Veigar is a small master of evil, known for his unsurpassed mastery in the field of dark magic. This is a fairly strong magician who takes on the role of a damage dealer and controller. In the guide, we will tell you what skills the champion is endowed with, what rune assemblies, equipment and spells he will need, and also draw up detailed battle tactics.
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Hero Skills
The master of dark forces deals exclusively magical damage and is completely dependent on his skills. He has very high damage and control stats, but remains a thin character with low mobility. Next, we will look at all five of Veigar's abilities, tell you in what order to pump them and how to use them.
Passive Skill - Incredible Power of Evil
For each defeat of an enemy champion with a skill, the hero is given a special charge of evil. Veigar's ability power increases with each stack.
If a champion kills an enemy or receives an assist, they immediately gain five stacks of "Incredible Evil».
First Skill - Vicious Strike
The champion releases a magical sphere in front of him in the marked direction. When hit, it will deal increased magic damage to the first two enemies in its path. If, thanks to this skill, the hero kills a minion or a neutral mob from the forest, then he will increase his magical power.
When he kills a large forest monster or a siege minion with the help of an orb, then his ability power is increased by two points at once.
Second Skill - Dark Matter
After a short preparation of 1,2 seconds, the character will deal increased magic damage in the marked area of effect.
For every 50 charges from the passive skill "Incredible Evil» skill cooldown will decrease «Dark matter"By 10%.
Skill XNUMX - Event Horizon
To use this ability, Veigar needs half a second to prepare. After that, he will recreate a magical barrier in the marked area. The barrier lasts for 1,5 seconds and applies a stun effect for 2,5 - XNUMX seconds (based on skill level) on each enemy champion that crosses the barrier.
Ultimate - Big Bang
The champion launches a large magic sphere at the marked opponent that deals increased magic damage. The final damage is summed up based on the lost health of the affected opponent: the lower the enemy's health, the more damage the sphere will deal.
Maximum damage is increased when the enemy champion's health is less than 33%.
Sequence of leveling skills
In the case of Veigar, the leveling sequence is extremely simple: upgrade skills in the order in which they appear in the game. Unlock all normal skills until the third level, then gradually increase first skill. Having achieved its full development, go to the second, and then to the third.
Please note that the absolute skill (ultimate) is always pumped out of turn - at levels 6, 11 and 16.
Basic Ability Combinations
To deal as much damage as possible in a team fight and emerge victorious from any duel, use the following combinations of Veigar's skills:
- Skill XNUMX -> Skill XNUMX -> Skill XNUMX -> Auto Attack -> Ultimate -> Auto Attack. To make it easier for you to hit the rest of the skills on the enemy team and keep them under your control, set up a barrier. Calculate the trajectory of their movement and keep in mind that it is set with a delay. Predict movement and place a barrier right in front of their face to accurately catch everyone at once. Then alternately use the remaining skills and basic attacks. Be sure to start with the second skill, because it also has a high delay.
- First Skill -> Blink -> Ultimate. If you are too far from the opponent, but there was a good moment to kill him, then launch one sphere at him first. Then immediately use a dash and close-hit with a large sphere from the ult. The enemy will not have time to dodge a blow to the forehead, so you can easily earn yourself a kill.
Pros and cons of the hero
Now let's highlight the key features of Veigar that you will inevitably encounter in battle.
Character pros:
- Good damage dealer: copes both with single targets and in team battles.
- Very good in the mid to late stages of the game.
- A strong passive skill with which his magic power constantly grows.
- Fairly easy to learn: suitable for beginners.
- The skills are intuitive, you just have to get used to the delays.
Character Cons:
- Weak at the beginning of the game.
- To build a passive, you will have to try: kill monsters, minions, participate in ganks.
- He doesn't have any escape skills, so mobility is low.
- At first, there are problems with mana: a small supply and high costs.
- Relies only on skills: while they are on cooldown, it becomes vulnerable and useless.
Suitable runes
At the moment, this assembly is the most relevant in the game: it develops Veigar's combat potential well, makes him a strong mage who can easily kill his opponents with a couple of skills.
Primal Rune - Domination:
- Electrocution - if you hit one enemy with three different attacks (skills), you will deal additional adaptive damage to him.
- Taste blood - restores health points when damaging an enemy hero. Stacked based on attack power and character level.
- Eye collection Each time you finish off enemy champions, you will receive special eyes, with which you will have an adaptive increase in ability power.
- resourceful hunter - Increases the acceleration of items with cooldowns for special charges that are awarded for the first last hit of enemy champions (maximum 5 per match).
Secondary - Sorcery:
- Mana flow - after you hit an opponent with a skill, your maximum available mana will increase until the end of the battle. After reaching 250 mana, lost mana points will begin to regenerate.
- Excellence - as you level up, your skills will accelerate, and at the last stage, with each kill, the cooldown of all basic abilities will be reduced by 20%.
- +1-10% Skill Haste.
- +9 to adaptive damage.
- +8 Magic Resistance.
