Veigar Build Guide by PsiGuard

Introduction

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Veigar

Legend

Pros/Cons

P R O S

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+One of the best nukers in the game. +Limitless AP cap. +Built-in hard CC. +Easy last-hitting. +Great mid-game farmer. +Hard-counters squishy carries and mages. +Snowballs naturally with Baleful Strike. +He's a little evil Yordle.

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P R O S

C O N S

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-Very squishy. -Weak early game. - Event Horizon is your only defense mechanism. -Mostly single-target focus. -Fairly long cooldowns.

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C O N S

Masteries

Artificer

Deathfire Grasp

Zhonya's Hourglass

Mastermind

Expanded Mind

Chalice of Harmony

Why Brute Force and not Mental Force?

Regardless of the fact that Veigar is an AP carry, Brute Force is still a stronger mastery than Mental Force mathematically. As long as you are using autoattacks in laning phase to last-hit minions and harass your opponent, you'll get more use out of 3 AD than you will out of 4 AP. If you aren't using autoattack harass in early laning phase, start getting used to it. It's an important part of mid lane since it actually deals pretty sizable damage without costing you any mana.

Runes

Greater Mark of Magic Penetration

Void Staff

Sorcerer's Shoes

Greater Seal of Armor

Greater Glyph of Magic Resist

Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed

• Greater Seal of Scaling Mana Regeneration: If you can live without early armor, you can use these seals to increase your mana regeneration when your blue buff is down later in the game.
• Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power: If you're against a passive AP without much kill potential or an AD mid, you can swap out your MR glyphs for some more mid-game ability power. These glyphs give you some nice extra burst, but against typical AP mids, you can't afford to lose the MR.
• Greater Quintessence of Ability Power: These quints are still strong if you're in an easier matchup in which you want to be more aggressive early game. Most of the time you aren't going to be doing a whole lot of harass early game, so you won't really use the AP boost, but if you're confident in your matchup then you can choose to go for more aggression instead of the utility of MS quints.

Summoner Spells

Flash: You really shouldn't be playing Veigar without this spell. In mid lane, it's invaluable for escaping jungler ganks or lethal aggression from the enemy laner. You can also use it aggressively to Flash - Event Horizon for a surprise nuke on a passive opponent. Late game it becomes an important escape tool since you'll have very high burst but long cooldowns which makes you rather vulnerable.

Ignite: Often seen as the "First Blood spell," Ignite is devastating against enemy champions in the early game. The extra true damage will often give you just enough burst to kill an enemy, especially as a nuker. Late game, it can still be used to finish off low champions (the true damage bypasses resistances) and is also great for reducing healing on regenerators like Vladimir, Dr. Mundo, and pretty much anyone with lifesteal or spellvamp. This spell can give you more lane dominance than any other and is usually my go-to spell.

Teleport: This spell is generally better used by more experienced mid laners who know how to pull off a successful teleport gank. You can use Teleport to gank one of the side lanes by teleporting to a ward in the brush. Veigar has pretty good ganks if you land Event Horizon and can contribute a lot of damage. You can also take this spell as a precaution if you expect to have a very difficult laning phase where you won't be able to use the kill potential from Ignite. If you don't need it to gank, you can use it to hold your tower when you need to recall but the enemy mid is going to push your lane. Just recall to base, buy some items and Teleport back before your opponent can push your tower.

Cleanse: This spell can also be very useful if you are caught by a strong CC spell. Most of the time you should just endeavor to stay away from dangerous CC, but if there's a particular CC that is definitely going to cause you problems, you can take this summoner to neutralize it (works well against champions that rely on one CC to combo). Keep in mind it won't remove suppression like Nether Grasp.

Barrier: This can sometimes be useful against opponents with really scary burst, usually assassins or single-target burst mages. You might want to take this if you expect to have trouble with someone like Zed or Syndra bursting you down in lane or team fights.

