User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Veigar, the Tiny Master of Evil/@comment-24090792-20150222102554/@comment-1330314-20150222104855

No worries! You also do have a point: generally, when it comes to balancing champions on a power-versus-reliability scale, I tend to chop off a lot of reliability in exchange for a lot of power, perhaps too much of both. When it comes to Veigar, however, I do think he needs to be a little less reliable, even if it doesn't have to be to the extent of the above kit: right now, practically his entire kit is point-and-click, and the only damaging ability that isn't can be made ultra-reliable via the use of his stun, which is currently undodgeable in the hands of a skilled Veigar. I did try to give him more reliability in some places (his ult is still point-and-click, even if it involves a lot more pointing, and the charges on his W punish him a lot less for missing), though that may not be enough.

To explain, what I had in mind was a Veigar who could delete just about anybody, and who could trap enemies in the same space for pretty decent amounts of time, but who would never be able to singlehandedly prevent his victims from moving, because everything else on his kit would rely on him trying to lock onto his target. Basically, I wanted him to play like a miniboss from any other videogame, with devastating yet massively telegraphed attacks. Overall, if he does happen to be too unreliable, I think there are levers on him that could be adjusted to make him a lot more reliable (the delay on Dark Matter or Event Horizon, the required lock-on time for Primordial Burst, the projectile speed for Baleful Strike, etc.). However, I think it's fitting for him to have a large degree of unreliability, because he's the only champion in the game designed to be able to literally one-shot enemies (including tanks, if you're fed enough). Allowing his abilities to miss, or at least deal significantly reduced damage if outplayed, means that no matter how fed he is, there's always a way of dealing with him (as opposed to his current state, where he gets to delete anyone who gets near him at the press of a button).