Veigar vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Veigar
based on 9,388 Veigar vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Veigar vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Veigar vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Veigar
Tips for Playing as Veigar against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Veigar vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Veigar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some important Veigar against Jax matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jax’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Veigar usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Jax. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Veigar and Jax
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Who is Better, Veigar or Jax?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jax, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter for Jax.
While Veigar does have a lower win rate than Jax, when facing one another, Veigar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Jaxas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Veigar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jax. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Veigar is a somewhat poor counter to Jax. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Veigar against Jax.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Veigar in order to counter Jax during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Veigar often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jax. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Veigar versus Jax build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Banshee's Veil, and Luden's Companion. When Veigar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Jax than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Veigar had an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Jax with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Jax as Veigar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Transcendence, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Veigar vs Jax counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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