Abilities

• Equilibrium is more effective when combined with other sources of mana regeneration, including runes, masteries, items, and even blue buff.
• Equilibrium can allow you to stay low on mana, but make sure you save up enough for your combo if you call for a gank, or you think you can take your opponent head-on.
• Last-hit a lot with Baleful Strike early game to make the most out of this passive. Staying low on mana means you're spamming your Q as much as possible (just make sure you're actually last-hitting).

Siphoning Strike

Disintegrate

• You don't have to last-hit a champion with this spell to get the AP bonus, so don't worry about using this spell as a finisher.
• All the AP bonuses you get from this spell are permanent, with no cap. Maintaining a high creep score and kill count will give you a significant advantage over most other champions. This ability gives a very strong late-game, since Veigar's AP can keep climbing even with a full inventory.
• Leveling up Baleful Strike will not only make it more effective against champions, it'll allow you to last-hit more easily and often
• The bonuses from this skill allow Veigar to make good use of Rabadon's Deathcap as your first main item. Normally casters should build some more AP first, but Baleful Strike lets Veigar get straight to the more powerful items.

Living Artillery

Dark Matter

• Use Event Horizon to set up a target for Dark Matter so your target can't dodge it.
• Dark Matter reveals the area where it was cast, so it's a great tool to check bushes or around walls.
• If you can't stun, try to anticipate where your target will move, then place Dark Matter in their path.
• In team fights, you may not even need to stun in order to land Dark Matter.
• Dark Matter is very predictable. Beware of enemies with shields, especially Sivir's Spell Shield and Nocturne's Shroud of Darkness. Breaking these shields with a spell will actually give Sivir mana, or provide Nocturne with an AS boost.

Event Horizon

Akali

Twilight Shroud

• Spell Shield, Shroud of Darkness and Banshee's Veil can be used to absorb the stun, while Quicksilver Sash, Mercurial Scimitar, Cleanse, Unbreakable Will and Remove Scurvy can remove the effect of the stun instantly. Ragnarok, and Black Shield protect their target from all CC effects. Flash, Arcane Shift, Riftwalk and other blink spells can hop right over the stun wall. Take inventory of each champion on the enemy team that has a way to circumvent your stun so you aren't surprised.
• Event Horizon can be used to split up the enemy team if placed correctly. The radius of the ring is quite wide, and can prevent the enemy team from coordinating.
• Dashing or displaced enemies will be stunned upon arrival if they passed through the wall.
• Keep an eye out for tenacity items and abilities like Mercury's Treads and Insanity Potion. Tenacity can allow enemies to escape the stun sooner, which may allow them to dodge your Dark Matter, especiallyt if Event Horizon is at a low level.
• Try to position this spell so that the edge connects with the target champion. Trapping a ranged champion inside the circle may allow them to escape, or even come after you.

Primordial Burst

• Again, keep an eye out for spell shields. It's a terrible feeling to watch your ult be completely cancelled by Banshee's Veil, Spell Shield or Shroud of Darkness. Intervention and Unbreakable Will are also dangers. Some champions can become untargetable with spells like Sanguine Pool and Playful/Trickster, or they may use Zhonya's Hourglass to negate your ultimate entirely. Pick your target carefully and keep track of which of their life-saving abilities are available and which are on cooldown.
• Check your enemies' health and AP numbers to see who is the best target for Primordial Burst. Usually this will be the AP or AD carry.
• Try to use Primordial Burst at the end of your spell combo when possible, just in case your enemy manages to escape earlier than you expected. That way you won't have wasted your ultimate on a lost kill.
• Primordial Burst has a fairly lengthy cooldown, so try to be sure you'll net a kill or assist before firing it.

Skill Sequence

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Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Primordial Burst

Baleful Strike

Dark Matter

Event Horizon

Dark Matter

Why max Event Horizon before Dark Matter?

