Veigar How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes

When Veigar Support 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.

1. Lv 3
   All three basic abilities at level 3

   Veigar's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
2. 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.
3. Lv 11
   Ultimate rank 2 at level 11

   Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Veigar can start or win.
4. Lv 16
   Ultimate rank 3 at level 16

   Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Veigar can start or win.
5. 13.4 min
   First item at 13.4 min

   Luden's Echo is done — Veigar's first real damage or durability spike.
6. 22.7 min
   Two items at 22.7 min

   ›Luden's Echo + Stormsurge: the window to group and take objectives.
7. 25 min
   Strongest in games of about 25 minutes

   Veigar wins 53.4% of games that end around this point.
8. 29.7 min
   Three-item core at 29.7 min

   ››Luden's Echo + Stormsurge + Shadowflame completes Veigar's core build.

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

Veigar is a lane bully: trade early and often, push the advantage, and turn the gold lead into the first item spike. On average Veigar Support is 112 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 53% of games. A 1,000-gold lead at 15 turns into a 71% win rate; a 1,000-gold deficit leaves 31%. Veigar averages 0.10 solo kills by 15 minutes.

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.