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h3r1n6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Iceland2039 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-08 11:45:05
May 08 2012 11:44 GMT
#261
You should watch Nyjacky play Veigar on his stream a bit. Ever since I started copying his playstyle a bit, my Veigar got a lot better without even playing it. He maxes Q>W>E, with a point in stun at level 2 usually. Rarely use Q to farm in lane, mostly to harass and when they get low he finishes them with a combo.

Due to Veigars passive you have mana to keep on harassing with Q. Stun and W takes too much mana early on.
rkffhk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
474 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-08 12:39:19
May 08 2012 12:38 GMT
#262
On May 08 2012 20:44 h3r1n6 wrote:
Rarely use Q to farm in lane

Due to Veigars passive you have mana to keep on harassing with Q.

Veigar gets +1 ap for each last hit with Q.

I don't understand how this makes sense. If you want to maximize AP, shouldn't use try to last hit as much as possible with Q? I mean yeah if there's no available minions to farm with Q, then yeah I understand using it to harrass... but really?
"Did not realize gold was such an important threshold for people, I guess I honestly take it for granted that if people practice / invest enough time into this game then they would make diamond in no time." ~Caihead
emraaa
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany505 Posts
May 08 2012 13:06 GMT
#263
won lane > 30 ap more midgame
Sure as the dust that floats high and true, when movin through kashmir
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
May 08 2012 13:44 GMT
#264
On May 08 2012 20:44 h3r1n6 wrote:
You should watch Nyjacky play Veigar on his stream a bit. Ever since I started copying his playstyle a bit, my Veigar got a lot better without even playing it. He maxes Q>W>E, with a point in stun at level 2 usually. Rarely use Q to farm in lane, mostly to harass and when they get low he finishes them with a combo.

Due to Veigars passive you have mana to keep on harassing with Q. Stun and W takes too much mana early on.


NYjacky style is only for very high level games or tournaments where people play very safe and there arent opportunities for lane kills and winning lane while Q farming.

I would never ever play this style in soloque, as you can easily farm your Q and win your lane at the same time with a bit of skill.

Its like Reginald Karthus maxing wall over defile in tournaments. Its a very specific strategy where he knows he wont have any opportunity to get kills in lane without serious ganks, and is sacrificing damage for added teamfight utility and support of these rare big plays. Playing like this at anything less than a top level is just dumb, you will have many many opportunities to win lane and get 1v1 kills in soloque.
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Sufinsil
Profile Joined January 2011
United States760 Posts
May 08 2012 14:31 GMT
#265
I usually try to set them up for a lv 6 kill by harassing hard if possible at lv 5.
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-08 14:52:56
May 08 2012 14:52 GMT
#266
On May 08 2012 22:44 sob3k wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 08 2012 20:44 h3r1n6 wrote:
You should watch Nyjacky play Veigar on his stream a bit. Ever since I started copying his playstyle a bit, my Veigar got a lot better without even playing it. He maxes Q>W>E, with a point in stun at level 2 usually. Rarely use Q to farm in lane, mostly to harass and when they get low he finishes them with a combo.

Due to Veigars passive you have mana to keep on harassing with Q. Stun and W takes too much mana early on.


NYjacky style is only for very high level games or tournaments where people play very safe and there arent opportunities for lane kills and winning lane while Q farming.

I would never ever play this style in soloque, as you can easily farm your Q and win your lane at the same time with a bit of skill.

Its like Reginald Karthus maxing wall over defile in tournaments. Its a very specific strategy where he knows he wont have any opportunity to get kills in lane without serious ganks, and is sacrificing damage for added teamfight utility and support of these rare big plays. Playing like this at anything less than a top level is just dumb, you will have many many opportunities to win lane and get 1v1 kills in soloque.


After level 5 or so, if you CAN hit the enemy champion with Q, you'd obviously choose to hit them with Q instead of farming a minion with it. Chunking an enemy champion better than 1 AP.
APurpleCow
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States1372 Posts
May 08 2012 15:59 GMT
#267
On May 08 2012 20:44 h3r1n6 wrote:
You should watch Nyjacky play Veigar on his stream a bit. Ever since I started copying his playstyle a bit, my Veigar got a lot better without even playing it. He maxes Q>W>E, with a point in stun at level 2 usually. Rarely use Q to farm in lane, mostly to harass and when they get low he finishes them with a combo.

Due to Veigars passive you have mana to keep on harassing with Q. Stun and W takes too much mana early on.


HIGHLY, HIGHLY disagree with not farming with Q.

