Blitzcrank vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Blitzcrank
based on 5,255 Blitzcrank vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Veigar
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats provided here show several important Blitzcrank versus Veigar matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Veigar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Veigar
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Veigar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when facing off against Veigar, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Veigar.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Veigar, when they face off with one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Blitzcrank into Veigar.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Veigar matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Blitzcrank is a good counter to Veigar. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Veigar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Veigar build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Veigar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Veigar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Veigar as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should use the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Blitzcrank vs Veigar counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Blitzcrank are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.