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Viego ARAM Build 26.21

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The Abyss is a nonstop 5v5, which means a steady supply of corpses for Viego to seize. Sovereign's Domination lets him possess a fallen enemy and keep swinging without ever leaving the fight, Blade of the Ruined King chews through the clumped frontline, and Heartbreaker leaps on the lowest-health target in the pack and resets to do it again.

#130 of 170 champions this patch · 188 games
Win rate46.8%+4.2Games188Pick rate5.7%Last 8 patches−2.8 since 26.14Damage profilei
AP
AD
AP 14%AD 80%True 6%
DifficultyiModerateRewards fundamentals
ModernARAMCounter
ARAM BalanceDamage dealt+5%Details ↓

Viego Item Build

A permanent five-on-five guarantees Viego the corpses his resets feed on, so his items chase the on-hit attack speed and lifesteal that let his blade tear through whatever body is in front of him. The Rift build snowballs off scattered skirmish kills; the Abyss instead throws durable, grouped frontlines at him, so he leans on the percent-health bite baked into his blade to chew through tanks and keep the takedown chain alive fight after fight.

Standard loadout · Viego The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.
Starting items 1350g Refillable Potion×1Hearthbound Axe×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ››› Boots Mercury's Treads78% · 43.0%Plated Steelcaps22% · 58.1%
Situational items
vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.WWit's End1361.5%
vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.DDeath's Dance7739.0%
vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.HHubris1668.8%LLord Dominik's Regards5950.8%

Best Viego Runes

Conqueror feeds the reset fantasy that makes Viego so strong on the Abyss, where the packed fighting hands him body after body to possess. His plan is to land a Spectral Maw stun, delete a target, then jump into their corpse and do it again across the clump. Build the sustained damage that keeps that chain alive.

The pre-game page Conqueror · Precision + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards
Precision Primary ConquerorGain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. Triumph97% · 45.9%Legend: Alacrity76% · 46.2%Coup de Grace91% · 45.3% Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.
Domination Secondary Taste of Blood47% · 44.3%Treasure Hunter51% · 45.8%
Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)
Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)
Line up Kraken Slayer into The Collector and let Viego snowball through the bodies on the bridge. Every takedown in the endless 5v5 lets him possess a fallen enemy and keep swinging, so one pickoff can chain into a run through the whole clump. Rush the items that make his Blade of the Ruined King bite hurt enough to trigger that first kill.

Viego Skill Order

With every hit landing five percent harder on the Abyss, the points chase Blade of the Ruined King, finished by level 9, then Harrowed Path from 8 through 13. Spectral Maw stays a single-rank stun until 14.

Skill order · Viego R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always
PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.
Lv 123456789101112131415161718
Q14579max 9
W214151718max 18
E38101213max 13
R61116max 16
Max Q first so Viego's Blade of the Ruined King keeps applying its on-hit shred to everyone stacked on the choke, then rounding it out with E and W. Spectral Maw pins a priority target in the clump, and Heartbreaker executes the lowest enemy while resetting his cooldowns for the next possession.

Viego ARAM Abilities

His only hard lockdown is Spectral Maw, a charged dash that flings a ball of mist to stun the first enemy it catches. Harrowed Path is the sneakier tool, letting him drape mist over a wall and lurk inside it as a wraith with camouflage, extra speed, and attack speed.

Abilities on the Abyss · Viegopatch 26.22 · Abyss-tuned numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown
Sovereign's DominationPassivePBlade of the Ruined KingMax 1stQSpectral MawMax lastWHarrowed PathMax 2ndEHeartbreakerUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.
Blade of the Ruined KingPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamagevaries per ranklv 12625lv 44240lv 55855lv 77470lv 98985Cooldown-0.5 per ranklv 15slv 44.5slv 54slv 73.5slv 93s
Abyss changeloghow the Abyss re-balances Viego: entries touching the selected ability light upDamage dealt+5%champion tuning

Viego Base Stats

Base stats · ViegoPatch 26.22
Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD57+4AS0.658+2.75%MS345Range200HP630+109HP57+0.7Armor34+4.6MR32+2.05MP10000MP50
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