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How to Win Warwick vs Veigar Counter MatchupWarwick is in the a tier of champions

Warwick vs Veigar

How to Beat Veigar as Warwick in LoLWarwick is in the b tier of champions
FighterTank
Mage

How to Beat Veigar as Warwick

based on 6,463 Warwick vs Veigar matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. In our data, Warwick faced Veigar 6463 times. Using so many matchups for Warwick vs Veigar provides us faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to defeat your opponent. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Warwick fights Veigar in only 3.9% of his games.

Warwick vs Veigar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Warwick has done a poor job of countering Veigar. Normally, he wins a acceptable 49.4% of games the champions fight one another in. In Warwick versus Veigar rounds, Warwick’s team is 0.2% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Veigar.

Best Warwick vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerVampiric Scepter

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceBlade of The Ruined KingTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

TerminusSterak's GageDeath's DanceSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Veigar as Warwick

Tips for Playing as Warwick against Veigar

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

Advice to Win Against Veigar

Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.

Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.

Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.

Warwick vs Veigar Counter Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Veigar Image
7.4
< Kills >
7.2
6.9
< Deaths >
6.3
6.7
< Assists >
6.7
1.72
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
50
< Minions Killed >
161
1.46
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.5
7,303
< Physical Damage >
699
8,931
< Magic Damage >
22,697
847
< True Damage >
615
17,081
< Damage Dealt >
24,012
41,124
< Damage Taken >
18,923
11,746
< Gold Earned >
12,062
1.36
< Towers >
2.02
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
22,164
< Total Healing >
1,820
13,511
< Experience >
14,372
20
< Vision Score >
21
7
< Wards Placed >
11
292
< Time Dealing CC >
89

How to Counter Veigar with Warwick in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some critical Warwick against Veigar counter stats that can help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..

Warwick often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Veigar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Warwick and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Warwick
Veigar

Who is Better, Warwick or Veigar?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually fairs equally well when facing off against Veigar, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes an ok counter for Veigar.

While Warwick does have a lower win rate compared to Veigar, when they face off with one another, Warwick also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Veigar.

Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Veigar. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Veigar.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick vs Veigar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Veigar as Warwick, we analyzed 6,463 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 Veigar as Warwick 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 learn all of the intricacies of Warwick to counter Veigar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Warwick often picks up a lot less CS relative to Veigar. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Warwick versus Veigar build consist of Trinity Force, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Veigar than with most other common builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Veigar with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Veigar as Warwick, Warwick players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Warwick vs Veigar counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.

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