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Veigar used to Counter Mobile Champions

ylneveaH evoL·2/14/2015, 2:01:57 AM·4 votes·890 views

But we can't have a counter to the flashy champions because #LCSbigplays LeeSin Kalista Kassadin A well placed Veigar E was the only thing that could actually stop these champions. In addition, his Q now being a skill shot makes him EXTREMELY reliant on landing his E.

Veigar is one of the squishiest champions in the League and was super reliant on his E to disengage and be safe. It was either kill or be killed...Now he will only be killed.

As a champion who had a poor early game, making his only reliable harass a skill shot will make it worse.

Playing around a Veigar E was like playing around Annie Ult or Amumu ult. Sure it was a basic ability on a much shorter cooldown, but a) it did 0 damage b) unless you got caught right on the edge, you could kite around the middle and wait it out c) he dies in two hits.

His theme is gone. "I am evil, stop laughing" as he puts down a ring that does no damage and warns people that they have nearly a second to move. "I will swallow your soooouuuul" as he throws out energy in a linear skill shot. "even now your loved ones suffer" as he dies in two hits because his E has a delay, so perfectly landing it is essentially worse.
Whereas before, i did feel like a tiny master of evil as I smacked people with christmas trees and caught them by surprise with a 2.5 second AOE stun. R.I.P Veigar =(

6 Comments

SephAgro2/14/2015, 2:07:27 AM1 votes

Rip Veigar. Welcome to the league of Acrobats.

J Eevo2/14/2015, 2:11:01 AM1 votes

The current E can stay if it gets some sort of a slow mechanic or another way to make it more reliable W should get either a bigger reduction on it's cd(currently takes off only 0.5s per level, down to 8s at W's max level(which you usually would max after Q and third level in E because you need E at least on level 3 to hit it) or a buff on it's damage because without the E hitting it's almost impossible to hit with

And for the record, Kassa wasn't countered by Veigar's E, since riftwalk doesn't trigger the stun when passing through since it's a blink and not a dash or jump

EDIT: also, is it just me or are all mages recently changed being pushed into AOE damage dealers, leaving the ADs as the most reliable assassins that 100-0 champions without their target being able to react or rendering the reaction irrelevant(Hello zed)

GigglingAngel2/14/2015, 2:34:22 AM1 votes

People making a big shitstorm over something they haven't even tried out yet. Just another day on the LoL boards.