Caitlyn vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Caitlyn
based on 13,934 Caitlyn vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Veigar
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats provided here show some strategic Caitlyn versus Veigar counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..
Caitlyn often has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Veigar
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Veigar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when taking on Veigar, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter for Veigar.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Veigar, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Veigar.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Veigar matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Veigar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Caitlyn against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Veigar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Veigar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Veigar build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Veigar than with most other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 50.3% battling Veigar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Veigar as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Veigar counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Caitlyn are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.