I've seen a lot of players who max Dark Matter second, leaving only 1 point in Event Horizon. While this isn't a terrible idea, I don't think it's the optimal choice. Each point you put into Dark Matter increases its base damage by 50 and increases the mana cost by 10. The only thing you get out of maxing it second is a small increase to your nuke damage. By comparison, Event Horizon gains 0.25 seconds of stun duration per level and 1 second less cooldown (mana cost also increases by 10/lvl). By sacrificing a bit of nuke damage, you gain a longer, more reliable stun that will be ready to cast more often. The extra stun duration makes a huge difference against enemies with Mercury's Treads and will allow you to harass, burst and/or escape enemies with greater ease. A lot of junglers and sometimes even the AP mid will build Mercury's Treads to counter you. If this occurs, the stun duration at level 1 will be less than a second, while Dark Matter takes a full 1.2 seconds just to fall, not to mention the split-second it takes to step up and cast it. Maxing Event Horizon will make you safer, allow you to land Dark Matter more reliably and gives you more team utility in ganks or team fights.

Why isn't there a point in Dark Matter at level 4?

This is a decision designed to let you skill abilities when you need them. Early game you should be farming with Baleful Strike and autoattacks, nothing else. Spamming Dark Matter will run you out of mana quickly, push your lane and ruin opportunities to farm your Q. It costs way too much mana to efficiently harass with and is very unreliable with your stun at level 1.

For this reason, I've decided to delay the first point in Dark Matter to level 8. This means pre-6, you will have no AoE spell at all. What you will have is a stronger stun that is available more often. Levels 1-5 you should be using Baleful Strike to harass and farm and Event Horizon to protect yourself from aggression and jungler ganks. There's no need for W yet. At level 6 you have some burst, yet with a point in W at 4 your stun would still be quite weak, making your W unreliable and leaving more room for your opponent to counterattack. Without a point in W at 6, you can still harass with Q (hopefully with blue buff) and use your stun defensively until you're ready to secure a kill with E-Q-R-Ignite. At level 8 you might want to start pushing and roaming and you'll have more AP for Dark Matter to scale with, so it's a more appropriate time to skill it.

If you don't like leaving your first point in Dark Matter so late, simply pick it up at level 4 like most people do and leave your stun for later. No one's forcing you to adopt this skill order, but I believe it's the most effective way to skill Veigar in most circumstances.

Why don't you just get one point in Baleful Strike for last-hitting?

While Baleful Strike can last-hit minions adequately at level one, it is still important to commit more points to it for several reasons.

1) Baleful Strike's cooldown goes down with level, allowing you to last-hit more minions in quick succession. The lower cooldown is also useful for harassing, and participating in later team fights.

2) Unlike Dark Matter, Baleful Strike is a reliable targeted spell that is much easier to harass with. Dark Matter usually requires Event Horizon or an allied CC to hold your target in place long enough for it to land.

3) Baleful Strike's damage increases with level, making your harass and last-hitting a lot stronger. Since Veigar has a fairly weak early game, it's important to be able to harass your opponent so they can't dominate the lane.

4) Baleful Strike's bonus AP on kills also scales with level. Often you won't get many kills until after level 6 (when you have your full nuke), so by the time you actually start killing champions, your Q should be between level 3 and 5. This makes a big difference if you want to snowball well into mid game. A champion kill with a level 5 Baleful Strike is comparable to earning a permanent stack of Mejai's Soulstealer.

Itemization

Standard Start: x4 x2
Flask start:
Against weak ganking jungler: x2

Faerie Charm stacks with Equilibrium to give around 5 mp5 if you're farming Q a lot. It builds straight into Chalice of Harmony (or Morellonomicon) and leaves you plenty of room for a ward and some potions. This is a very balanced start that I consider standard on Veigar.

Crystalline Flask gives renewable sustain which becomes cost efficient if you'd be buying health pots in laning phase. It's pretty good against high harass lanes, particularly AD laners that will look to harass you low enough to be bursted down. I tend to use this start if I don't plan on rushing Chalice of Harmony but go for Seeker's Armguard instead. You could also start Cloth Armor if you're really scared of an AD mid.

