Veigar
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Excellent (8.5/10)
Low Investment
Rare Relics OK
Veigar is a highly effective control champion who dominates the late-game with overwhelming spell damage. While his early game requires careful navigation, his 3-star power provides a massive spike in consistency and power.
Double Darkness Engine
Summons a second Veigar, accelerating Darkness generation and providing multiple bodies for duplication effects.
The core engine of the build. At six mana, this doubles all Darkness casts, leading to overwhelming board control and Nexus damage.
Amplifies the damage of every Darkness spell and Veigar's skills, scaling aggressively when multiple copies are cast.
Strategy
This build maximizes Veigar's scaling potential. Frozen Tomb summons a second Veigar, which accelerates Darkness generation.
Once six mana gems are reached, Chemtech Duplicator triggers on both copies, effectively tripling the damage and generation of Darkness spells. Luden's Tempest further amplifies this massive skill damage output.
Monthly Challenge Nuke
- Copies spells when 6+ mana gems are available, crucial for doubling the damage of Darkness.
- Significantly boosts the damage of Darkness, scaling twice for double Luden's.
- Stacks with the first Luden's Tempest to create an overwhelming spell-damage engine.
Strategy
This build focuses on a powerful one-shot kill engine using Chemtech Duplicator to copy Darkness spells, amplified by double Luden's Tempest. The strategy relies on getting Veigar on the board and accumulating enough mana to trigger the combo for a decisive victory.
It is exceptionally effective in Monthly Challenges against low-health, high-threat champions like Katarina, Zed, and Irelia, allowing Veigar to instantly remove them upon summon and prevent them from establishing a board presence.
Unstoppable Evil
- Ensures a second Veigar hits the board, providing redundancy and doubling Darkness generation.
- Provides the necessary late-game scaling by doubling Darkness spells once the six-mana threshold is reached.
Protects Veigar from immediate removal, which is critical for a champion whose entire deck relies on his presence.
Strategy
Veigar is highly vulnerable to direct removal, and his deck's win condition collapses without him on the board. Black Shield provides a crucial layer of protection, ensuring he survives the early turns.
Frozen Tomb and Chemtech Duplicator maintain the core duplication engine, guaranteeing overwhelming late-game damage once the mana threshold is met.
Accessible Archmage
- The definitive win condition, doubling all spells and skills once six mana is achieved.
- Provides a consistent boost to all spell and skill damage, making early Darkness casts more lethal.
Guarantees spell mana is available every round, ensuring Darkness can always be cast.
Strategy
This setup utilizes only rare relics while maintaining Veigar's core game plan. Archangel's Staff ensures a constant supply of spell mana to cast Darkness every round.
Chemtech Duplicator doubles the output at six mana, and Luden's Tempest provides a consistent boost to all spell and skill damage.
Other Relic Options
Provides early removal power and accelerates Veigar's level-up condition, making the early game significantly smoother.
Facilitates playing multiple Veigars by refilling spell mana, ensuring immediate Darkness casts upon deployment.
Creates additional copies of Veigar in the deck and reduces the cost of his champion spell, providing excellent utility and stun control.
Can be combined with Plunder relics like Packed Powder to cheat Veigar out early, though this requires specific setups to activate.
Constellation
Veigar is a premier control champion who reaches his primary power spike at 3 stars. His gameplay revolves around stalling the board and scaling his Darkness spell to inevitably destroy the enemy Nexus. He functions exceptionally well without requiring extensive constellation upgrades, making him a highly efficient investment for newer accounts. Players highly anticipate his future constellation release to further enhance his late-game scaling.
I am Evil
Round Start: Create a Darkness in hand or, if you have one, reduce its cost by 1 instead.
All Powerful
+1 Starting Mana. Your Darkness accelerates to Burst.
I am Evil II
Round Start: Create a Darkness that costs 0 in hand.
Gameplay Tips
- Survive to Six Mana
Veigar's primary win condition activates at six mana gems when Chemtech Duplicator comes online. Use early Darkness spells for crucial removal rather than hoarding them, ensuring the board remains manageable until the late-game engine starts.
- Protect the Mastermind
Veigar's deck is highly dependent on his active presence on the battlefield. If he is removed, scaling halts and the deck struggles. Always ensure it is safe to deploy him, utilizing defensive relics or holding up mana for protective spells.
- Avoid Gloom Conversion
Never draft powers or support champions that convert spell damage into Gloom (such as Vex's powers). Gloom application does not register as damage, which completely prevents Veigar from achieving his level-up condition.
- Countering Low-Health Threats
Veigar is an exceptional counter to low-health, high-threat champions in Monthly Challenges, such as Katarina or Irelia. His ability to instantly remove them from the board with Burst-speed Darkness prevents them from leveling up or executing their game plans.
- Self-Targeting Utility
Darkness can be cast on your own Nexus. This unique interaction is incredibly useful for completing specific adventure quests that require finishing a game at three or less health, allowing for precise health manipulation before delivering the final blow.
- Beware Cost-Increasing Mutators
Adventures featuring mutators that increase the cost of units or created cards severely disrupt Veigar's methodical setup. His strategy is inherently slow, and further delays to his board development can make certain encounters unwinnable.