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Vex Mid build & stats

Mage A 979 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
52.5%
Pick rate
3.6%
Ban rate
4.4%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
Master
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Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Solid sample

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
52.9% WR 17 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
56.7% 97 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
75.0% WR
12 games · 1% 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

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
57.8% 83 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 52.5% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (979 games).
  • Most common core: Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 55% win rate over 159 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 87% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Qiyana (82% over 11 games). Hardest: Fizz (30% over 37 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
52.9% WR
17 games · 2% pick
Void Staff
Void Staff
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
75.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
50.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
56.7% WR
97 games · 10% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
62.5% WR
8 games · 1% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
50.0% WR
6 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Cryptbloom Cryptbloom
 100.0% 0% (3)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 80.0% 1% (10)
Hextech Rocketbelt Hextech Rocketbelt
 75.0% 1% (8)
Malignance Malignance
 66.7% 1% (6)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 62.9% 4% (35)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 57.7% 3% (26)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 56.5% 2% (23)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 55.3% 8% (76)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 55.1% 7% (69)
Void Staff Void Staff
 54.5% 1% (11)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
47.8% WR
23 games · 2% 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 + Sorcery Sorcery
75.0% WR
12 games · 1% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Transcendence Manaflow Band
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
60.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Sixth Sense Ultimate Hunter Scorch Manaflow Band

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 54.5%9% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 61.1%2% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 75.0%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 57.8%8% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 55.2%3% 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.