Doran's Ring is a cheap, cost-effective item that'll give you more health to survive burst, mana regen to sustain you in lane and AP for stronger lane presence. You might want one or two (no more) of these if you're having a tough early game.

Tear of the Goddess is an item you'll want to build very early if you plan on getting Seraph's Embrace later in the game. It's a good option for mana sustain if you don't want to build Chalice of Harmony (if it's an AD mid or you aren't taking much magic damage in lane). Tear of the Goddess with Seeker's Armguard is a pretty strong combo against AD mids, though if you don't want to get Seraph's Embrace later, you can just opt for a couple Doran's Rings instead.

Chalice of Harmony is a great item for early game safety and farming. It gives a lot of cheap mana sustain for Baleful Strike farming and harass when you don't have blue buff, as well as some MR to help you resist harass and burst from magic damage. You'll probably want to build this to deal with stronger AP opponents.

Seeker's Armguard is a great item for laning against dangerous AD mids like Pantheon and Talon. It builds out of pretty cheap items and you can get a bit more cost-efficiency out of it by stacking the passive. You'll generally want this early if you're laning against an AD mid and you can even rush a quick Zhonya's Hourglass.

Sorcerer's Shoes are your standard boots for the significant increase in spell damage. Having a high burst from your spells is what makes Veigar such a dangerous opponent in lane and in team fights. If you can buy these boots without endangering yourself, you should absolutely do so.

Mercury's Treads are your fallback defensive alternative for boots. Against very dangerous lane opponent with high burst and/or strong CCs like Dark Binding, you might want to opt for these defensive boots. The MR will work nicely with Chalice of Harmony and the tenacity will allow you to escape CCs much earlier, which can save you from taking a lot of damage or even dying. If you're having trouble surviving in lane, doubling up on Null-Magic Mantles and upgrading them into Chalice of Harmony and Mercury's Treads is a good way to protect yourself against tough early game opponents like LeBlanc.

Enchantment: Alacrity isn't very flashy, but it helps your overall mobility in team fights, allowing you to get in range for your spell combo, then get out a bit more quickly. You'll probably want to get this enchantment eventually if you don't need one of the alternatives more.

Enchantment: Distortion decreases the cooldown of your Flash by 75 seconds. This can be very beneficial if the team fight matchup necessitates that you have Flash up as often as possible. You might want to pick this up against someone like Blitzcrank, who can pull you out of position with Rocket Grab, or Jarvan IV, who can trap you with Cataclysm. If you chose to take Teleport as well as Flash, I highly recommend this enchantment since it will reduce the cooldown of both spells.

Enchantment: Homeguard is a situational enchantment on any champion. If there are team fights happening close to your inhibitors or inside your base, you can use this enchantment to heal yourself at fountain more quickly between fights and get back to defending your base with the huge burst of movement speed. It's pretty useless if nothing's happening close to your base though, so don't expect to pick this up every game.

Deathfire Grasp is an essential part of Veigar's kit since he has extremely high single-target burst potential from his base damages and free AP from Baleful Strike. The few seconds of damage amplification give you a tremendous increase in single-target burst damage with the rest of your spells. Since Primordial Burst gets a lot of its scaling from your target's AP and has good base damage, you'll want this item to amplify that damage rather than just stacking AP. An early Fiendish Codex is also pretty nice since it'll allow you to farm your Baleful Strike a little more often.

Zhonya's Hourglass doesn't always have to be built right away, but it's an incredibly strong item for squishy APs that are vulnerable to being caught or focused. This item is an essential early buy against heavy AD comps and assassins, but is all-around just a good item to get at some point in the game. Using the active invulnerability well can significantly improve your effectiveness in team fights.

