Veigar Build Guide by Bl00dMessiah

Introduction

Before i even start this guide i wish to thank Searz (a member of mobafire for his informational guide on how to make a guide ^^), if you want to make your own guide follow this link(http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/forum/build-and-guide-discussion/searzs-informative-and-awesome-looking-guide-template-4336)
!Hi guys this is my First guide :D and i hope you enjoy it as much i enjoyed makign it. Okay so first off, i would like to say that i love veigar he is an insanely stronger nuker and a huge help to the team. Event horizon, for example, can help turn the game around. If you're ganked or you're ganking this skill is extremely helpful in picking up a kill or getting away. Veigar is also known for his "spell cycle". By spell cycle i mean that his skills are good for combinations and does a huge amount of damage if all attacks hit the enemy.

I also would like to say that im open to any questions you have. If you dont like my build please leave a comment, and tell me what i should change because that would be extremely helpful for my future guides! TY in Advanced :D

Pros / Cons

Veigar has a few Pros and Cons:

Pros:

Extremely strong attacks.

A Very helpful stun used to stun enemies, run away, gank, etc.

His ult does the base damage + (Bonus damage from items) + 80% of enemies Ap. So if the enemy has alot of Ap ur ult will deal more damage on him.

A good amount of Mana Regen so you don't burn through mana quickly.

A quick skill cycle (you can activate all your skills in matters of seconds) Cause huge burst nuke damage.

Cons:

After Veigar uses up all his skills he does not have a good defenseive option. If he was attacked after missing all his attacks he will have to run away for his life. Always keep yourself open for escapes.

He is VERY squishy early through around mid game. Always stay with a good laning partner. In the past i've come to realize that Tank champions, champions with stuns, and champions with slows, and champions with heals are good partners with Veigar. A bad partner would be Master Yi for example. Although Master Yi is extremely strong, he wont be helpful to you other than bluffing. He is MUCH faster than you are, and he probably will run away when things get rough leaving you vulnerable.

Veigar is also very slow throughout the game so always be careful, running to far away from turrets and your base is dangerous, as many other champions will catch up to you.

Runes

Runes
Greater Mark of Magic Penetration 9	Greater Seal of Ability Power 9	Greater Glyph of Scaling Ability Power 9	Greater Quintessence of Ability Power 3

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Items

Item Explanation

I chose these items as they will give you a huge amount of AP. which will overall help you hit ALOT more with your skills.

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I start off with meki pendant, AND a health potion. the Meki pendant is a prerequisite of another item and is most beneficial to you at the time. It provides mana regen so you always have mana, and the health potion is for staying in the lane to always get exp without having to go back to base for hp.

Build the meki pendant into this item. This item gives you a bonus of 350 mana and more. Every time you activate a skill you gain an additional 4 max mana. for ex. say u have 10/10 mana and you use a skill that uses up 10 mana you will have 0/14. you used all 10 mana but gain 4 additional MAX mana. Hope that makes sense to you guys ^^.

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Get the boots of speed first then buy your choice of boots quickly. gives you a bonus of 20 magic penetration allowing you to do more damage.
These allow you to move around the map faster than the other boots, but does not add any "stats" But the speed of the boots allow you to catch up and escape easily. Getting you more kills and less deaths.
these boots are helpful for cd. they allow you to throw in more skills and ability because the cooldown on your skills are lower. This will help your overall dps.

Kage's Lucky Pick +

The Kage will provide you with extra gold, and will build into the deathfire later on. The deathfire grasp item is very helpful. It gives you mana regen, AP, and has its own active ability, it deals 30% of the enemies current health + 3.5% per 100 AP. It has a 650 range, and a one minute cd, AND it will do a MINIMUM of 200 damage. (this item is very awesome) You are able to spam it because of the low cooldown (cd) and it does alot of damage!

This Item is a must-have. It gives 4 AP per skill usage, 25 mana regen per 5 secs, and converts 3% of your max mana into AP. so the more you use you skills the more mana you have and the more AP. So START SPAMMING INTO MINIONS AND ENEMIES. (note to players: always be careful, as spamming your skills is a good thing, but if you are ganked while you skills are on cd you are screwed. so NEVER use Event Horizon or Primordial Burst against minions, always save your ult and stuns for later

Next is the Void Staff. Void staff is a huge help in damage and burst. gives you 40% MAGIC PENETRATION. ANd 70 AP UGREGRNQO!!! THIS IS AN AWESOME ITEM. It gives you a HUGE boost in damage.

