What are the best runes for Veigar Mid?

First Strike in Inspiration with Sorcery secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (50.5% win rate).

What is the best build for Veigar?

Rush Tear of the Goddess, Rod of Ages, Seraph's Embrace and Rabadon's Deathcap. It wins 56.3% of Mid games on patch 26.20.

Is Veigar good on patch 26.20?

Veigar has a 49.7% win rate in Mid this patch, which makes it a situational pick.

Xerath, Katarina, Anivia are among the strongest counters to Veigar Mid this patch, by ranked win rate.

Veigar build

Mid · patch 26.20

Veigar is currently a situational Mid pick on patch 26.20, holding a 49.7% win rate across 53,213 games (3.4% pick rate, 1.1% ban rate). It scales well, its win rate climbs to 52.6% in games past 40 minutes, so playing for the late game pays off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

49.7%

Pick

3.4%

Ban

1.1%

Games

53,213

Region

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

Summoner Spells

// The build · 56.3% win ratevs 49.7% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start50.0%+0.3

First back

Core · in order56.3%+6.6

The whole build

Boots51.2%+1.5

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

50.5% 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 min44.2%

25-30 min49.5%

30-35 min51.8%

35-40 min53.9%

40+ min52.6%

43%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

51.2%

49.7%

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// Matchups · who beats VeigarAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Ring, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Tear of the Goddess, Rod of Ages, Seraph's Embrace and Rabadon's Deathcap; this core wins 56.3% of Mid games; First Strike is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.