Veigar vs Mel Counter Pick

Rebuttal reflects enemy projectiles at whoever fired them and blocks damage while it holds, which ruins most burst mages and barely inconveniences this one. Dark Matter falls from the sky onto a location, Event Horizon is a placed cage, and only Baleful Strike travels as a projectile at all. Veigar‘s line on patch 16.13.1 reads 58.7% across 133 games, a limited sample but a coherent one.

Both attack from 550 units, both deal magic damage and both pay Mana, so the itemization question is symmetrical — magic resistance and health serve either side while armor sits largely idle. Mel starts sturdier at 630 health to 580 and finishes thinner at 2,313 against 2,416, while her 109.4 armor at level 18 edges his 106.4 and her movement speed trails at 330 to 340. Searing Brilliance hands her up to nine bonus projectiles on the attack following an ability, so her damage is tied to casting often rather than to one window; Radiant Volley repeats damage over an area, and Solar Snare roots at its centre as her main setup. Golden Eclipse then strikes every enemy carrying Overwhelm stacks regardless of distance. Against all of that, one landed cage plus accumulated Phenomenal Evil Power turns Primordial Burst into an execution. Difficulty ratings are 5 and 7.