Veigar ' s old passive was actually surprisingly good . Mana pots were crazy efficient on him , as was blue buff . But I agree , with old Veigar never building a mana item because at the time they were not an ideal build his Q passive felt more like his real passive . I think this is why they changed it more than anything else , and his mana costs were compensated as a result . What I wish is that they never changed his Q to a skillshot , and nerfed his ult to an execute . I don ' t care how much damage you can do if you can ' t hit your enemy because they just sit behind minions . And if you can ' t get them low your ult as an execute is useless . I honestly thing Veigar is better as a support nowadays than as a mid especially with redemption being so broken that you can build it on literally anyone .