ARAM

Vex ARAM Build 26.22

Everyone funnels onto one bridge and dives one clump, which is exactly the mobility Vex was built to punish. Doom 'n Gloom interrupts the dash the enemy engage leans on and fears the whole packed group, Mistral Bolt pokes down the choke, and Shadow Surge snaps onto a focused target to finish the burst. Anti-engage is premium when there is only one way in.

#26 of 162 champions this patch · 146 games

Win rate54.8%+1.5Games146Pick rate5.9%Last 8 patches+1.2 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 92%AD 4%True 4%DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals

The 10-second answer standard · 54.8% WR

Sorcerer's Shoes SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ModernARAMCounter

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ARAM BalanceDamage dealt-5%Details ↓

Vex Item Build

Skipping defensive stats entirely, Vex trusts her burst to delete whatever Shadow Surge snaps her onto, so ability power and magic penetration are the only stats worth her gold. A single bridge funnels every enemy dash into her, and Doom 'n Gloom marks each one for bonus damage while trimming the cooldown on its empowered fear. The faster that fear recharges, the more of a packed engage she interrupts before it reaches your backline.

Standard loadout · Vex The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 1350g

Refillable Potion×1

Lost Chapter×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes95% · 56.7%

Ionian Boots of Lucidity5% · 33.3%

Situational items

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.Z

Zhonya's Hourglass5054.0%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.S

Stormsurge6254.8%V

Void Staff2152.4%

Best Vex Runes

Dark Harvest fits how Vex wants the fight to play out on the Abyss, chipping the grouped enemies from range while her gloom looms over anyone who tries to dash in. She threads poke into the clump and waits for the fear to break it open. Build around the mana and cooldowns that keep her damage flowing across the endless 5v5.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Sorcery · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary

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

Cheap Shot70% · 57.8%

Grisly Mementos94% · 54.7%

Ultimate Hunter91% · 56.4%

Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Sorcery, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Sorcery Secondary

Manaflow Band64% · 55.3%

Transcendence64% · 55.9%

Stat shards Offense

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Race toward Luden's Echo into Shadowflame and set Vex up to punish every diver on the bridge. Her passive turns the enemy's dashes into her openings, and once the spike lands she fears the clump with Looming Darkness and deletes whoever she marks. Build the burst that lets a single Shadow Surge cast cascade into resets across the packed team.

Vex Skill Order

Shadow Surge points fall at 6, 11 and 16, each upgrade sitting on top of a Mistral Bolt max that completes at level 9. Vex deals 95 percent damage on the Abyss, five below the Rift, so the missile needs its full curve before Personal Space starts collecting points at 8.

Skill order · Vex R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W28101213max 13

E314151718max 18

R61116max 16

Vex leans on Mistral Bolt to sweep the choke for poke and waveclear, so take Q first and hold W and E for last. Personal Space shrugs off the return fire from a clump that cannot spread out, and Looming Darkness sets the fear that turns Shadow Surge into a resetting execute through the pile.

Vex ARAM Abilities

Personal Space rarely gets credit, a shield that pops out while it damages anyone pressed up against her. Mistral Bolt is her main poke, a missile that speeds up partway through its flight so it grows harder to sidestep.

Abilities on the Abyss · Vexpatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Doom 'n GloomPassiveP

Mistral BoltMax 1stQ

Personal SpaceMax 2ndW

Looming DarknessMax lastE

Shadow SurgeUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Mistral BoltMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamagevaries per rank+70% APlv 16770lv 4109115lv 5152160lv 7195205lv 9238250Cost+5 per ranklv 145lv 450lv 555lv 760lv 965Cooldown-1 per ranklv 18slv 47slv 56slv 75slv 94s

Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Vex: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt−5%champion tuning

Vex Base Stats

Base stats · VexPatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD54+2.75AS0.669+1%MS335Range550HP590+104HP56.5+0.6Armor23+4.45MR28+1.3MP490+32MP56+0.8

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