Wild Rift: VEX Build Guide
League of Legends: Wild Rift VEX, role - Mage. Use the guidelines to take your VEX Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position VEX is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 58 (3.6) |  660 (120) |  8 (0.9) |
 0.75 (0) |  480 (49) |  12 (0.9) |
 360 (0) |  34 (4.5) |  36 (1.2) |
 175 (0) |
(PASSIVE) DOOM 'N GLOOM
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 16 magic damage (16 + 10 
+ 25% 
) 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.
(Q) MISTRAL BOLT
7/6/5/4s 
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.
Mid VEX Build items and runes
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.
Key items
Amplifying Tome. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
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
Luden's Echo TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to increase their damage and mobility on the battlefield. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Discordic Echo" effect builds Discord while moving and casting abilities, and upon reaching 100 Discord, your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals bonus magic damage to your target and up to three nearby enemies. This makes the item a great choice for mages who want to deal damage to multiple targets and control the battlefield effectively.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power
+150% Mana Regeneration
+45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 75% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 1400
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
Yordle Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +80 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.
Thunderfall: When an enemy champion dies within 3 second(s) of you applying Inevitable Demise to them, a lightning bolt strikes at the spot where they died, dealing magic damage equal to 50-85 (
) plus 20% to nearby enemies. 2900
Yordle Infinity Orb TIPS: This item is ideal for mages and assassins looking to boost execution damage and mobility. It grants magic penetration and adds critical strike damage against weakened targets, enabling reliable finishers. Following a kill under this effect, a lightning bolt strikes, damaging nearby enemies—perfect for cleaning up in teamfights.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power +150% Mana Regeneration +45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 75% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 1400
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
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: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high burst damage.
Luden's Echo (Abilities deal bonus damage) as your first item, followed by Boots of Mana (Grants Ability Power, Magic Penetration and Mana Regeneration) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Yordle Infinity Orb (Abilities deal bonus damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Stasis Enchant (Turn invulnerable).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
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
Luden's Echo TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need to increase their damage and mobility on the battlefield. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Discordic Echo" effect builds Discord while moving and casting abilities, and upon reaching 100 Discord, your next damaging active ability or empowered attack deals bonus magic damage to your target and up to three nearby enemies. This makes the item a great choice for mages who want to deal damage to multiple targets and control the battlefield effectively.
Boots of Mana
Ability Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration +55 Ability Power +150% Mana Regeneration +45 Move Speed.
Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.
Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 75% bonus health Regen.
Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions. 1400
Boots of Mana TIPS: These boots boost your ability power, mana regeneration, and movement speed. The “Magic Break” passive grants extra magic penetration for more potent spells against resistances. “Big Bully” speeds up waveclear by dealing bonus damage to minions with attacks and abilities. The new “Equilibrium” passive gives champions without mana a strong health regeneration boost, enhancing their survivability in prolonged engagements. — A great pick for mage mid laners and supports who need frequent spellcasting, wave control, mobility, and added staying power.
Yordle Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +80 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.
Thunderfall: When an enemy champion dies within 3 second(s) of you applying Inevitable Demise to them, a lightning bolt strikes at the spot where they died, dealing magic damage equal to 50-85 () plus 20% to nearby enemies. 2900
Yordle Infinity Orb TIPS: This item is ideal for mages and assassins looking to boost execution damage and mobility. It grants magic penetration and adds critical strike damage against weakened targets, enabling reliable finishers. Following a kill under this effect, a lightning bolt strikes, damaging nearby enemies—perfect for cleaning up in teamfights.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who rely on high ability power ratios and want to significantly increase their damage output. It provides a huge bonus to ability power and magic penetration. The "Overkill" effect increases your ability power by 20-45%, depending on the level, significantly enhancing your magical abilities and attacks. This item is especially useful against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets, as it allows you to significantly boost your damage and deal massive magic damage.
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: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or 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: This item is perfect for champions who frequently secure kills or assists and want to increase their mobility and ability uptime. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Wandering Soul" effect reduces your ability cooldowns by 25% after taking down an enemy champion, and you steal 10% of their base movement speed and 50% of their ability haste until they respawn. The stolen ability haste stacks, making it especially useful for champions who are often involved in kills and want to improve their stats by taking down enemies.
