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How to Win Veigar vs Rengar Counter MatchupVeigar is in the b tier of champions

Veigar vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Veigar in LoLVeigar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Rengar as Veigar

based on 4,205 Veigar vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL matches every week. Within our database, Veigar battled Rengar 4205 times. Using so many matchups for Veigar vs Rengar gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare informative data and a recommended build to defeat Rengar. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Veigar has to counter Rengar in only 3.1% of his games.

Veigar vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Veigar does a average job of countering Rengar. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Veigar vs Rengar matches, Veigar’s side is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This implies that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Veigar vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Veigar Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

CryptbloomBanshee's VeilStormsurgeSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Veigar to level upq
>
Second ability for Veigar to level upw
>
Last skill for Veigar to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Veigar's passive ability p
Veigar's q ability q
Veigar's w ability w
Veigar's e ability e
Veigar's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Veigar

Tips for Playing as Veigar against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Veigar vs Rengar Counter Stats

Veigar Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Rengar Image
6.9
< Kills >
8.5
6.4
< Deaths >
7.1
6.1
< Assists >
6
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
171
< Minions Killed >
42
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
1.39
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.41
657
< Physical Damage >
17,937
20,940
< Magic Damage >
1,314
511
< True Damage >
1,153
22,109
< Damage Dealt >
20,404
19,431
< Damage Taken >
34,938
12,102
< Gold Earned >
13,192
1.99
< Towers >
1.33
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
1,848
< Total Healing >
16,519
14,542
< Experience >
14,514
21
< Vision Score >
21
11
< Wards Placed >
6
85
< Time Dealing CC >
235

How to Counter Rengar with Veigar in LoL

The stats provided here show some critical Veigar vs. Rengar matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Veigar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Veigar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rengar..

Veigar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rengar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Veigar and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Veigar
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Veigar
Rengar

Who is Better, Veigar or Rengar?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Veigar usually fairs equally well when playing against Rengar, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Veigar makes an ok counter to Rengar.

While Veigar does have a lower winrate compared to Rengar, when on opposite teams, Veigar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Veigar into Rengaras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Veigar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Veigar vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Veigar is a somewhat poor counter for Rengar. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Veigar against Rengar.

Additional Information for Veigar Players

How We Calculated Our Veigar vs Rengar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rengar as Veigar, we analyzed 4,205 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rengar as Veigar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Veigar in order to counter Rengar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Veigar typically picks up much more CS relative to Rengar. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Veigar versus Rengar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Veigar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Rengar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Veigar boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Rengar with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Rengar as Veigar, Veigar players should take 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 builds players used for Veigar vs Rengar fights, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rengar as Veigar are shown for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.