Void Staff is going to be necessary at some point to combat the MR that the enemy team will inevitably build at some point. You can delay this item a bit if the enemy team doesn't have any significant MR yet, but usually you'll want to build it as your 3rd or 4th item since the enemy jungler or support will usually get Runic Bulwark and a lot of people run MR runes anyways. Note that magic pen will increase all the magic damage you deal, including base damages and the part of Primordial Burst that scales off enemy AP.

Rabadon's Deathcap is a pretty obvious buy for Veigar, along with most AP mids. You can't always get away with buying it early since it just gives raw spell power rather than any sort of useful defensive stat. Keep in mind that you do NOT need this item to burst someone down in one combo. If you're having trouble surviving team fights, get Zhonya's Hourglass first.

Seraph's Embrace is actually worth buying now because of its active component (plus it got buffed a bit in the AP department). Veigar can stack a Tear of the Goddess pretty quickly since Baleful Strike is on a low cooldown and you'll be using it often to farm. Upgrade to Archangel's Staff when your tear is almost capped so you'll get Seraph's Embrace immediately or in a few spell casts. You can use the active to protect yourself from assassins or burst from the enemy AP carry. Keep in mind the shield is stronger when your mana pool is high. Use it to block damage before or after using Zhonya's Hourglass to buy yourself more time.

Athene's Unholy Grail gives a a decent amount of AP and MR, a lot of CDR and some really good mana regen. It's not a must-buy because you can get CDR from blue buff and Deathfire Grasp and you won't always need the mana regen. It's a pretty expensive item, but it can be worth it if you want a Chalice of Harmony to lane against a tough AP opponent in mid. It's pretty nice against poke comps and just magic damage in general.

Morellonomicon gives the same amount of CDR as Athene's, but is more cost-efficient and gives a bit more AP too. It's more of a glass cannon version of Athene's since it's more cost-efficient and prioritizes AP over MR and mp5 to some extent. I'd generally recommend this if you need more CDR, but don't feel the need for the MR from Chalice of Harmony. The passive is pretty nice against healers and regenerators. Note that you can proc the passive with your autoattacks due to Moonflair Spellblade.

Warmog's Armor is a hefty defensive item, but it may be necessary in some games. It gives a good amount of mixed survivability, so it's effective against both magical and physical damage. It also gives some health regen to sustain you in poke wars, which is pretty nice because Veigar has no way to regain health without potions or allied healing spells.

Banshee's Veil is pretty situational but effective against dangerous spells that can render you vulnerable or take a chunk out of your health (the most notable being Rocket Grab and Javelin Toss, among others). It gives pretty good effective health against magic damage, so you'll generally want this against predominantly magical teams. If the enemy has lots of mild poke, your spell shield will be wasted, so either avoid the mild poke spells or build Warmog's Armor if you can't make use of the spell shield.

Items Not to Get

Ionian Boots of Lucidity is an iffy item on Veigar. It's not really bad per se, but it just doesn't offer anything important to Veigar. Sorcerer's Shoes are a much better offensive option and you can get CDR from blue buff and other items. The CDR simply isn't worth the loss of burst damage from Sorcs.

Mejai's Soulstealer is usually too risky to build on most APs, but on Veigar it's simply never necessary. Baleful Strike allows you to snowball naturally with champion kills without the risk of losing stacks. Veigar's damage output doesn't really need a boost and your core AP items are much more reliable anyway.

Will of the Ancients is a great item that Veigar simply cannot afford to build. Spellvamp is nice, but on a burst mage it isn't going to matter if you get caught. Health recovery is no substitute for survivability or one of your core damage items, and as such, this item is simply not worth buying.

Laning Phase

Veigar has a somewhat weak laning phase compared to a lot of other casters. You'll probably be a bit pressed for mana, and you won't have much burst until you get Primordial Burst. In the very early game (pre-6, generally), you have three jobs to do:

1. Last-hit every minion you can. Use Baleful Strike whenever possible.
2. Keep the minions in the center of the lane. Do not push the enemy tower, and don't let your opponent reach yours, lest your tower steal all the minion kills.
3. Don't take so much harass that you're forced to recall. Crystalline Flask and Health Potions help, but not if you are constantly taking free damage and run yourself out of potions.

