The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Mid Line VEX. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Amplifying Tome +25 Ability Power
500
Luden's Echo
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+300 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Discordic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Discord. At 100 Discord your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals 110 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and up to 3 nearby enemies.
3000
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%.
3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Luden's Echo
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+300 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Discordic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Discord. At 100 Discord your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals 110 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage to your target and up to 3 nearby enemies.
3000
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+45 Move Speed.
+150% Mana Regeneration
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
1400
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%.
3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health. 3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns +150 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: Kills and assists steal movement speed and ability haste from defeated enemies until they respawn. Useful if you're a frequent kill-getter.
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns +150 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: Kills and assists steal movement speed and ability haste from defeated enemies until they respawn. Useful if you're a frequent kill-getter.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP
+ 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns +150 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: Kills and assists steal movement speed and ability haste from defeated enemies until they respawn. Useful if you're a frequent kill-getter.
Crystalline Reflector
Reduce physical damage and deals magic damage back +200 Max Health
+45 Armor
+60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Mirroed Force: Each ability cast grants a mirror shard that lasts 3 second(s). The shard blocks 8-25 incoming physical damage from enemy champions and deals magic damage equal to 10 + 3% AP
+ 1% bonus Health
to them. Shard durations do not stack.
3000
Crystalline Reflector TIPS: A great item for a mage assassin, it will increase survivability against champions with a physical damage type. It also reflects physical damage back to the attacker as magical damage.
Soulstealer
Takedown increase Movement speed an reduce cooldowns +150 Max Health
+65 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Soul Hunt: +15% Magic Penetration.
Wandering Soul: Every time you take down an enemy champion within 3 seconds of damaging them, your ability cooldowns are reduced by 25%. You steal 10% of their base Movement Speed for 10 seconds and 50% of their Ability Haste until they respawn. Ability Haste stolen this way stacks. 3000
Soulstealer TIPS: Kills and assists steal movement speed and ability haste from defeated enemies until they respawn. Useful if you're a frequent kill-getter.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +150 Max Health
+70 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2500
Morellonomicon TIPS: Mage’s grievous wounds option for tackling enemy comps with heavy healing & sustain. Perfect against champions like Soraka, Dr. Mundo & Vladimir.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health
+75 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 20 + 0.5%+ 0.4% of enemy's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: Liandry's is good against tanks. Pick it up when the enemy consists of multiple tank champions.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Horizon Focus
Deals bonus damage to marked targets +90 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+20 Ability Haste
Hypershot: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability from 600 units away reveals them for 6 seconds and increases damage dealt to them by 12%.
Focus: When Hypershot is triggered, it reveals all enemy champions within 1,200 units of the target for 2s. (15s Cooldown) 3100
Horizon Focus TIPS: Allows you to deal more damage from longer ranges or against immobilized enemies. Effective against champions who rely on their mobility (i.e Akali, Yasuo, Zed, etc.); poke you down (i.e. Lux, Ziggs, etc.).
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Barrier
Gain a shield that absorbs 120 (120–560 ) damage for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Electrocute
Burst Damage
Within 3 seconds, hit the same enemy champion with 3 basick attacks or abilities to cause additional adaptive damage to the target.
Damage value: 40-194 () + 40% extra
+ 25%
Cooldown: 20-13s ()
Scorch
Poke
Damaging an enemy champion with an ability burns them, dealing 28-42 bonus magic damage () after 1 seconds.
Cooldown: 8s
Cheap Shot
Bonus Damage
Deals 10-45 bonus true damage to enemies whose movement is impaired.
Cooldown: 7s
Eyeball Collector
Adaptive Force
Gains 1 or 2
after each unique enemy champion takedown, stacking up to 10 times.
At 10 stacks, gain bonus 10 or 20
.
Transcendence
CDR
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 6 Ability Haste;
at level 6, gain bonus 6 Ability Haste;
at level 11, after Basic Ability hit the target, redue 15% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Scorch
Poke
Damaging an enemy champion with an ability burns them, dealing 28-42 bonus magic damage () after 1 seconds.
Cooldown: 8s
Psychic Wave
Bonus Damage
The next attack within 4s of damaging an enemy champion with an ability, or the next ability used within 4s of damaging an enemy champion with an attack, creates an explosion that deals adaptive damage (22 - 50 () + 15% bonus
+ 7.5%
) in a small area.
Ranged champions deal 70% of the damage.
Cooldown: 7s
Transcendence
CDR
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 6 Ability Haste;
at level 6, gain bonus 6 Ability Haste;
at level 11, after Basic Ability hit the target, redue 15% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Cheap Shot
Bonus Damage
Deals 10-45 bonus true damage to enemies whose movement is impaired.
Cooldown: 7s
Mark of the Weak
Increase damage taken
Using abilities to deal damage to enemy champions will mark them as weak, increasing damage taken by them by 4-7% (). The mark disappears after they take ability damage 3 times, or after 7s have passed.
Cooldown: 15s
(Q) MISTRAL BOLT
8s
50
Vex launches a wave of mist that deals 60 magic damage (60/120/180/240 + 60% ). After a delay, the wave becomes smaller and faster.
Consumes Gloom on enemies hit.
(W) PERSONAL SPACE
18s
75
Vex gains 50 Shield (50/85/120/155 + 70% ) for 2.5 seconds and emits a shockwave that deals 65 magic damage (65/120/175/230 + 30%
).
Consumes Gloom on enemies hit.
(E) LOOMING DARKNESS
13s
80/90/100/110
Vex commands Shadow to fly to a location. Upon arriving, it deals 50 magic damage (50/80/110/140 + 40/45/50/55% ) and Slows by 30/35/40/45% for 2 seconds.