You should work towards this items now as it will give you a HUGE boost in damage. It gives you 140 AP! (2x void's staff), and also gives +30%!! this item will garuntee give you over 150AP. and is definitely wanted. you ult, primodordial burst, should be hitting around 900 without the bonus of the enemies Ap added to it!

You can get this item, as substitution for the Mejai's, it gives you a good boost in damage and has its own active skill, dealing 30% of the enemies current health in magic damage, definitely use this on tanks because it will deal more damage.
(NOTE: i would suggest using this first when attacking as it will do 30% of the CURRENT HP, you will deal more damage when they have more hp, therefore stunning the enemies, using deathfire's and then going through your skill cycle will deal more damage)

Other possibilities

ONLY GET MEJAIS SOULSTEALER IF YOU ARE DOING WELL. Mejai's soulstealer purpose is to give you bonus every time you get an assist or kill. If you are dying constantly or dying alot. Do not buy this item as it won't be that helpful. However if you are getting alot of kills without dying, i definitely suggest you get this book. The Mejai's soulstealer works like this: every time you kill an enemy champion you gain 2 "stacks" Every stack gives you 8 AP. so everytime you kill an enemy champion you gain 16 Ap. Assists only give you 1 "Stack" giving you only 8 AP. You can have a maximum of 20 stacks. 20stacks = 160 AP. However if you die alot you will lose stacks. you will lose 1/3 of your stacks of you die. (for ex. if you had 18 stacks and you die, you lose 6 whole stacks. 6 stacks = 48 Ap.) Therefore dying with this item is bad.

This item gives you a good amount of AP. 12 mana per 5 seconds, and 20% cd reduction. once again dealing more damage(because of the extra AP), dealing more damage FASTER (becasue of cd), and dealing more damage LONGER (because of the extra mana)

I've seen some people using the Banshee's veil for the bonuses of it, and i agree that this item can be helpful. Banshee's veil negates one spell every 45 seconds allowing you to be harder to gank. (if someone stuns you banshee's veil get rid of the stun allowing you to escape) Banshee's Veil also provides with more mana and HP, for more survivability.

This item gives you bonuses every minute!! The rod of ages provides alot of extra hp and mana. Get this item if you think you are very squishy. Also every time you level the rod of ages heals your hp and mana by a certain amount.

This item provides you with HP, AP, and the ability to slow down your opponents with your skill. Get this item if you feel you are too squishy, because it provides 500 HEALTH, AND 80 AP!

YOU CAN ALWAYS SWITCH UP THE ITEMS DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION. AND YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR ITEMS IF YOU FEEL THAT ANOTHER ITEM WILL BENEFIT YOU MORE. THE ITEMS I CHOSEN ARE SUGGESTED ITEMS, AND CAN BE ALTERED EASILY.

Which Skills To Get and How To Use Them

Summoner Spells

Farming

When farming i suggest always last hitting with your Q skill

Now dont last hit EVERY MINION because you will drain you mana very quickly, last hit minions every once in a while so you are never ganked and have to wait for cooldowns.

Always lane with a partner and stay in the back with your STUN always ready.

harass enemy champions will baleful strike using a hit and run tactic.

Unique Skills

Veigar's Unique Skill is to use the Opponents AP against them. When fighting AP heavy champions always attempt to use baleful strike primordial burst because they use a %, percentile of the enemies AP as a bonus. So your Q and R skill will deal much more damage.

Creeping / Jungling

Simple as this. Veigar is not meant to Jungle

Team Work

Team work is a HUGE part of League of Legends. Always try to make a "pre-made" team with a couple of friends who are very good.
NOW A COUPLE OF PERFECT LANING PARTNERS ARE...:
Sion also has a stun and is a nuker/dps. (double stun + double nuke = pure destruction)
Soraka has alot of heals and gives free mana to you allowing you to farm more efficiently and get better items. Better items = stronger nuker allowing you to get ALOT of kills
Nasus's Skills go pretty well with veigars he has AOE skills and if the enemy is trapped in veigar's stun you both can rain hell on the victim.


Any champion with a stun gives you a lot of kills.
Any champion with a heal gives you a lot of creep last hits.
Any champion with good zone control makes your lane enemies cry.
-OMBlah (OMBlah is a member from the League of Legends Community)

Conclusion

Well this is the End of my Veigar Guide to Success. I hope you find this guide to be very informational and helpful to beginner and pros alike. I myself am not a pro, but i have played with veigar alot and know what works best in game. Also please leave comments on what you think i should improve below. Please no flaming either ^^ TY! Thanks for Reading GUYS!! GOOD LUCK WTIH VEIGAR The Tiny Master of Evil.