Veigar

Veigar is an AP mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 53.2% win rate, 3.5% pick rate, 41,114 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Veigar is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Veigar wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Veigar tips the fight, and sieging objectives and turrets with sustained pressure. The kit grades 8/10 teamfighting, 7/10 siege. Veigar's soft spots are roaming and split-push (2/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.

The most-played core build is Rod of Ages, Archangel's Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap, which holds a 56.8% win rate across 2,897 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.

The matchup to respect is Varus, where Veigar sits at just 42.0%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (62.7%), and on the team side, Veigar gains the most from a Zed (+9.0% pair win rate).