Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Corki vs. Veigar counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..
Corki typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when trying to fight Veigar, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Corki makes a poor counter for Veigar.
While Corki does have a lower winrate compared to Veigar, when they face off with one another, Corki also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Corki into Veigar.
Additionally, Corki also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Corki vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Corki is a garbage counter for Veigar. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Corki against Veigar.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Corki 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 stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Veigar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Corki versus Veigar build include Muramana, Trinity Force, and Eclipse. When Corki incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Veigar than with most other common builds. In fact, Corki had an average winrate of 47.8% battling Veigar with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Veigar as Corki, Corki players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Corki vs Veigar counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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