Situational items
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: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Yorlde Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health +75 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 0.6-2% () of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.
Infernal Agony: Every 4 seconds, Torment detonates, dealing true damage equal to 40 plus 5% to the target. 3000
Yorlde Liandry's Torment TIPS: This item enhances your abilities with a damage-over-time effect that scales off the target’s health, allowing you to wear down tanky opponents over an extended skirmish. Periodically, the torment detonates for a burst of true damage to finish off weakened foes. — Perfect for mages who want to drag out engagements, shred through frontline tanks, and execute them with true damage.
Yorlde Liandry's Torment — This item enhances your abilities with a damage-over-time effect that scales off the target’s health, allowing you to wear down tanky opponents over an extended skirmish. Periodically, the torment detonates for a burst of true damage to finish off weakened foes. — Perfect for mages who want to drag out engagements, shred through frontline tanks, and execute them with true damage.
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: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
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: This item is perfect for mage assassins who need to enhance their survivability against champions dealing physical damage. It provides bonuses to maximum health, armor, ability power, and magic penetration, making it valuable for both defense and damage. The "Mirrored Force" effect creates a mirror shard with each ability cast, blocking incoming physical damage from enemy champions and reflecting it as magic damage back to the attacker. This item is ideal for champions facing physical attackers and wanting to increase their survivability while dealing damage in return.
Crystalline Reflector — This item is perfect for mage assassins who need to enhance their survivability against champions dealing physical damage. It provides bonuses to maximum health, armor, ability power, and magic penetration, making it valuable for both defense and damage. The "Mirrored Force" effect creates a mirror shard with each ability cast, blocking incoming physical damage from enemy champions and reflecting it as magic damage back to the attacker. This item is ideal for champions facing physical attackers and wanting to increase their survivability while dealing damage in return.
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: This item is perfect for champions who frequently secure kills or assists and want to increase their mobility and ability uptime. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Wandering Soul" effect reduces your ability cooldowns by 25% after taking down an enemy champion, and you steal 10% of their base movement speed and 50% of their ability haste until they respawn. The stolen ability haste stacks, making it especially useful for champions who are often involved in kills and want to improve their stats by taking down enemies.
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: This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
Morellonomicon — This item is perfect for mages who need to reduce the effectiveness of healing and regeneration on enemies. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Affliction" effect applies Grievous Wounds on enemy champions when you deal magic damage, reducing their healing and regeneration effectiveness by 50% for 3 seconds. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on healing, such as Soraka, Dr. Mundo, and Vladimir.
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: This item is perfect for champions who frequently secure kills or assists and want to increase their mobility and ability uptime. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste. The "Wandering Soul" effect reduces your ability cooldowns by 25% after taking down an enemy champion, and you steal 10% of their base movement speed and 50% of their ability haste until they respawn. The stolen ability haste stacks, making it especially useful for champions who are often involved in kills and want to improve their stats by taking down enemies.
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: This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.
Oceanid's Trident — This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Ignite (Ignites target enemy champion, dealing true damageand applying Grievous Wounds for the duration. Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
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
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Runes BUILD
Electrocute (Hitting a champion with successive attacks or abilities deals bonus adaptive damage.) as your keystone, followed by 
Sudden Impact (After dashing or exiting invisibility/stealth, your next damaging attack or ability deals true damage on hit.), 
Mark of the Weak (After an ability damages an enemy champion, causes them to take increased damage.) and 
Eyeball Collector (Gains Adaptive Force after champion takedowns.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Transcendence (Grants more Ability Haste the higher your level is and also returns ability cooldown duration.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
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 ()
Sudden Impact
Bonus Damage
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 10-80 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 10 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 20 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
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
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 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 10% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Situational Runes
Sudden Impact
Bonus Damage
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 10-80 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 10 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 20 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Scorch
Poke
Damaging an enemy champion with an ability burns them, dealing 28-42 bonus magic damage () after 1 seconds.
Cooldown: 8s
Scorch — The rune is perfect for champions who frequently deal magic damage through abilities, such as Lux or Ekko. After using an ability on an enemy, the rune deals bonus magic damage after one second, making it especially effective in the early game for amplifying your damage. It is great for applying pressure on opponents and creating a constant threat, particularly for champions who can deal sustained damage through frequent ability use.
