Veigar is a ranged mage usually played Mid/Bot on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Veigar in ARAM: Veigar excels as a scaling burst mage in ARAM; focus on stacking AP safely with Q, using your cage to control chokepoints, and deleting squishy targets with your combo.
Veigar ARAM Abilities
Hitting a champion or getting a takedown permanently increases Veigar's Ability Power.
Fires a bolt hitting two enemies; killing them permanently increases Veigar's ability power.
Veigar drops dark matter at a target location after a short delay; stacks of Phenomenal Evil reduce its cooldown.
Veigar creates a cage that stuns enemies who pass through its edges.
Blasts a target champion, dealing magic damage increased by their missing health.
Veigar ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Veigar excels as a scaling burst mage in ARAM; focus on stacking AP safely with Q, using your cage to control chokepoints, and deleting squishy targets with your combo.
Tips
Focus on stacking your passive (Phenomenal Evil Power) by hitting champions with abilities to maximize AP.
Use your cage (Event Horizon) to trap enemies in narrow ARAM corridors for easy setups.
Prioritize ability haste items to spam your Q and W for faster stacking and poke.
Save your ultimate (Primordial Burst) for low-health enemies to secure kills and reset cooldowns.
Position behind your team to safely farm minions with Q and avoid engages.
Combos
E (cage) > W (Dark Matter) > Q (Baleful Strike) > R (Primordial Burst) for burst combo.
Q > W > E to poke and zone enemies, then follow up with R if they're low.
Flash > E to surprise engage and trap multiple enemies for your team.
Veigar ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Sorcery
Arcane Comet
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Gathering StormSecondary — Precision
Presence of Mind
Coup de GraceSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Blasting Wand - 2.
Tear of the Goddess
Core Items
- 1.
Rod of Ages - 2.
Archangel's Staff - 3.
Sorcerer's Shoes
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- you are the primary AP carry
- enemy team is stacking health
- you need maximum burst damage
Avoid when:
- you need utility or survivability
- your team has mixed damage sources
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has shields to burst through
- you need extra burst on squishy targets
- your team lacks magic penetration
Avoid when:
- enemy team is stacking magic resist
- you need sustained damage over burst
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has shields to burst through
- you need extra burst on squishy targets
- your team lacks magic penetration
Avoid when:
- enemy team is stacking magic resist
- you need sustained damage over burst
Options
Veigar ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Veigar in ARAM?
In ARAM, Veigar typically builds core items like Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, Sorcerer's Shoes and Arcane Comet runes (Sorcery primary, Precision secondary).
What runes should I use for Veigar in ARAM?
Take Arcane Comet in the Sorcery tree as your keystone, with Precision as your secondary tree for Veigar in ARAM.
How do you play Veigar in ARAM?
Veigar excels as a scaling burst mage in ARAM; focus on stacking AP safely with Q, using your cage to control chokepoints, and deleting squishy targets with your combo.
What is Veigar's best combo in ARAM?
E (cage) > W (Dark Matter) > Q (Baleful Strike) > R (Primordial Burst) for burst combo.
