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The Ruined King

Viego Mid build & stats

FighterAssassin 230 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
47.4%
Pick rate
0.3%
Ban rate
6.9%
Division
Master
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 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
450 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.0% 8 games

Build in this order

Kraken Slayer 1
Kraken Slayer
3,000 gold
Immortal Shieldbow 2
Immortal Shieldbow
3,000 gold
Mortal Reminder 3
Mortal Reminder
3,000 gold
9,000 gold
44.4% WR 9 games

Boots

Armored Advance
Armored Advance
1,200 gold
65.0% 20 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
60.0% WR
10 games · 4% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
50.0% 16 games

Max order

Blade of the Ruined King Q Harrowed Path E Spectral Maw W
43.8% 16 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 Viego

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Viego wins 47.4% of games as Mid on patch 16.17 (230 games).
  • Most common core: Kraken Slayer → Immortal Shieldbow → Mortal Reminder — 43% win rate over 7 games.
  • Take Hail of Blades as keystone: picked in 39% of games with a 48% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Viktor (62% over 8 games). Hardest: Ahri (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Viego scales: 54% win rate after 35 minutes versus 41% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Kraken Slayer 1
Kraken Slayer
Immortal Shieldbow 2
Immortal Shieldbow
Mortal Reminder 3
Mortal Reminder
42.9% WR
7 games · 3% pick

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
8 games · 3% pick
Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
28.6% WR
7 games · 3% pick

Boots

Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
46.2% WR
26 games · 11% pick
Immortal Path
Immortal Path
54.5% WR
22 games · 10% pick
Armored Advance
Armored Advance
65.0% WR
20 games · 9% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
65.5% 13% (29)
64.9% 16% (37)
59.1% 10% (22)
56.1% 18% (41)
54.2% 21% (48)
50.0% 6% (14)
50.0% 3% (8)
40.0% 4% (10)
33.3% 5% (12)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
60.0% WR
10 games · 4% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
20.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Unflinching Bone Plating
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
100.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Triumph Legend: Alacrity Last Stand Unflinching Second Wind

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 44.2%19% pick
  • Hail of Blades Hail of Blades Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions. 53.8%17% pick
  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 100.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 48.2%24% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.0%7% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 41.7%5% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Blade of the Ruined King Q Harrowed Path E Spectral Maw W 43.8%16 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (44%).

  • PSovereign's Domination

    Enemies who fall before Viego become wraiths. By attacking a wraith, Viego temporarily seizes control of the dead enemy's body, healing for a percentage of his target's max health and gaining access to their basic abilit...

  • QBlade of the Ruined King

    Viego's spectral blade passively deals bonus percent current Health damage On-Hit and strikes twice vs. enemies he recently hit with an Ability, stealing Health.Viego can activate this Ability to thrust his zweihander fo...

  • WSpectral Maw

    Viego charges up before dashing forward, releasing a ball of concentrated Black Mist that stuns the first enemy hit.

  • EHarrowed Path

    Viego commands the Black Mist to haunt and surround a piece of terrain. Viego can hide in the Mist as a wraith, gaining camouflage, Move Speed, and Attack Speed.

  • RHeartbreaker

    Viego teleports to a nearby location and executes an enemy champion on arrival, piercing their heart and causing a destructive shockwave around them that knocks away their allies.