Sudden Impact
Bonus Damage
Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 10-80 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s.
The damaging attack/ability gains bonuses at higher levels:
Level 5: Deal an additional 10 true damage.
Level 9: Deal an additional 20 true damage and gain 10% Movement Speed for 1.5s after dealing the damage.
Cooldown: 10s
Shield Bash
Bonus Damage
After receiving a healing or shielding effect, your next attack against an enemy champion will be empowered, dealing bonus 15 - 50 () + 15% bonus + 10% adaptive damage.
Cooldown: 7s
Shield Bash — The rune is activated after receiving healing or shielding, empowering your next attack on an enemy. This attack deals bonus adaptive damage based on your bonus attack and ability power. The rune works well with champions who gain shields through their abilities or items, as well as those who can receive shields from allies. It can be useful in team fights where it’s important to not only defend but also amplify damage after receiving support. However, this rune isn't widely popular due to its niche nature, as it requires specific conditions to trigger and is not suitable for all champions.
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
Cheap Shot
Bonus Damage
Deals 10-45 bonus true damage to enemies whose movement is impaired.
Cooldown: 7s
Cheap Shot — The rune activates when you impair an enemy’s movement, dealing bonus true damage. It is perfect for mages like Viktor and Syndra, who can control enemy movement with their abilities. The rune enhances damage when the enemy is limited in mobility, allowing these mages to deal additional damage when the enemy cannot effectively dodge attacks.
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 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 10% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Giant Slayer
Takedown high health champions
Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion’s bonus health, up to 16% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1600 bonus health.
Giant Slayer — The rune deals bonus damage based on the enemy champion's bonus health, up to 16% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1600 or more bonus health. It is perfect for champions who face enemies with high amounts of health, such as tanks. The rune helps effectively break through high health opponents, making it an excellent choice for damage-focused champions.
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 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 10% 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
Bone Plating — The rune reduces damage from enemy attacks and abilities when you take damage from an enemy champion. It lowers damage from the next few attacks or abilities for a short period, making it useful for most champions, including tanks, fighters, and even some mages. The rune helps improve survivability by mitigating damage in critical moments of the fight, making it suitable for heroes who find themselves in the heart of battles.Skills Order
(Q) MISTRAL BOLT
7/6/5/4s 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.
(Q) MISTRAL BOLT
(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.
(W) PERSONAL SPACE
(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.
(E) LOOMING DARKNESS
(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.
(R) SHADOW SURGE
Mid VEX Counters
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!
Threats
Synergies
Mid VEX Counter Items
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!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against VEX combo.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen
+35 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken from champions by 7-12% (). 1350
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots provide solid magic damage reduction, enhanced regeneration, and movement speed, with a passive that further lessens incoming magic damage. — The perfect pick for tanks, bruisers, and supports who need to withstand heavy AP threats while maintaining mobility.
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: This item greatly boosts your health, regeneration, magic resistance, and ability haste. Its “Blessed” passive amplifies all healing, regen, drain effects, and shields on you by 30%, allowing you to recover more quickly in fights. It’s an excellent choice against champions who deal sustained magic damage, like Vladimir and Swain, as well as burst mages like Syndra or Veigar, helping you survive initial bursts and heal up rapidly.
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: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
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: This item is a great choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie, who can quickly take you down. It provides bonuses to attack damage, magic resistance, and ability haste, helping you resist magic damage. The "Demonbane" effect converts a portion of the physical damage you deal into a magic shield that absorbs magic damage, making it especially effective against both burst and 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 10-55 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. 2800
Wit's End TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. It provides bonuses to attack speed and magic resistance, as well as adding magic damage to your auto-attacks, making it effective against magic-based threats. The "While below 50% Health" effect heals you when dealing damage to an enemy champion, increasing survivability in fights. This item is especially useful for champions like Vayne, Irelia, or Master Yi, who can benefit from its on-hit magic damage and health restoration effect.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
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: This Enchant renders you invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 s, but prevents movement, attacks, and ability or item use. Perfect for surviving critical moments against assassins and high 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
Quicksilver Enchant TIPS: This enchant cleanses all crowd control effects, grants brief CC immunity, then boosts your tenacity and slow resist. Perfect for champions who need to quickly purge control to stay in the fight.
