Vex Popular Build
The patch 26.1 Vex most played build uses Mercury's Treads, Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, Oracle Lens. This Vex build has a 7.04% pick rate and a 64.71% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Vex build choices below.
Doom '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 cooldown of her empowered state.
Mistral Bolt
Launch a damaging missile that accelerates mid-flight.
Cost:- 45/
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Cooldown:- 8/
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Range:- 1200
Personal Space
Gain a shield and damage nearby enemies.
Cost:- 75
Cooldown:- 16/
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Range:- 475
Looming Darkness
Summon a damaging and slowing zone that applies Gloom to enemies.
Cost:- 70/
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Cooldown:- 13
Range:- 800
Shadow Surge
Fire a missile that marks an enemy champion. Recast to dash to them and deal damage.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 140/
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Range:- 2000/
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- Mage
Select a Vex Build
Luden's Echo
Stormsurge
Shadowflame
- Luden's Echo
- Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
- Stormsurge
- Shadowflame
- Zhonya's Hourglass
- Luden's Echo
- Shadowflame
Rabadon's Deathcap
Best Vex Build - Highest Win Rate Items
This Vex build focuses on ability power for maximum spell damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
These are Vex's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Luden's Echo (50.9% WR, +0.4% WR diff, 85.5% pick rate) provides 600 Mana, 100 AP. Shadowflame (53.5% WR, +3.0% WR diff, 60.0% pick rate) provides 110 AP. Zhonya's Hourglass (55.0% WR, +4.5% WR diff, 37.3% pick rate) provides 50 Armor, 105 AP. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
2,750Vex build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage. Lower in: Health, Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.
Top situational items for Vex include Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Vex are Armored Advance. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Vex is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Vex build.
Armor:85
Movement Speed:45
Mana:600
Ability Power:535- Movement Speed:6%
When facing Vex's top counters like TwistedFate, Ryze, Veigar, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats or health-stacking items for general survivability in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Stormsurge or Rabadon's Deathcap based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Vex performance.
This Vex burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 57.1% win rate across 396 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 535 total AP, strong physical damage mitigation. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Vex with this build can punish teams that stack armor. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. However, be aware that this build low health pool requiring careful positioning and no built-in sustain for extended fights. With a total gold cost of 16,700, this Vex build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Vex build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Champions that use similar core items to Vex. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current popular vex build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
Vex Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Vex build?
The best Vex build in this patch includes Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass. This build has a 57.07% win rate and is picked 11.71% of the time.
What are Vex's core items?
Vex's core items are Luden's Echo, Shadowflame, and Zhonya's Hourglass. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Vex's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Vex?
Armored Advance are the best boots for Vex. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Vex's playstyle. They are included in 11.7% of Vex builds.
What is the best trinket for Vex?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Vex. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Vex maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Vex builds?
Yes, alternative Vex builds include options like Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, and Shadowflame. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Vex?
MetaBot sources its build data for Vex directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Vex builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Vex. From there, we aggregate the Vex builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.