Veigar vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Veigar
based on 6,113 Veigar vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Veigar vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Veigar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Veigar versus Xerath matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xerath..
Veigar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Xerath. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Xerath
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Who is Better, Veigar or Xerath?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually loses when playing against Xerath, with a 45.8% win rate. Thus, Veigar makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Veigar does have a much lower win rate compared to Xerath, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Veigar into Xerathas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Veigar is a terribly counter for Xerath. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Veigar against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Veigar to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Veigar versus Xerath build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Banshee's Veil, and Stormsurge. When Veigar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Xerath than with most other typical builds. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 45.8% battling Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Xerath as Veigar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Veigar vs Xerath counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.8% win rate overall.
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