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Vex Mid build & stats

Mage C 148 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
46.6%
Pick rate
3.5%
Ban rate
4.2%
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 16.18

Solid sample

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
9,950 gold
50.0% WR 10 games

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
47.0% 134 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
45.6% WR
90 games · 61% 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 Teleport
46.9% 32 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 46.6% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (148 games).
  • Most common core: Zhonya's Hourglass → Shadowflame → Luden's Echo — 41% win rate over 22 games.
  • Take Electrocute as keystone: picked in 86% of games with a 47% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Yasuo (50% over 8 games). Hardest: Ahri (30% over 10 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
40.9% WR
22 games · 15% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
50.0% WR
10 games · 7% pick
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
57.1% WR
7 games · 5% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
47.0% WR
134 games · 91% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
60.0% WR
5 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Malignance Malignance
 83.3% 4% (6)
Void Staff Void Staff
 66.7% 8% (12)
Blackfire Torch Blackfire Torch
 66.7% 4% (6)
Banshee's Veil Banshee's Veil
 66.7% 2% (3)
Zhonya's Hourglass Zhonya's Hourglass
 50.0% 36% (54)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 50.0% 26% (38)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 47.1% 23% (34)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 47.0% 68% (100)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 44.8% 91% (134)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
45.6% WR
90 games · 61% 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
41.7% WR
12 games · 8% pick
Dark Harvest Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Manaflow Band Transcendence
Domination Domination + Inspiration Inspiration
22.2% WR
9 games · 6% pick
Electrocute Taste of Blood Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 46.9%86% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 35.7%9% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 33.3%2% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 47.0%78% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 46.9%22% 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.