Sivir vs Veigar Counter Pick

Two champions with opposite scaling curves collide here. Sivir’s 54.6% win rate across 308 recorded games on patch 16.13.1 suggests the early game matters more. Veigar starts with 18 armor, 52 attack damage and 580 health, which makes him the easiest target imaginable for Sivir’s 60 base attack damage at 500 range, with Ricochet bouncing onto anyone standing nearby.

Phenomenal Evil Power undoes that if nobody punishes him. He gains permanent stacks from champion hits and kills, Baleful Strike turns last hits into ability power, and Primordial Burst grows with the health its target has already lost. A Sivir sitting at 2,368 maximum health late in the game is therefore still within reach once she has been worn down.

The mechanical trade is easier to read than the scaling picture. Each Veigar spell is one discrete cast, and Spell Shield cancels one of them while giving Sivir health and a burst of speed. The most important one to block is Event Horizon, since its stun on the cage edge is what lets Dark Matter connect at all. Without it, he is left aiming a delayed meteor at a target already on the move, and Fleet of Foot only adds speed on each champion attack. His 340 base movement hardly helps when he has to stand still to aim. Veigar’s difficulty rating of 7 against Sivir’s 4 reflects how much of his damage hinges on that single setup, and mana limits both champions. Kits: Sivir and Veigar.