Veigar vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Veigar
based on 3,327 Veigar vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Galio
Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.
Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.
Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.
Advice to Win Against Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Veigar vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Veigar in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Veigar versus Galio matchup stats that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Galio..
Veigar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Galio. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Galio
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Who is Better, Veigar or Galio?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when taking on Galio, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter for Galio.
While Veigar does have a lower winrate than Galio, when they face off with one another, Veigar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Galioas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Galio. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Veigar against Galio.
Other Champion Matchups Against Veigar
Additional Information for Veigar Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Veigar to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar on average gets a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Veigar versus Galio build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Veigar used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Galio with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Galio as Veigar, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Veigar vs Galio counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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