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: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or 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: This item is perfect for champions who need both defense and offense. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste. The "Safeguard" effect grants a spell shield that blocks the next enemy ability and reduces incoming damage by 40% for 1 second. "Poise" increases your ability power while safeguarded and reduces the cooldown of Safeguard by 4 seconds when you deal magic damage using an active ability. This item is especially useful for champions who need to protect themselves from crowd control while engaging in fights, particularly against champions with key abilities that can be blocked, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Gain a Shield
Gives you a shield that increases your chances of survival against VEX.
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: This item is perfect for champions who need survivability in team fights, especially for tanks and fighters who take frontline positions. It provides bonuses to maximum health, attack damage, and helps increase your survivability. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that absorbs damage, helping you survive heavy hits. "Sterak's Fury" empowers you, increases your size, removes crowd control effects (except airborne), and grants 30% tenacity for 4 seconds, allowing you to survive and continue fighting through heavy crowd control and burst damage from enemies. This item is especially useful against champions with burst damage, such as Zed and Talon, and against champions with heavy CC, like Lissandra and Nautilus.
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: This item is a great choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie, who can quickly take you down. It provides bonuses to attack damage, magic resistance, and ability haste, helping you resist magic damage. The "Demonbane" effect converts a portion of the physical damage you deal into a magic shield that absorbs magic damage, making it especially effective against both burst and 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: This item is perfect for champions who need a lot of sustain in fights. It provides bonuses to attack damage, critical strike chance, attack speed, and physical vamp, helping you sustain and deal damage. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that absorbs damage for 5 seconds, giving you a chance to survive dangerous moments in a fight. "Buttle Furor" adds physical vamp when the shield is triggered, enhancing your sustain. This item is especially useful for champions who rely on high AD, such as Draven and Jhin, and when facing champions who deal a lot of physical damage, such as Master Yi, and Tryndamere.
Locket Enchant
Area of effect magic shield
Locket (Active): Grants a shield to yourself and nearby allied champions that each absorbs 60-330 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: This enchant grants a magic shield to you and nearby allies, absorbing damage for a brief duration. The shield is ideal in large teamfights, providing extra protection and opportunities for counterplay. Perfect for tanks who frequently stand in the thick of battle and want to safeguard their team during critical moments.
Stoneplate Enchant
Shield
Stoneplate (Active): Gain a base shield that absorbs damage equal to 20% of max Health. Every 1 bonus Armor or Magic Resistance you have increases the shield by 0.1%, up to 35%. The shield decays over 4s. (60s Cooldown) For every enemy nearby, gain an additional shield that absorbs damage equal to 5% of max Health, capped at 3 enemies. Every 1 bonus Armor or Magic Resistance you have increases the shield by 0.1%, up to 12%. Damage dealt is reduced by 40% for 4s. 500
Stoneplate Enchant TIPS: This enchant grants a strong shield based on your max health, further boosted by your armor and magic resist. The shield grows stronger per nearby enemy and decays over time, reducing incoming damage. — Perfect for tank initiators who need reliable mitigation to withstand initial bursts and control teamfights.
Reduces Any Shield
Items with reduces any Shield.
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: This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
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: This item is perfect for mage-assassins who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to maximum health, ability power, magic penetration, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and more effectively break through enemy shields. The "Lethal Weapon" effect reduces the effectiveness of shields that enemies gain based on the type of ability you use. Area of effect abilities apply up to 45% shield reduction, while single target abilities apply up to 60%, allowing you to significantly reduce enemy defenses. This item is especially useful when the enemy team relies on shields for protection.
Mid VEX Strengths and Weaknesses
Mid VEX Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift VEX Ability and Tips
DOOM 'N GLOOM
MISTRAL BOLT
PERSONAL SPACE
LOOMING DARKNESS
SHADOW SURGE
(PASSIVE) DOOM 'N GLOOM
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 16 magic damage (16 + 10 + 25% ) 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.
Ability Tips
Video
(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.
Ability Tips
Video
(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.
Ability Tips
Video
Wild Rift VEX Skills Combo
Vex Teamfight Engage
Execution
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.
Combo Video
Wild Rift VEX Video
Watch here!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.