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How to Win Ahri vs Veigar Counter MatchupAhri is in the b tier of champions

Ahri vs Veigar

How to Beat Veigar as Ahri in LoLAhri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Veigar as Ahri

based on 4,333 Ahri vs Veigar matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. In our dataset, Ahri did battle with Veigar in 4333 rounds. Including so many games with Ahri versus Veigar gives us confidence in our ability to provide informative statistics and a pro build to shatter your enemy. This counter matchup is fairly rare. Ahri fights Veigar in only 3.9% of her rounds.

Ahri vs Veigar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri does a poor job of countering Veigar. Typically, she wins a lowly 47.2% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Ahri against Veigar matches, Ahri’s team is 0.1% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood versus Veigar.

Best Ahri vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

CryptbloomLiandry's TormentZhonya's HourglassSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level upq
>
Second ability for Ahri to level upw
>
Last skill for Ahri to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri's q ability q
Ahri's w ability w
Ahri's e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Veigar

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Advice to Win Against Veigar

Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.

Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.

Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.

Ahri vs Veigar Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Veigar Image
6.4
< Kills >
7.4
5.7
< Deaths >
6.2
7.3
< Assists >
6.2
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.69
167
< Minions Killed >
170
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.12
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,313
< Physical Damage >
561
14,793
< Magic Damage >
22,803
5,090
< True Damage >
588
21,197
< Damage Dealt >
23,952
20,888
< Damage Taken >
19,071
11,375
< Gold Earned >
12,349
1.88
< Towers >
2.13
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,854
< Total Healing >
1,940
14,555
< Experience >
14,775
20
< Vision Score >
21
10
< Wards Placed >
11
69
< Time Dealing CC >
88

How to Counter Veigar with Ahri in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Ahri against Veigar counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..

Ahri typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Ahri and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Veigar

Who is Better, Ahri or Veigar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when trying to fight Veigar, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Ahri makes a poor counter for Veigar.

While Ahri does have a lower winrate than Veigar, when on opposite teams, Ahri also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Ahri into Veigar.

Furthermore, Ahri has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Ahri is a terribly counter to Veigar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ahri against Veigar.

Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Veigar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Veigar as Ahri, we analyzed 4,333 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Veigar as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Ahri in order to counter Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri often picks up a similar amount of CS as Veigar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Ahri versus Veigar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Ahri bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Veigar than with most other common builds. In fact, Ahri boasted an average winrate of 47.2% battling Veigar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Veigar as Ahri, Ahri players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Ahri vs Veigar fights, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Ahri are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.