What are the best runes for Veigar Bot?

First Strike in Inspiration with Sorcery secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (53.3% win rate).

What is the best build for Veigar?

Rush Luden's Echo, Stormsurge and Rabadon's Deathcap. It wins 55.7% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Veigar good on patch 26.20?

Veigar has a 52.9% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Miss Fortune, Viktor, Sivir are among the strongest counters to Veigar Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Veigar build

Bot · patch 26.20

Veigar is currently a situational Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 52.9% win rate across 18,998 games (1.2% pick rate, 1.1% ban rate). Veigar is an early-game champion (54.2% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

52.9%

Pick

1.2%

Ban

1.1%

Games

18,998

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 55.7% win ratevs 52.9% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start53.2%+0.3

First back

Core · in order55.7%+2.8

The whole build

Boots53.3%+0.4

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

53.3% win rate

Inspiration

Sorcery

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

W→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min54.2%

25-30 min53.6%

30-35 min52.0%

35-40 min52.0%

40+ min51.6%

44%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

53.2%

51.1%

26.1126.1226.1326.1426.1526.1626.1726.1826.1926.20

// Matchups · who beats VeigarAll matchups →

Miss Fortune46.4%336

Viktor47.7%235

Sivir47.8%343

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Luden's Echo, Stormsurge and Rabadon's Deathcap; this core wins 55.7% of Bot games; First Strike is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.