If you can perform these three tasks adequately, you'll have farmed up a lot of AP, you'll be at decent health, you'll reach level 6 without a death and you'll probably be fairly low on mana.

Note: If you're not in an unfavorable matchup, you can be aggressive early game with Baleful Strike and autoattacks. Veigar's early game harass is not as weak as some people think and you might surprise yourself at how much of a bully you can be early game. Just make sure the harass is actually effective at zoning and you don't just blow mana and lose CS.

As you approach level 6, consider your opponent's survivability. Ask yourself these questions before going on the offensive. Press Tab to take a look at their items and summoner spells if you need to.

• How much health do they have left?
• How much mana do they have left (if they use mana)?
• Will they be regenerating their lost health any time soon?
• Do they have defensive summoner spells like Flash, Cleanse, Barrier or Heal?
• Do they have defensive abilities like Black Shield or Sanguine Pool?
• Do they have any CC like Null Sphere, Nether Grasp or Pyromania?
• Can they out-burst you if you attack?

Heal

Event Horizon

Dark Matter

Deathfire Grasp

Baleful Strike

Primordial Burst

Ignite

Baleful Strike

Lane Matchups

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Team Fights

Before the team fight starts, there is generally some poking and posturing going on with both teams in an attempt to weaken or pull an enemy out of position. Stay near a tanky ally that can block dangerous skillshots and make sure you are out of range of enemy CC. You may be able to use Dark Matter to hit multiple enemies without even using Event Horizon. Spam Baleful Strike if it is safe enough for you to do so.

As the AP carry/nuker, your job is to burst down the squishy enemy carries. For most nukers, this means the ranged DPS, but for Veigar you can also target the enemy AP carry. Since Primordial Burst scales 80% off of the target's AP, your nuke is more damaging against champions who are stacking AP. That said, AD carries are usually squishy enough to die from one nuke, so targeting either type of champion is fine. Generally you will nuke the enemy that is the weakest, the most dangerous, and/or the most out of position.

Once the team fight starts, choose your target and execute the following string of abilities:
Event Horizon--> Dark Matter--> Deathfire Grasp--> Baleful Strike--> Primordial Burst--> Ignite
Obviously don't overdo it. If you know the enemy is going to die from your first three spells, don't bother wasting your ult or summoner spells on them.

Whether your combo was successful or not, you're going to have an enemy team out for your blood. It's a good idea to back off behind the safety of your teammates (especially if you initiated). Use Flash if you have it and you need to escape focus. If your team is fully engaged and you're being attacked, you may want to use the active on Zhonya's Hourglass to buy you a few more seconds. This will give your abilities some time to cool down and will often leave the enemy wondering what to do for the next couple seconds while your teammates whack at him. He may even shift his focus entirely.

After you've disengaged from the fight and allowed your spells to come off cooldown, jump back in and use whatever you have to finish off weak or dangerous enemies. Use Event Horizon if it's up to give your teammates an advantage. If you're extremely low on health, just retreat and let your teammates clean up the kills.

After a successful team fight, you may choose to grab jungle buffs, take dragon or baron, push a tower, or just recall to base to shop and recover. Be sure to make good use of the enemies' death timers and keep an eye on them if you're pushing.

If you lost the team fight, just do whatever you can to escape. Use Flash to juke enemies in the jungle, dodge lethal spells or CC, or put some more distance between you and your attackers. Remember to use Event Horizon to slow your pursuers if it's off cooldown. Don't sacrifice yourself for your tank. Your team is going to need you alive to defend your towers, and you're probably going to be worth more gold.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading my Veigar guide, I hope that some parts of it prove useful to you. If you appreciated my guide or approve of my build, feel free to hit the Like button up top. Please leave any comments, questions or suggestions below and I will try to get back to you. I appreciate criticism, as long as it's constructive.

