Hey there, welcome to my first basic guide: Veigar Midlane. I tell you which items I believe to be the absolute best choices based on my countless games with Veigar (70k mastery and climbing). Veigar is a rather easy champ, but playing him really well obviously takes skill. After you get comfortable with Veigar, you start to make some nice plays without even realizing it. It feels so amazing to land a perfect E and 100-0 burst anyone in the game, or to cut off the ADC with your W or E and dispatch him quickly to win the teamfight. In my honest opinion, Veigar's E ability: Event Horizon is the BEST mix of both CC and zoning available in the game. Now let's get to the rest of the basics of this Veigar guide...

Basically always go with Flat AP Quints, with Magic Resist glyphs, Magic Penetration marks, and Armor seals. You can also swap out AP quints with Movement Speed Quints if you're not that confident in your ability to dodge skillshots as easily.

The reason I don't take thunderlord's is simply because in order to proc it you need to land 2 autos and a q which will simply open you up to too much return damage. Windspeaker's (after Level 6 power spike) will almost always proc once you land a clean W or R. This is sooo important on Veigar because frankly, his mobility is complete trash. After landing a W or securing a kill, you can run away to safety in the blink of an eye, effectively making you an AP assassin (in a way).

Pros:

Can burst ANYONE late game
Gains enormous amounts of AP with his passive
E is excellent for zoning or CC in both teamfights and in lane
W can practically oneshot enemy ADC's if they don't see it in time
Has a laugh that will tilt the other laner quickly

Cons:

Slow movement speed
Reliant on farming
Squishy
Auto attacks are quite slow (have to get used to the timing)

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