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Vex build & stats

Mage C 179 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
46.4%
Pick rate
7.1%
Ban rate
0.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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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

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
2,800 gold
9,500 gold
50.0% WR 12 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
50.0% 12 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
53.6% WR
56 games · 31% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

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

Summoner spells

Flash Clarity
75.0% 8 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 46.4% of games as any role on patch 16.17 (179 games).
  • Most common core: Shadowflame → Stormsurge → Luden's Echo — 29% win rate over 14 games.
  • Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 73% of games with a 46% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
28.6% WR
14 games · 8% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
50.0% WR
12 games · 7% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
71.4% WR
7 games · 4% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
45.0% WR
140 games · 78% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
50.0% WR
12 games · 7% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Morellonomicon Morellonomicon
 75.0% 2% (4)
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 57.1% 4% (7)
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 53.8% 7% (13)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 52.6% 11% (19)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 50.7% 39% (69)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 46.6% 32% (58)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 45.7% 78% (140)
Liandry's Torment Liandry's Torment
 45.0% 11% (20)
Malignance Malignance
 44.4% 15% (27)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 43.8% 63% (112)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 42.4% 51% (92)
Void Staff Void Staff
 26.1% 13% (23)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
53.6% WR
56 games · 31% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

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 + Precision Precision
36.7% WR
49 games · 27% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
38.5% WR
26 games · 15% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 46.2%73% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 44.4%20% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 66.7%3% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 20.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 47.5%78% pick
  • Flash Clarity Flash + Clarity 75.0%4% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 28.6%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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.