Veigar/Strategy

== Strategy ==

Skill Usage

 * Consistant use of to last-hit minions is key in amassing Ability Power, but make sure you have enough mana regen to maintain it.
 * Early ranks of have a higher cooldown, so remember to also use your auto-attack to get last hits.
 * An easy way to last hit with is to let the tower hit melee minions twice then follow it with a . Let the tower hit caster minions once along with one auto attack and a.
 * Starting from rank 3 becomes a mana-efficient harassment tool.
 * is one of the strongest stuns--it stuns for 2.5 seconds at max rank and is AoE. With practice, it's easy to stun or cage at least 2 or 3 players.
 * While being chased through the jungle can be used to block off a choke point for a successful escape.
 * Aiming so that enemies are on the edge and thus immediately stunned is vital in trapping champions with escape mechanisms or.
 * You can use 's impact animation to cordon off your foes; place the spell near the champion but angled towards the direction in which he is most likely to retreat.
 * Starting from level 4 of you can use it for killing half or whole creep waves, as it instantly kills minions by then.
 * Using your against enemy champions with high Ability Power can have devastating effects.


 * Use to increase success rates in landing . Remember, enemies in the centre can move into the stun-ring just to avoid your.
 * Also, using his nuke combo of, , and then , in that order, will allow you an easier hit with . Due to being targeted, it should be used third so that it is ensured to hit.

Build Usage

 * Getting mana regen items such as early game allows an early gank without having to return to base to get mana.
 * As one of 's primary strengths comes with spamming to gain ability power,  is a natural upgrade to benefit from a larger manapool at the same time. A charged  is also a potent item to gain AP.
 * along with can lead to  having massive mana regen, allowing the spamming of spells.
 * is a prime offensive item on, as it also amplifies the ability power gained from.
 * Spell vamp items such as or  grant much needed survivability in ganks mid-lategame.
 * A gives  some much needed health and mana giving him a good early game.
 * The can be built into a  which gives  some AP, health and mana or a  giving him some magic resistance.