Applies Gloom to enemies hit.
Enemies Feared by this Ability move away from the center rather than from Vex. The size of the affected area increases the further Vex casts this from herself.
(R) SHADOW SURGE
80/70/60s
100
Shadow excitedly surges forward, dealing 75 magic damage (75/125/175 + 20% ) and marking the first enemy champion hit for 4 seconds.
Recast: Dash to the marked champion, dealing 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 50%
) on arrival.
If the marked champion dies within 6 seconds of taking damage from this Ability, its cooldown is temporarily reset.
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Mid VEX. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Mid VEX in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance
+45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% ().
1350
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received +350 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+50 Magic Resistance
+20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%. 2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: It is a strong item to amplify in-build sustain (to increase healing and health regeneration). It's good against magic damage champions who deal sustained damage like Vladimir and Swain; against burst mages like Syndra and Veigar to survive their initial burst and heal up quickly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health
+55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage +45% Attack Speed
+45 Magic Resistance
At Wit's End: Basic attacks deal 15-65 bonus magic damage. While below 50% Health, dealing damage to an enemy champion heals you for (Melee 100%/Range 33%) of this effect's post-mitigation damage.
2700
Wit's End TIPS: A good item to build if you want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. Most commonly bought on champions that can benefit from it’s on-hit damage like Vayne, Irelia or Master Yi.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health
+50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+200 Max Mana
+20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s.
3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Sterak's Gage
Taking damage triggers a shield +400 Max Health
Heavy Handed: +50% base Attack Damage as bonus Attack Damage.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health grants a shield that equal to 75% of your bonus health
that decays over 3 seconds (90s Cooldown).
Sterak's Fury: Triggering Lifeline increases size, empowers you, removes all crowd control effects on you (except Airborne), and grants 30% Tenacity for 4 seconds. 3200
Sterak's Gage TIPS: Increase survivability in team fights to be tankier frontliner. It's effective against champions with burst damage like Zed, Talon and against champions with heavy CC like Lissandra and Nautilus, as the shield can help you survive their initial burst and crowd control.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance
+10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second.
3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Immortal Shieldbow
Gain a Shield and Physical Vamp when health is low +40 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
+5% Physical Vamp
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health preemptively grants a shield that absorbs 250-550 damage (
) for 5 seconds. (90s Cooldown).
Buttle Furor: Triggering Lifeline grants +8% Physical Vamp for 8 seconds.
3000
Immortal Shieldbow TIPS: Recommended when you need a lot of sustain in fights; play a champion that benefits from high AD, (i.e. Draven, Jhin) or facing champions that deal a lot of physical damage (i.e. Zed, Master Yi, Tryndamere).
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-390 damage for 2.5 seconds. (60s cooldown)
This effect is reduced by 50% if the target has been affected by another Locket in the last 20 seconds. 500
Locket Enchant TIPS: Is great on tanks who are good in team fights.
Gargoyle Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a shield that absorbs 28% of your max Health. The shield decays over 4 seconds. (60s Cooldown) Fore every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 14% of max Health, capped at 3 shields. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4 seconds. If the shield breaks early, damage reduction will end. 500
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding +50 Attack Damage
+10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD
+ 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: If you're an assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health
+80 Ability Power
+7% Magic Penetration
+10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP
+ 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values.
2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Every 22 seconds Vex becomes afflicted with Doom, causing her next basic Ability to interrupt dashes and Fear enemies for 0.75 seconds.
Whenever a nearby enemy dashes or blinks, Vex marks them with Gloom for 6 seconds. Vex's next Attack against a Gloomed enemy deals an additional 24 magic damage (24 + 20% ) and reduces this Ability's Cooldown by 25%.
Non-champion targets take 40% damage and refund 10% of this Ability's Cooldown.
Vex's basic abilities use a different icon when DOOM is ready:
Cooldown: 22s.
13s
80/90/100/110
Vex commands Shadow to fly to a location. Upon arriving, it deals 50 magic damage (50/80/110/140 + 40/45/50/55% ) and Slows by 30/35/40/45% for 2 seconds.
Applies Gloom to enemies hit.
Enemies Feared by this Ability move away from the center rather than from Vex. The size of the affected area increases the further Vex casts this from herself.
80/70/60s
100
Shadow excitedly surges forward, dealing 75 magic damage (75/125/175 + 20% ) and marking the first enemy champion hit for 4 seconds.
Recast: Dash to the marked champion, dealing 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 50%
) on arrival.
If the marked champion dies within 6 seconds of taking damage from this Ability, its cooldown is temporarily reset.
Use this combo to engage a teamfight by fearing multiple enemies.
Lead with (E) LOOMING DARKNESS to fear multiple enemies. Follow up with (Q) MISTRAL BOLT to proc GLOOM on as many targets as possible, use (R1) SHADOW SURGE immediately after. As your (PASSIVE) DOOM 'N GLOOM is back up, reactivate (R2) to go in, buffer your (W) PERSONAL SPACE while dashing to fear them all again immediately upon landing. Finish with more AA's and use your ultimate reset to go after other targets once a kill is secured. You need to proc GLOOM on at least 4 enemies to fill your (PASSIVE) meter immediately.
In the black heart of the Shadow Isles, a lone yordle trudges through the spectral fog, content in its murky misery. With an endless supply of teen angst and a powerful shadow in tow, Vex lives in her own self-made slice of gloom, far from the revolting cheer of the “normie” world. Though she lacks ambition, she is quick to strike down color and happiness, stopping all would-be interlopers with her magical malaise.