How to Play Veigar Top: Tips & Power Spikes (26.19)

Max order: Q > W > E
First item: Luden's Echo12.1 min
Gold vs lane at 15: −613
Win rate 1k gold ahead: 56.4%
Win rate 1k gold behind: 44.4%

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Veigar Power Spikes (Patch 26.19)

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When Veigar Top gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Veigar wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Veigar's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Veigar hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Veigar can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Veigar can start or win.
12.1 min
First item at 12.1 min
Luden's Echo is done — Veigar's first real damage or durability spike.
40 min
Strongest in games of about 40 minutes
Veigar wins 57.1% of games that end around this point.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Veigar Top Laning Plan

Veigar scales: losing a little gold in lane is normal. Farm safely, avoid early all-ins and win the late game. On average Veigar Top is 613 gold behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in only 33% of games. A 1,000-gold lead at 15 turns into a 56% win rate; a 1,000-gold deficit leaves 44%. Veigar averages 0.76 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Veigar win rate by gold at 15

1,000+ gold ahead56.4%
Ahead59.8%
Behind45.7%
1,000+ gold behind44.4%

Veigar Mid and Late Game

What Veigar does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Veigar is a main damage source (75/100): stay alive and in range for the whole fight rather than diving first.
Veigar wins 13.2 points more in long games than short ones: avoid coin-flip fights early and let the game go long.

Mistakes to avoid

Veigar mitigates little damage (17/100): one bad position ends the fight, so stay behind your frontline.

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.

Playing 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.

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How to Play Veigar FAQ - Patch 26.19

When does Veigar power spike?

Veigar's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 12.1 min.

Can Veigar come back from behind?

Veigar wins 46% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 184 games), against 60% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Veigar games, but it is not decisive.

What is Veigar's first item?

Most Veigar players finish Luden's Echo first, at a median of 12.1 minutes.

How do you play Veigar Top?

From this patch's ranked data, Veigar wins by playing to these strengths: survive and deal damage in teamfights; play for the late game.

Veigar How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes