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Vex Mid build & stats

Mage B 288 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
50.7%
Pick rate
3.8%
Ban rate
3.7%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
0.0% 3 games

Finish these three

Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
2,750 gold
9,200 gold
66.0% WR 53 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
52.5% 261 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
24 games · 8% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Inspiration Inspiration
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
50.8% 238 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Vex

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Vex wins 50.7% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (288 games).
  • Most common core: Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 66% win rate over 53 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 89% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Irelia (67% over 9 games). Hardest: Malzahar (12% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
66.0% WR
53 games · 18% pick
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
60.0% WR
15 games · 5% pick
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
66.7% WR
9 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
0.0% WR
3 games · 1% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
52.5% WR
261 games · 91% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
50.0% WR
10 games · 3% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
40.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 57.1% 63% (182)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 55.7% 37% (106)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 51.7% 91% (263)
Void Staff Void Staff
 50.0% 7% (20)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 50.0% 6% (18)
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 50.0% 2% (6)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 48.3% 30% (87)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 43.8% 17% (48)
Malignance Malignance
 40.0% 2% (5)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 33.3% 1% (3)
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 25.0% 1% (4)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
47.9% WR
165 games · 57% pick
Electrocute
Electrocute

Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Inspiration Inspiration
50.0% WR
24 games · 8% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
45.8% WR
24 games · 8% pick
Dark Harvest Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 51.0%89% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 42.3%9% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 0.0%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 50.8%83% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 44.4%16% pick
  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 57.1%2% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Mistral Bolt Q Personal Space W Looming Darkness E 0.0%2 games

Most common first three levels: E → Q → W (0%).

  • PDoom 'n Gloom

    Vex periodically becomes empowered, causing her next basic Ability to fear enemies and interrupt dashes. Whenever a nearby enemy dashes, Vex applies a mark that can be consumed for bonus damage that also reduces the cool...

  • QMistral Bolt

    Launch a damaging missile that accelerates mid-flight.

  • WPersonal Space

    Gain a shield and damage nearby enemies.

  • ELooming Darkness

    Summon a damaging and slowing zone that applies Gloom to enemies.

  • RShadow Surge

    Fire a missile that marks an enemy champion. Recast to dash to them and deal damage.