Guide · Mid

Veigar Guide

the Tiny Master of Evil

Mage

Tier C Mid

Veigar, the Tiny Master of Evil, is a mage champion that is demanding to master. Across our 516 analysed ranked games, Veigar is mostly played in Mid (57% of its games), and more rarely as ADC (43%), with a 47.0% win rate in that role: tier C among Mid champions (#31 of 42, ranked by win rate). Veigar's damage is mostly magic (95%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 52.7% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 165 games) versus 39.3% in long games (over 35 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Averages measured over 296 Mid games played with Veigar, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Veigar is a mage who gains permanent power: hitting a champion with an ability, killing a champion or assisting gives him power. Baleful Strike, on units it kills, gives some too. Event Horizon creates a cage that stuns, and Primordial Burst deals damage that increases with the target's missing health.

Harassment

Q › W › AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Baleful Strike damages the first two enemies, Dark Matter drops dark matter for magic damage.

The cage

E › W › Q

When: An enemy is being chased.

Event Horizon creates a cage that stuns enemies crossing it: place it around an enemy or your team to engage.

See all 3 Veigar combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Baleful Strike hits two enemies: kill minions with it to gain power. Dark Matter has its cooldown reduced by your power stacks.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate on a full-health enemy.
• Neglecting farm with Baleful Strike: it is your power.
• Placing Event Horizon where the enemies will not pass.

Riot's official tips for playing Veigar

• Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
• 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.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Echo (31 games, 71.0% win rate), usually with Spellslinger's Shoes (49.7% over 163 games).

Rabadon's Deathcap+Stormsurge+Luden's Echo

31 games · 71.0%

Rabadon's Deathcap+Cryptbloom+Rod of Ages

20 games · 45.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass+Stormsurge+Luden's Echo

18 games · 83.3%

Skill order

Max order : Q > W > E57.6% · 33 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W		●						●		●		●	●
E			●											●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 41 games).

Starting items

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion44.1% · 34 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3623 gold, 73 CS, 4782 XP. At 15 min: 5725 gold, 113 CS, 7414 XP.

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes49.7% · 163 games

Crimson Lucidity39.1% · 69 games

Chainlaced Crushers47.6% · 21 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport48.6% · 257 games

Flash + Barrier40.0% · 15 games

Most-played runes

First Strike + Sorcery

52.1% · 117 games

Primary tree · Inspiration

Magical Footwear85%

Biscuit Delivery81%

Cosmic Insight97%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band96%

Transcendence89%

Shards

Ability haste97%

Adaptive force88%

Health scaling95%

Arcane Comet + Domination

53.6% · 56 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Manaflow Band98%

Transcendence98%

Gathering Storm96%

Secondary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot98%

Ultimate Hunter96%

Shards

Adaptive force93%

Adaptive force98%

Health scaling96%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Veigar's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.3% · 78 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Rod of Ages 39.5%

Rabadon's Deathcap 51.3% ▲

Luden's Echo 61.5% ▲

Stormsurge 76.2%

Cryptbloom 61.1%

Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%

The item that stands out most is Luden's Echo: 61.5% win rate, +9 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team55.6% · 72 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Rod of Ages 54.0% ▲

Rabadon's Deathcap 61.1% ▲

Luden's Echo 50.0%

Zhonya's Hourglass 46.2%

Stormsurge 54.5%

The item that stands out most is Rod of Ages: 54.0% win rate, +15 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team40.4% · 146 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Rabadon's Deathcap 39.3% ▼

Rod of Ages 29.8% ▼

Luden's Echo 50.0%

Shadowflame 41.9%

Stormsurge 64.5%

Zhonya's Hourglass 65.5% ▲

The item that stands out most is Zhonya's Hourglass: 65.5% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Veigar in Mid

Ahri Veigar: 60.0%20 games

Ahri has the edge in 40% of the 20 Mid duels against Veigar. See the Ahri guide.

Viktor Veigar: 60.0%15 games

Viktor has the edge in 40% of the 15 Mid duels against Veigar. See the Viktor guide.

Who Veigar is strong against

Ahri60.0% · 20 games

Viktor60.0% · 15 games

How to play against Veigar

• Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
• Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
• Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Veigar's matchups.

Veigar Mid: what our games say

Laning phase against the Mid average

Measured over 41 Veigar games with a timeline; the average covers 72 champions played Mid in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: medium-length (25 to 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Veigar in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
ADC	220	47.3 %	7.5	463

Roles where we have at least 40 Veigar games.

Abilities

PassivePhenomenal Evil Power

Veigar is the greatest Evil to ever strike at the hearts of Runeterra - and he's only getting bigger! Striking an enemy Champion with a spell or scoring a takedown grants Veigar permanently increased Ability Power.

QBaleful Strike

Veigar unleashes a bolt of dark energy that deals magic damage to the first two enemies hit. Units killed by this bolt grant Veigar some ability power permanently.

WDark Matter

Veigar calls a great mass of dark matter to fall from the sky to the target location, dealing magic damage when it lands. Stacks of Phenomenal Evil reduce Dark Matter's cooldown.

EEvent Horizon

Veigar twists the edges of space, creating a cage that Stuns enemies that pass through.

RPrimordial Burst

Blasts target enemy champion, dealing a large amount of magic damage, increasing based on the target's missing health.

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Strongest (at least 100 games)

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Frequently asked questions

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