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How to Synergize Veigar with Caitlyn on the Same TeamVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar with Caitlyn

How to Win With Veigar and Caitlyn Paired TogetherVeigar is in the a tier of champions
Mage
Marksman

How to Synergize Veigar and Caitlyn

based on 12,224 Veigar with Caitlyn pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.11
Pick Rate
9.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Veigar has fought alongside Caitlyn in 12224 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the developers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Veigar play with Caitlyn. It is common for Veigar to play alongside Caitlyn on the same team. This has happened in approx. 9.1% of games with Veigar.

Veigar Caitlyn Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Veigar does a dismal job of fighting on the same side as Caitlyn. Usually, he wins an acceptable 48.7% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Veigar when playing with Caitlyn by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Veigar vs Caitlyn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveLiandry's TormentBanshee's VeilRod of Ages

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 StrikeTriple TonicBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive 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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Veigar and Caitlyn

Tips for Playing as Veigar with Caitlyn

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 Understand How Caitlyn Will Play

Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.

Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.

Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.

Veigar Caitlyn Synergy Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Caitlyn Image
6.9
< Kills >
7
6.2
< Deaths >
6.3
6.2
< Assists >
6.3
1.59
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
166
< Minions Killed >
167
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.49
658
< Physical Damage >
662
22,156
< Magic Damage >
22,050
598
< True Damage >
588
23,413
< Damage Dealt >
23,300
19,371
< Damage Taken >
19,199
12,100
< Gold Earned >
12,112
1.99
< Towers >
2.02
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
1,923
< Total Healing >
1,904
14,647
< Experience >
14,485
22
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
11
88
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Play with Caitlyn as Veigar in LoL

The Veigar Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Veigar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Caitlyn helps Veigar perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Veigar is paired with Caitlyn, he sees a little increase in his full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Caitlyn supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Veigar is played together with Caitlyn on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Caitlyn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Caitlyn.

Additionally, when Veigar plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Caitlyn does a poor job of covering Veigar in teamfights.

Synergies between Veigar and Caitlyn

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Caitlyn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Veigar
Caitlyn

Is Veigar better when played alongside Caitlyn?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Veigar that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical companion for Veigar. By playing on the same team as Veigar, she drops their win rate by -0.6% to 48.7%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Veigar and Caitlyn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Veigar. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Caitlyn allies to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by grouping Veigar and Caitlyn together, you will not be granting your other allies much engage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar Caitlyn Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Veigar and Caitlyn, we analyzed 12,224 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Veigar with Caitlyn comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Veigar in order to pair well with Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Veigar and Caitlyn synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Cryptbloom, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar used at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Veigar boasted an average win rate of 48.7% helping carry Caitlyn with this build.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.

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