I look forward to reading your comments, and good luck in your future Veigar games!

Change Log

10/03/11 - Guide published.
10/06/11 - Added Runes section.
10/09/11 - Added Choosing Your Skill Order section. Adjusted formatting in the runes section.
10/16/11 - Reworked the Choosing Your Skill Order section and added several questions.
10/18/11 - Added Hall of Fame.
11/16/11 - Made a few changes and additions to the Summoner Spell section. Changed the mastery tree and added a new Masteries section to reflect the recent change to masteries. Keep an eye out for further updates as I do some experimenting with other possible alternatives.
11/26/11 - Updated the Masteries section with alternative setups.
12/17/11 - Added Why Survivability is Better than Archangel's Staff section.
2/28/12 - Added The Opposition - Mid Lane section. Fixed some minor errors and slightly altered the name of the guide to be more concise.
3/11/12 - Removed Greater Seal of Ability Power, Greater Glyph of Ability Power and Greater Quintessence of Magic Penetration from the Alternative Runes. Adjusted some of the descriptions in the Runes section.
4/11/12 - Changed the description for Will of the Ancients. Changed cheatsheet starting item from Doran's Ring to Boots of Speed and 3 hp pots. Ring still works, but more often the boots+pots will be more necessary to survive the early game.
4/27/12 - Overhauled Situational Items section, rewriting descriptions, changing formatting and removing some less viable items. Added Abyssal Scepter to Defensive Items.
5/8/12 - Updated description and some references to Deathfire Grasp to reflect the recent changes to the item's stats.
5/9/12 - Changed Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power and Greater Quintessence of Ability Power to Greater Glyph of Magic Resist and Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed. Removed points from Improved Recall and Meditation and put them into Swiftness . Revised the Runes, Masteries and Summoner Spells sections.
5/14/12 - Added Spoiler tags to the Hall of Fame. :)
6/7/12 - Updated Pros/Cons section with new formatting. Added Athene's Unholy Grail to situational items and removed Will of the Ancients. Fixed a couple problems with the Runes section. Added the Brute Force vs Mental Force Q&A in the Masteries section.
6/27/12 - Removed Doran's Ring from and added Null-Magic Mantle to the starting items and matchup section. Removed Corki from the matchups section.
8/7/12 - Made some changes to the Alternative runes, along with a lot of minor edits and additions in other sections.
8/8/12 - Adjusted early itemization to favor finishing Deathfire Grasp before Rabadon's Deathcap. Made a small adjustment to utility masteries. Removed 6th item from the core build (in the case of the cheatsheet it was Banshee's Veil). Adjusted Introduction. Adjusted opening ability sequence to favor Event Horizon over Dark Matter. Revamped Starting Items and Situational Items sections. Removed recommended starting items and skill sequences in The Opposition - Mid Lane section and adjusted a few of the difficulty numbers. Removed Why Survivability is Better than Archangel's Staff section and added Items Not to Get section.
10/2/12 - Removed a few situational items. Deleted Hall of Fame. Reworked Summoner Spells section.
10/30/12 - Removed the Starting Items, Recommended Build and Situational Items sections and wrote a new Itemization section. Adjusted the core build in light of the DFG nerfs and added Chalice of Harmony and Athene's Unholy Grail as early core items.
12/5/12 - Updated cheatsheet with season 3 relevant information. I'll do a thorough overhaul at a later date.
1/7/13 - Finished initial season 3 update to the guide.
1/17/13 - Updated Itemization in light of the Crystalline Flask price increase.
3/15/13 - Updated Itemization ( Seeker's Armguard) and added Morellonomicon, Warmog's Armor and Banshee's Veil to viable items.
4/18/13 - Updated Itemization and some formatting throughout the guide. Moved Change Log to a spoiler in Conclusion.