By GamGem ResearchLast updated 18 Oct 2026
the Tiny Master of Evil
Patch 26.20 · Stats from the 26.18 Master+ sample (2,067 games).
Veigar, the Tiny Master of Evil, gains permanent ability power from every champion he hits with a spell and every takedown, and Primordial Burst hits harder the lower the target's health. Master+ played him Mid about as often as in the bot lane, with no settled keystone, and Rod of Ages into Archangel's Staff led his most common build. In Mid, Ahri, Viktor and Syndra beat him most often.
Mage
Patch 26.18 · Mid · Ranked Solo/Duo · Master+ · EUW · KR · NA · 2,067 games · Preview sample
2,067
Games
High
Confidence
Win rate by lane
54.9%Win Rate
Flash
Teleport56.9%Win Rate
Flash
Heal
This exact page: taken in 12.0% of games·49.0% win rate over 249 games.
When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana. After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Summon Aery22.7% taken · 52.3% win470 games
Arcane Comet22.1% taken · 45.0% win456 games
Stormraider's Surge10.2% taken · 54.0% win211 gamesInspiration + Sorcery32.9% taken · 49.9% win680 gamesSorcery + Inspiration24.4% taken · 49.3% win505 games
Sorcery + Precision12.7% taken · 52.1% win263 gamesWhich ability to max first, and the level each point goes in — Veigar's most common path.
QVeigar unleashes a bolt of dark energy that deals magic damage to the first two enemies hit.
Cooldown 6/5.5/5/4.5/4s · 30/35/40/45/50 Mana
WVeigar calls a great mass of dark matter to fall from the sky to the target location, dealing magic damage when it lands.
Cooldown 0s · 60/65/70/75/80 Mana
EVeigar twists the edges of space, creating a cage that Stuns enemies that pass through.
Cooldown 20/18.5/17/15.5/14s · 70/75/80/85/90 Mana
RBlasts target enemy champion, dealing a large amount of magic damage, increasing based on the target's missing health.
Cooldown 120/90/60s · 100 ManaMax Q first, then W, then E. Take R whenever available (6 / 11 / 16).
| Ability | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QBaleful Strike | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||||||
| WDark Matter | W | W | W | W | W | |||||||||||||
| EEvent Horizon | E | E | E | E | E | |||||||||||||
| RPrimordial Burst | R | R | R |
How Veigar performs against enemy mid laners
Recommended items by enemy team composition
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Dodge the primary — its rotation is one skillshot; sidestep it and the rest is chip
Punish the cooldown — Veigar is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 7/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
Trade on your terms — take the fight where its damage lands on nobody
PPhenomenal Evil Power
Veigar is the greatest Evil to ever strike at the hearts of Runeterra - and he's only getting bigger! Striking an enemy Champion with a spell or scoring a takedown grants Veigar permanently increased Ability Power.
Passive — never cast
QBaleful Strike
Veigar unleashes a bolt of dark energy that deals magic damage to the first two enemies hit. Units killed by this bolt grant Veigar some ability power permanently.
Cost 30/35/40/45/50 ManaCooldown 6/5.5/5/4.5/4sRange 1000
WDark Matter
Veigar calls a great mass of dark matter to fall from the sky to the target location, dealing magic damage when it lands. Stacks of Phenomenal Evil reduce Dark Matter's cooldown.
Cost 60/65/70/75/80 ManaCooldown 0sRange 950
EEvent Horizon
Veigar twists the edges of space, creating a cage that Stuns enemies that pass through.
Cost 70/75/80/85/90 ManaCooldown 20/18.5/17/15.5/14sRange 725
RPrimordial Burst
Blasts target enemy champion, dealing a large amount of magic damage, increasing based on the target's missing health.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 120/90/60sRange 650
Riot's notes from patch 25.S1.1 to 26.20 change Veigar in 2 patches. The latest is patch 26.7, published 2026-03-31.
RPrimordial Burst
Veigar has often been at the threshold of being considered overpowered in bot lane, and he's been maintaining enough of a play rate there that it's time to step in. One thing different between bot Veigar and mid Veigar is his scaling nature. In bot, he's actually even more of a snowball champion than in mid where his win rate steadily climbs over game time. So we're blunting that early-mid spike with a cooldown nerf that his mid players aren't as reliant upon and can more easily outscale.
WDark Matter
Veigar's been coming up a bit short of success as of late, so to help our resident miniature king we're upping his W's AP ratio so he can take more advantage of his infinite AP scaling to pop enemies he catches with a well placed Event Horizon.
Riot's data lists 17 looks for Veigar with their own art, the base skin included and 52 chroma variants.
Best ARAM build
This champion’s win rate on each patch the preview sample spans, over its own games there. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
| Stat | Veigar | Rank | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base health | 580 | =141st | 620 |
| Health per level | 108 | =53rd | 104 |
| Base armor | 18 | =170th | 30 |
| Armor per level | 5.2 | =3rd | 4.6 |
| Base magic resist | 32 | =32nd | 32 |
| Magic resist per level | 1.3 | =93rd | 1.55 |
| Base attack damage | 52 | =150th | 59 |
| Base attack speed | 0.625 | =117th | 0.656 |
| Attack speed per level | 2.24% | 99th | 2.5% |
| Move speed | 340 | =37th | 335 |
| Attack range | 550 | =9th | 175 |
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 | Rank at 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 580 | +108 | 2416 | 75th of 173 |
| Mana | 490 | +26 | 932 | 120th of 145 |
| Armor | 18 | +5.2 | 106.4 | =92nd of 173 |
| Magic resist | 32 | +1.3 | 54.1 | =93rd of 173 |
Riot Data Dragon 16.20.1. Growth curve: League of Legends Wiki — Champion statistic.
Veigar, the Tiny Master of Evil, is a Mage champion in League of Legends. Riot rates the kit 7/10 for difficulty, 2/10 for attack, 2/10 for defense and 10/10 for magic. Veigar spends Mana and has 17 skins with their own art. Veigar's base armor of 18 is the lowest of 173 champions on patch 26.20 (shared with 3 others).
An enthusiastic master of dark sorcery, Veigar has embraced powers that few mortals dare approach. As a free-spirited inhabitant of Bandle City, he longed to push beyond the limitations of yordle magic, and turned instead to arcane texts that had been hidden away for thousands of years. Now a stubborn creature with an endless fascination for the mysteries of the universe, Veigar is often underestimated by others—but even though he believes himself truly evil, he possesses an inner morality that leads some to question his deeper motivations.
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