Required Spells
Jump – Since Veigar is a completely immobile hero, this skill will be vital for him. He will give him an instant spurt with which he can suddenly attack an opponent or, conversely, retreat in case of danger.- Teleport – to move faster along the lanes and participate in all ganks, you can use the teleportation to the towers function. Over time, the spell unlocks the ability to move to allied minions and totems as well.
- Ignition - can be used instead of teleport. You choose the target on which you apply the ignite effect. It reduces healing, highlights the opponent on the map, and deals continuous pure damage.
Best Build
We present you the most effective, according to the statistics of the season, build for Veigar, which takes into account all the key strengths and weaknesses of the character. Additionally, we have added screenshots so that you can see the cost of each item.
Starting Items
At the beginning of the game for Veigar, we advise you to take a standard set of mages: items for quick farming and health recovery.
- Ring of Doran.
- Health Potion.
- Hidden totem.
Early items
Then start preparing for the acquisition of more serious items. Buy boots to increase your movement speed, as well as items to increase strength and speed up skill cooldowns.
- Lost head.
- Boots.
Main subjects
Do not forget that it is important for the hero to improve the strength and cooldown of skills, the amount of mana, health, magical penetration. With them, he covers his mana refill needs, becomes a dangerous mage with a low cooldown and an effective champion against fat tanks and warriors.
- Eternal cold.
- Boots of the sorcerer.
- Rabadon's Death Hat.
Complete assembly
At the end of the match, items with approximately the same characteristics are purchased. Don't forget to protect yourself from the enemy magician with a special item for magic resistance, which is the last one to be purchased.
- Eternal cold.
- Boots of the sorcerer.
- Rabadon's Death Hat.
- Staff of the Abyss.
- Zhonya's hourglass.
- Banshee Veil.
Worst and best enemies
You can use Veigar as a counter pick for heroes like Azir, Orianna и Akali. Against selected characters, he has a high percentage of winning, he can bypass them with his skills. The following champions will be scary for this hero:
- Katharina - A very agile killer with high destructive damage. Can catch Veigar by surprise and easily deal with him one on one. She is hard to counter with delayed skills. Learn to bypass her attacks and stay close to tanks and supports.
- Cassiopeia - A powerful mage with a high level of damage and control. Since Veigar is a completely immobile hero, whose strength is based only on skills and allies, it will be difficult to stand with her alone in the lane. Do not succumb to her control, otherwise you will die quickly.
- Annie - Another mage with devastating damage and control, which, in addition, will be good to support his teammates. Don't get too far ahead in mass battles if you don't want to be influenced by her.
Also note that Veigar is very strong in a team with Amumu - a mobile tank with high defense and control, which can hold off the entire enemy team and buy time for the magician's skills. He will show himself well in a duet with support champions Jarvan IV и Lilly.
How to play Veigar
Beginning of the game. Remember that the champion is very weak in the first minutes of the game. Focus mainly on farming: finish each minion and save gold, watch the bushes and don't get caught by the enemy jungler.
All Veigar's skills develop gradually: charges accumulate, the cooldown decreases, due to stacked runes and items. Therefore, in the beginning, do not try to destroy someone, and play only from the tower.
Remember that from the beginning of the game there will be a high cooldown of skills, without which the champion becomes completely defenseless. Don't spam attacks for no reason: you'll use up all of his mana, which he's also having problems with, and put his skills on cooldown, leaving you useless.
With the advent of the ult, you become much stronger. Try to get to level 6 as early as possible in order to free your hands a little. If there is a support or a jungle nearby, you can lure the opponent out from under the tower and, together with an ally, can easily kill him.
When you get the first item and notice that other players have started walking in adjacent lanes, do not stand still, try to participate in ganks. This way you will quickly accumulate all the charges from runes and passives needed to increase the hero’s power, as well as earn more gold and experience.
Average game. It will be easier here, because every minute Veigar becomes more and more dangerous. You are strong enough, but the whole game you should stick to your fat allies. Otherwise, you'll be an easy target for nimble champions or controllers.
In mass battles, always take as far a position as possible or attack from the bush after the initiator leaves. Try to calculate the steps of your opponents in advance in order to deal damage in time. Skills have a strong delay, which will make it difficult to hit the enemy with them.
You can also initiate the fight yourself by taking control of the enemy champion with your ultimate.
late game. Here you become a real monster. In the late game, you will have time to build up runes, passives, and collect all the necessary items. Continue to actively move around the map with the team.
Remember that, despite all the strength, Veigar remains thin and inactive - an ideal target for enemies. You can easily become a prime target, so don't go far alone. In a one-on-one battle, you can win with a high probability, but if you are surrounded by the whole team, then there is practically no chance of survival.
Veigar is a good magician, but he requires a certain calculation and develops for a long time. At first, it may be difficult for you to master it, but after training you will definitely feel the limits of its capabilities and will take into account all the weaknesses. In the comments below, we are always happy to read your opinion about the article or answer additional questions!
