Mid

Veigar Build 26.22

Veigar's passive stacks ability power permanently, so every cast and kill makes the next Primordial Burst hit harder. Event Horizon is a cage that stuns anyone crossing its edge, and the whole champion hinges on landing that stun. A situational pick at 48.1% and on the way down this patch, but a caged target is as good as a dead one, so build for yourself and play around the cage.

#90 of 120 mid this patch · 2.4k games

Win rate48.1%−2.0Games2.4kPick rate2.8%Ban rate0.9%Last 8 patches−2.7 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 95%AD 3%True 2%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 48.1% WR

Spells

Flash + Teleport Start

Spellslinger's Shoes SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

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LoL ClassicSee how Veigar was built in the classic eraVeigar Classic Build

When Is Veigar Strongest?

The high point is the late game, so every extra minute helps, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. Veigar looks for one thing: a target he can trap in the cage, then chain the blast and the ult, since a single clean combo can decide the whole teamfight.

Game timeline · Veigar drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end29:23

Ambush zone7:54–9:24 Power spike 25:20

~5:50

11:56

20:55

25:20

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 48/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~5.2k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Stormsurge · 20:55

Veigar Item Build

Veigar is a mage with no ceiling on his power. Every kill and cage stacks permanent ability power, so his build just feeds that engine, turning his cage-and-nuke combo into an outright one-shot on any squishy he traps.

Standard loadout · Veigar The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Ring×1

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes75% · 49.5%

Crimson Lucidity25% · 49.4%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.B

Banshee's Veil13854.3%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass53851.1%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.V

Void Staff21557.7%S

Shadowflame48851.6%C

Cryptbloom30851.3%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.F

Farsight Alteration91350.3%O

Oracle Lens17850.0%S

Stealth Ward1.3k46.2%

Best Veigar Runes

First Strike lines up with how he wants to fight, cashing in the moment he lands his combo on a caged target. Trap them with Event Horizon, drop the burst, and the rune tacks on extra. Keep the rest focused on getting his spells online while he stacks.

The pre-game page First Strike · Inspiration + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Inspiration Primary

First StrikeWhen you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Magical Footwear40% · 48.7%

Biscuit Delivery38% · 47.5%

Cosmic Insight47% · 48.0%

Keystone plus three minors from Inspiration, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Manaflow Band89% · 47.8%

Transcendence89% · 47.9%

Stat shards Offense

Ability Haste+8 Ability Haste

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +8Ability Haste+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Falling behind early is recoverable on this scaling curve. The build wants Luden's Echo into Stormsurge, and once Stormsurge is up by roughly 21 minutes his combo crosses from painful to lethal on any squishy he cages. Farm the passive stacks patiently until then, because his damage only climbs and the item just gets him there sooner.

Veigar Skill Order

Points 1, 4, 5 and 7 go into Baleful Strike, then Dark Matter cuts in at 8, one level ahead of the fifth bolt rank at 9. Event Horizon holds the point it took at 3 until 14, so the cage stays where it started for eleven levels.

Skill order · Veigar R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W28101213max 13

E314151718max 18

R61116max 16

Veigar Abilities

Baleful Strike is the other half of his scaling, a bolt that hits the first two enemies and hands over permanent ability power for anything it last-hits. Dark Matter feeds the loop back, its long delay shrinking as his stacks pile up until it falls almost on cooldown.

Abilities · Veigarpatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Phenomenal Evil PowerPassiveP

Baleful StrikeMax 1stQ

Dark MatterMax 2ndW

Event HorizonMax lastE

Primordial BurstUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Baleful StrikeMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+40 per rank+50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% APlv 180lv 4120lv 5160lv 7200lv 9240Cost+5 per ranklv 130lv 435lv 540lv 745lv 950Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 16slv 45.5slv 55slv 74.5slv 94s

Veigar Base Stats

Base stats · VeigarPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD52+2.7AS0.625+2.24%MS340Range550HP580+108HP56.5+0.6Armor18+5.2MR32+1.3MP490+26MP58+0.8

Veigar Matchups

Veigar's matchups hinge entirely on the cage. Trap a target inside it and the combo lands for free, but anything with a dash or a flash to break out slips the stun, and his short range means he eats a lot of poke setting it up.

Lane matchups · Veigar click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs AP mages 01Sidestep their skillshots; punish each miss with Q poke and stacks.02Push with Q and roam; deny their mage free scaling turns.03Build magic resist for their burst; land E W R combo after. Win rate by game lengthVeigar overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min40.7%20–28 min44.7%28–35 min49.4%Over 35 min54.0%

Watch for Annie, Azir, and Vex, who can slip through the cage and punish how immobile he is, so hold Event Horizon to stop their engage rather than start yours. He locks down Galio, Xerath, and Anivia with ease, since a caged target simply gets deleted, so zone them off the map and keep farming his stacks.

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