Veigar vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Veigar
based on 2,851 Veigar vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Veigar vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Veigar in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some critical Veigar vs. Gwen counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Gwen..
Veigar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Gwen. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Gwen
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Who is Better, Veigar or Gwen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when taking on Gwen, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Veigar makes an ok counter for Gwen.
While Veigar does have a lower winrate than Gwen, when facing one another, Veigar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Veigar into Gwenas 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 utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter for Gwen. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Veigar against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Veigar to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Gwen. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts 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 displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Gwen build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Gwen than with most other common item sets. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Gwen as Veigar, Veigar players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Veigar vs Gwen counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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