Cage-and-useful-scaling mage build: Veigar does not win only because he stacks, but because he turns objective space into positional debt for the enemy. The build must therefore protect cage threat, damage growth, and enough safety to reach his true rotations.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
14,400 total cost -600gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
14,900 total cost -100g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
12,400 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Utility build, maximizes support provided to your carry.
10,250 total cost -2150g
Allied carry to protect: Twitch, Aurelion Sol, Draven.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
11,550 total cost -850g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Veigar converts AP into kill threat. The build accelerates scaling while ensuring he can cast his combo safely.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Q+W+E cage combo triggers Electrocute on a target stunned for a burst total.
Free gold on rotations while your passive stacks — two scaling curves in parallel.
Reduces cooldown of the R to trigger more often his executions AP one-shot.
The burn fires on every stacking Q — your passive farming also drains your opponent.
Discourages dives on the tiny master of evil — burst crashes into it while the E cage answers.
Transcendence
Bone Plating
