego. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Viego matchups, Viego is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Viego. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Veigar against Viego.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Viego Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viego as Veigar, we analyzed 5,199 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Viego as Veigar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Veigar to counter Viego during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar on average gets much more CS compared to Viego. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The best items to use in your Veigar versus Viego build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cryptbloom, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Viego than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Viego with this build.

To have the best probability of defeating Viego 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 combinations players picked for Veigar vs Viego clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.

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