Best Veigar Mid Build Guide: Runes, Items and Win Rates [53.4% WR]

Best Veigar Mid Build Guide: Runes, Items and Win Rates [53.4% WR]

By Marcus Chen

December 14, 2024 at 11:12 AM

Veigar is a powerful mid lane mage who scales infinitely with his passive ability to gain AP from farming. His success relies heavily on proper positioning and ability usage.

Core Build

  • Summoner Spells: Flash, Teleport
  • First Items: Rod of Ages > Sorcerer's Shoes > Archangel's Staff
  • Core Items: Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass
  • Ability Order: Q > W > E

Recommended Runes

  • Primary: First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight
  • Secondary: Manaflow Band, Transcendence
  • Shards: Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, Health Scaling

Key Tips

  • Use Q to farm and stack AP by hitting multiple minions
  • Save E (Event Horizon) for escapes or securing kills
  • Target squishy enemies with ultimate for quick picks
  • Position safely and focus on farming early game

Strong Against

  • Smolder (58.8% WR)
  • Yone (55.1% WR)
  • Sylas (53.4% WR)
  • Jayce (53.0% WR)
  • Corki (52.6% WR)

Weak Against

  • Akshan (44.7% WR)
  • Qiyana (46.1% WR)
  • Annie (46.4% WR)
  • Zoe (46.8% WR)
  • Anivia (46.9% WR)

Best Synergies

  • Jax (55.7% WR)
  • Ivern (54.7% WR)
  • Skarner (54.6% WR)
  • Talon (53.8% WR)
  • Briar (53.6% WR)

Alternative Builds

  • Arcane Comet build: Better poke and lane presence
  • Summon Aery build: Consistent damage output
  • Electrocute build: Burst damage focus

Current overall win rate: 53.4% based on 13,633 matches in Emerald+ rank.

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