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

Veigar with Garen

How to Win With Veigar and Garen Paired TogetherVeigar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Veigar and Garen

based on 5,046 Veigar with Garen pairs
Win Rate
48.9 %
K/D/A
2.09
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Veigar has been on the same team as Garen in 5046 recent, ranked games. By accumulating so much great data straight from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Veigar play with Garen. It is relatively rare for Veigar to play alongside Garen on the same team. This has only happened in approximately 3.7% of games with Veigar.

Veigar Garen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Veigar has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as Garen. On average, he wins an acceptable 48.9% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Veigar when playing with Garen by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Veigar vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Void StaffShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomZhonya's HourglassSeraph's Embrace

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
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Q
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Veigar and Garen

Tips for Playing as Veigar with Garen

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 Garen Will Play

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

Veigar Garen Synergy Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
48.9 %
VS
Win Rate
51.1 %
Garen Image
6.9
< Kills >
7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.3
6.5
< Assists >
6.3
1.58
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
165
< Minions Killed >
167
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.49
661
< Physical Damage >
662
22,623
< Magic Damage >
22,050
607
< True Damage >
588
23,891
< Damage Dealt >
23,300
19,437
< Damage Taken >
19,199
12,123
< Gold Earned >
12,112
1.96
< Towers >
2.02
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
1,903
< Total Healing >
1,904
14,519
< Experience >
14,485
22
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
11
90
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Play with Garen as Veigar in LoL

The Veigar Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Garen helps Veigar perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Veigar is an ally to Garen, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Garen helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Veigar is played together with Garen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Garen.

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

Synergies between Veigar and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Veigar
Garen

Is Veigar better when played alongside Garen?

There is no perfect ally for Veigar that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Garen is a very typical ally for Veigar. By being on the same side as Veigar, he decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 48.9%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Veigar and Garen that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Garen has a lower difficulty than Veigar. That means Veigar players don't need to be careful when finding Garen teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, Veigar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Veigar and Garen together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of sustained damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Garen teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar Garen Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Veigar and Garen, we analyzed 5,046 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 Garen 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 to synergize with Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to have in your Veigar and Garen synergy build include Void Staff, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Veigar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Garen than with many other common builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, you should equip 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 rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% winrate overall.

If you want to see Veigar with Garen cooperations tips and stats for a an individual skill level, please select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies given are computed using all matches with data with these champions.