Champion sheet · Mid

Veigar

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.8%#100 of 173 champions

Pick: 3.8%picked in 278 of 7,335 games
Ban: 3.0%103 bans over 3,438 games, against 0.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid39.7% between 34.6% and 45.1% over 234 gamesSoloQ 49.3%: clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 28.2 min

Amateur: 7,832 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 261,868 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Win rateDraft
How to play itFirst Strike, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 91% of mid laners.TeamfightPoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
39.7%
SoloQ
49.3%
39.7% win rate in amateur play over 234 games, against 49.3% in soloQ over 9,710 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
1.7%
SoloQ
1.2%
1.7% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.2% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.0%
SoloQ
0.3%
3.0% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 0.3% in soloQ over 182,390 games.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

First Strike, then Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, and Rabadon's Deathcap: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesFirst Strike37% · 3,596

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport89% · 8,613

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 62 games

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 1,013

18%of soloQ games

Rod of Ages
Archangel's Staff
Rabadon's Deathcap

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 91% of mid laners.

Plays teamfightstop9%60% · mid laners: 55%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Teamfight
Poke

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 1 in lane, 29 in mid game and 79 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

422-105 vs 528

856-44 vs 899

1,340+161 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Veigarmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 80% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

2.5takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 1 of 100 among mid laners422 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 29 of 100 among mid laners856 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners1,340 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 17 of 100 among mid laners-356 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners-393 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 39 of 100 among mid laners2.5 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 30 of 100 among mid laners385 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 91 of 100 among mid laners60% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 14 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 45 of 100 among mid lanersrank 45 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 44 of 100 among mid laners0.6 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 64 of 100 among mid laners23% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.