Veigar
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 4.7%picked in 125 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 4.7%93 bans over 1,958 games, against 1.1% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itFirst Strike, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.



- In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 91% of mid laners.TeamfightPoke
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.9%
- SoloQ
- 1.4%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 5.3%
- SoloQ
- 1.1%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 30.4 min
- SoloQ
- 28.6 min
How to play it?
First Strike, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Rabadon's Deathcap
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 91% of mid laners.
- Plays teamfightstop9%60% · mid laners: 55%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Teamfight
- Poke
Like other mid laners
- Damage in mid game
- Map pressure
- Absorbs damage
- Lets allies carry kills
- Crowd control (CC)
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 1 in lane, 29 in mid game and 79 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 80% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 1 of 100 among mid laners422 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 29 of 100 among mid laners856 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners1,340 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 17 of 100 among mid laners-356 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners-393 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 39 of 100 among mid laners2.5 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 30 of 100 among mid laners385 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners60% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 14 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 45 of 100 among mid lanersrank 45 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 44 of 100 among mid laners0.6 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+1.4%5,854 picks of 431,269ban 1.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.9%69 picks of 3,686ban 5.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.1%3 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
5.0% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 4.0%G129 games of 733
- 4.1%G230 games of 733
- 3.2%G3+10 games of 316
Not enough series yet: published from 30.

