Akali vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Akali
based on 8,020 Akali vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Veigar
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Akali vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Akali in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Akali versus Veigar counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Veigar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Veigar..
Akali often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Veigar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Veigar
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Who is Better, Akali or Veigar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Akali usually loses when trying to fight Veigar, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter to Veigar.
While Akali does have a lower win rate compared to Veigar, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Akali into Veigaras her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Veigar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Veigar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Veigar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Veigar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Akali versus Veigar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Veigar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Veigar with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Veigar as Akali, Akali players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Akali vs Veigar fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Akali are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.