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

Veigar with Shaco

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

based on 4,814 Veigar with Shaco pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Veigar has gone into battle with Shaco in 4814 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data from the hosts of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can present to you high-quality, insightful builds to help Veigar synergize with Shaco. It is relatively rare for Veigar to play alongside Shaco as allies. This pairing has only occurred in about 3.6% of rounds with Veigar.

Veigar Shaco Synergy Summary

Veigar does a average job of teaming up with Shaco. Typically, he wins an acceptable 50.2% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Veigar when playing alongside Shaco by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Veigar vs Shaco 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 DeathcapBanshee's VeilLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassStormsurgeVoid StaffShadowflame

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
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Veigar and Shaco

Tips for Playing as Veigar with Shaco

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 Shaco Will Play

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

Veigar Shaco Synergy Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Shaco Image
7.5
< Kills >
7
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
6.7
< Assists >
6.3
1.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
176
< Minions Killed >
167
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.49
683
< Physical Damage >
662
23,937
< Magic Damage >
22,050
631
< True Damage >
588
25,252
< Damage Dealt >
23,300
20,201
< Damage Taken >
19,199
12,701
< Gold Earned >
12,112
2.07
< Towers >
2.02
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
2,043
< Total Healing >
1,904
15,210
< Experience >
14,485
21
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
11
92
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Play with Shaco as Veigar in LoL

The Veigar Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Shaco helps Veigar perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Veigar is an ally to Shaco, he sees a noticable increase in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Shaco supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Veigar is played with Shaco on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Shaco. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shaco.

Moreover, when Veigar plays with Shaco on the same side, he typically receives more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Shaco does a poor job of covering Veigar in teamfights.

Synergies between Veigar and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Veigar
Shaco

Is Veigar better when played alongside Shaco?

There is no one best companion for Veigar that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Shaco is a very typical ally for Veigar. By playing on the same team as Veigar, he raises their win rate by 0.9% to 50.2%. This signals that there is a weak synergy between Veigar and Shaco that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Shaco has a greater difficulty than Veigar. That means you should be cautious when arranging Shaco teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Veigar players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by aligning Veigar and Shaco together, you will not be providing your side much protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Shaco ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar Shaco Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Veigar and Shaco, we analyzed 4,814 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 Shaco 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 learn all of the intricacies of Veigar to pair well with Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to get in your Veigar and Shaco synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Banshee's Veil, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Shaco than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 50.2% helping carry Shaco with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, 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 builds we have analyed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

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