Thoughts on Veigar

Hello. I am a Korean Veigar main who played him all season long. I just want to share my thoughts about the status that Veigar is in the Season 6 Preseason.

On the final patch of Season 5, (5.22 patch) Veigar’s Baleful Strike (Q) and Dark Matter (W) both received a nerf on its base damage. Veigar, a Champion with a tough early game, now has a really weak laning phase. I am aware that Veigar has a very powerful late game, and he did have a very snowbally mid game before these nerfs. I do think some of these changes have reduced the early power spike.

Season 6 Veigar however, is totally different from him during Season 5.

Games tend to be faster, and the cost of most AP items were increased, which results in Veigar’s late game literally “missing” (Price increase of Deathcap, Morellonomicon, and Void staff hit him hard) As a result, nerf on the base damage resulted in Veigar’s laning even weaker, and his late game carry does not exist, since the Meta is way too fast for him. Veigar’s Winrate and Pickrate is very low at the moment, and I don’t think the nerf was necessary for a champion that’s doing this bad.

I suggest a small change for veigar.

With Veigar’s counter item (MR boots) being nerfed and hourglass prices set higher, I do not expect a huge buff. Or else he would be overpowered as he wasbefore the nerf.

My suggestion is rolling-back the change made during the last patches, or even buffing his Q base damage a bit. Buffing his Q will result in better laning, and will also take veigar back to the “fast meta” to give this like guy a small hope.

Thanks for reading!