1 AP is worth 20 gold --> double the farm. More than GP's Parrrley ever was.
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
May 08 2012 16:03 GMT
#268
On May 08 2012 23:52 Juicyfruit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 08 2012 22:44 sob3k wrote:
On May 08 2012 20:44 h3r1n6 wrote:
You should watch Nyjacky play Veigar on his stream a bit. Ever since I started copying his playstyle a bit, my Veigar got a lot better without even playing it. He maxes Q>W>E, with a point in stun at level 2 usually. Rarely use Q to farm in lane, mostly to harass and when they get low he finishes them with a combo.

Due to Veigars passive you have mana to keep on harassing with Q. Stun and W takes too much mana early on.


NYjacky style is only for very high level games or tournaments where people play very safe and there arent opportunities for lane kills and winning lane while Q farming.

I would never ever play this style in soloque, as you can easily farm your Q and win your lane at the same time with a bit of skill.

Its like Reginald Karthus maxing wall over defile in tournaments. Its a very specific strategy where he knows he wont have any opportunity to get kills in lane without serious ganks, and is sacrificing damage for added teamfight utility and support of these rare big plays. Playing like this at anything less than a top level is just dumb, you will have many many opportunities to win lane and get 1v1 kills in soloque.


After level 5 or so, if you CAN hit the enemy champion with Q, you'd obviously choose to hit them with Q instead of farming a minion with it. Chunking an enemy champion better than 1 AP.


If you can hit them with Q and not get chunked yourself even harder
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
May 08 2012 16:52 GMT
#269
you generally want to trade with Q because of the way your burst functions
like at the very least you want to start trading at level 5 if not earlier so you can prepare for level 6 burst
farming with Q before first buy generally doesn't result in significant AP gains - like 15 at most? - while it will open you up to extreme harass every time your Q is down - its not so much for the damage as much as you will be extremely vulnerable TO damage, making you unable to hold lane control
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jacosajh
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
2919 Posts
May 08 2012 17:08 GMT
#270
On May 09 2012 01:52 Navi wrote:
you generally want to trade with Q because of the way your burst functions
like at the very least you want to start trading at level 5 if not earlier so you can prepare for level 6 burst
farming with Q before first buy generally doesn't result in significant AP gains - like 15 at most? - while it will open you up to extreme harass every time your Q is down - its not so much for the damage as much as you will be extremely vulnerable TO damage, making you unable to hold lane control


^

Every time I see a Veigar use Q to farm, I just go all in. You trade me 1 AP for 100-200 damage; I'll take it.
h3r1n6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Iceland2039 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-05-08 18:24:07
May 08 2012 18:23 GMT
#271
On May 09 2012 02:08 jacosajh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2012 01:52 Navi wrote:
you generally want to trade with Q because of the way your burst functions
like at the very least you want to start trading at level 5 if not earlier so you can prepare for level 6 burst
farming with Q before first buy generally doesn't result in significant AP gains - like 15 at most? - while it will open you up to extreme harass every time your Q is down - its not so much for the damage as much as you will be extremely vulnerable TO damage, making you unable to hold lane control


^

Every time I see a Veigar use Q to farm, I just go all in. You trade me 1 AP for 100-200 damage; I'll take it.



Prett much. Ever since I have adapted Nyjackys style, I win more lanes and more games in the few games of Veigar I play. I'm not saying it's the key to Veigar, but if you never played him like that you should give it a try. It makes Veigar a whole lot more fun for me.



On May 08 2012 22:44 sob3k wrote:
Its like Reginald Karthus maxing wall over defile in tournaments. Its a very specific strategy where he knows he wont have any opportunity to get kills in lane without serious ganks, and is sacrificing damage for added teamfight utility and support of these rare big plays. Playing like this at anything less than a top level is just dumb, you will have many many opportunities to win lane and get 1v1 kills in soloque.



I don't really want to turn this off-topic, but I thought maxing wall on Karthus second is pretty standard? Karthus is pretty much one of my main champions and I see little reason to max defile early when the slow and magic pen goes up nicely on wall (80% slow imba). Catching the opponent in lane with wall is the best way to get some good and safe damage on them and maxing it makes that way easier.

I'd put less points in Wall when I can't catch my oponent out with it (Kassadin for example blinks and/or silences me so i can't use the effects of the wall) or I don't get blue buff and am in need of the mana regen on defile.
BlackPaladin
Profile Joined May 2010
United States9316 Posts
May 08 2012 18:35 GMT
#272
First few levels using q to farm is fine. Generally you want to play really passive early. But lvl 5+ should always try to trade if the enemy gets into range. Your burst is much higher and you have very high kill potential vs AP mids at lvl 6-7.
"Your full potential does not matter if you do not use all 100% of it."
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
May 08 2012 19:28 GMT
#273
On May 09 2012 03:23 h3r1n6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 09 2012 02:08 jacosajh wrote:
On May 09 2012 01:52 Navi wrote:
you generally want to trade with Q because of the way your burst functions
like at the very least you want to start trading at level 5 if not earlier so you can prepare for level 6 burst
farming with Q before first buy generally doesn't result in significant AP gains - like 15 at most? - while it will open you up to extreme harass every time your Q is down - its not so much for the damage as much as you will be extremely vulnerable TO damage, making you unable to hold lane control


^

Every time I see a Veigar use Q to farm, I just go all in. You trade me 1 AP for 100-200 damage; I'll take it.



