How to win lane as Veigar against Samira · 52.69% win rate (3,061 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A scaling race where yours is infinite — cage the all-ins, stack the doubled lane, and audit the curve at 225 AP.
Track: Samira's W — Blade Whirl (30–22s cooldown). Deletes every projectile for a second — hold your key shots until the whirl is spent.
Read from Veigar's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Samira.
This is Veigar's own plan; across 3,061 pooled games the lane is leaning Veigar.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Veigar | Level 1 is yours because Samira is effectively melee-range and can't answer your Q poke. |
| Level 2 | Veigar | Level 2 stays yours as W Dark Matter adds free harass she can't retaliate against. |
| Level 3 | Veigar | Level 3 is yours with E-W-Q punishing any step toward the wave. |
| Levels 4-5 | Veigar | Levels 4-5 remain yours as poke and AP stacks snowball against her weak ranged game. |
| Level 6 | Samira | Level 6 favours Samira because R Inferno Trigger lifesteals and shreds through a missed cage. |
| First item | Veigar | First item flips back to you since your burst deletes her before she stacks Style or channels R. |
| Two+ items | Veigar | 2+ items is yours because one combo one-shots her and E interrupts her ult and dash engage. |
Levels 1-4 are heavily yours: Samira needs to be in melee to combo and heal, but Q Baleful Strike and W Dark Matter poke her from outside her reach, and W Blade Whirl only blocks projectiles it can't chase you with. Zone her, stack AP, and hold E for her Wild Rush. She needs melee range to combo, and your poke exists entirely outside it. Take the executes and chip her every time she walks forward. Hover the cage for the dash rather than the approach, because a Samira stunned mid-Wild Rush is the whole win condition in this matchup.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Veigar's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Veigar vs Samira report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Veigar, slightly — a 52.69% win rate edge over 3,061 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Veigar has a small statistical edge (52.69% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Veigar has a slight edge (52.69% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Veigar takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Samira.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g). Build Luden's first, then Seraph's / Rabadon's, with Plated Steelcaps / Sorcerer's.
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