Prett much. Ever since I have adapted Nyjackys style, I win more lanes and more games in the few games of Veigar I play. I'm not saying it's the key to Veigar, but if you never played him like that you should give it a try. It makes Veigar a whole lot more fun for me.



Show nested quote +
On May 08 2012 22:44 sob3k wrote:
Its like Reginald Karthus maxing wall over defile in tournaments. Its a very specific strategy where he knows he wont have any opportunity to get kills in lane without serious ganks, and is sacrificing damage for added teamfight utility and support of these rare big plays. Playing like this at anything less than a top level is just dumb, you will have many many opportunities to win lane and get 1v1 kills in soloque.



I don't really want to turn this off-topic, but I thought maxing wall on Karthus second is pretty standard? Karthus is pretty much one of my main champions and I see little reason to max defile early when the slow and magic pen goes up nicely on wall (80% slow imba). Catching the opponent in lane with wall is the best way to get some good and safe damage on them and maxing it makes that way easier.

I'd put less points in Wall when I can't catch my oponent out with it (Kassadin for example blinks and/or silences me so i can't use the effects of the wall) or I don't get blue buff and am in need of the mana regen on defile.


Its not standard, Defile gives you huge damage and better sustain while 40 from wall is usually plenty to do what you need.

Scarra: http://www.lolpro.com/guides/karthus/130-karthus-guide-mid-lane

Reginald: http://solomid.net/guides.php?g=13073

Dyrus: http://solomid.net/guides.php?g=4631
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
Dark_Chill
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada3353 Posts
May 10 2012 23:09 GMT
#274
After I noticed Veigar's q ratio, I began getting mr quints instead of ap quints. I recently faced a Kennen, and by playing really aggresive with q and farming with auto, I actually managed to trade evenly with him and blow him up at level 6. I used to use q to farm, but I realized that it has pretty good base damage and I could farm whenever I made them back or had them zoned. You could zone especially well since Veigar stun makes him really hard to gank.
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-16 05:56:34
December 16 2012 05:49 GMT
#275
I tried going chalice first again on Veigar. With mana regen yellows and purples you can constantly spam just Q at level 9 with almost no mana. It seems like a decent option for more free AP.

Still lacks pushing power. It's also a sacrifice in terms of your burst.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
December 16 2012 06:11 GMT
#276
On December 16 2012 14:49 obesechicken13 wrote:
I tried going chalice first again on Veigar. With mana regen yellows and purples you can constantly spam just Q at level 9 with almost no mana. It seems like a decent option for more free AP.

Still lacks pushing power. It's also a sacrifice in terms of your burst.


Press W -> best lane shove NA?
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
December 17 2012 05:35 GMT
#277
On December 16 2012 15:11 Sufficiency wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 16 2012 14:49 obesechicken13 wrote:
I tried going chalice first again on Veigar. With mana regen yellows and purples you can constantly spam just Q at level 9 with almost no mana. It seems like a decent option for more free AP.

Still lacks pushing power. It's also a sacrifice in terms of your burst.


Press W -> best lane shove NA?

My problem with max W is the relatively longer cooldown on W and the fact that it is difficult to land. Even with the stun, people running merc treads, cleanse, and QSS can escape you.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
Carnivorous Sheep
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Baa?21248 Posts
December 17 2012 05:45 GMT
#278
you change whether you level w or e based on matchup/how the game is going/your goals

you don't have to rigidly adhere to maxing one over the other...
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obesechicken13
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States10467 Posts
December 17 2012 05:50 GMT
#279
On December 17 2012 14:45 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
you change whether you level w or e based on matchup/how the game is going/your goals

you don't have to rigidly adhere to maxing one over the other...

I know, but in this meta, you know how the matchup is going to go based on the picks. Mid pushes you to your tower, you have to max W, you can't kill anyone until mid game when your Q starts getting maxed. That's why Veigar doesn't get picked.
I think in our modern age technology has evolved to become more addictive. The things that don't give us pleasure aren't used as much. Work was never meant to be fun, but doing it makes us happier in the long run.
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