CHAMPIONSVex
Vex
CHAMPION · MID

Vex

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01

Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
No one knows how to play against her. But now we're a little bit further ahead, and I feel like, you know, people have played her a bit more, and people kind of figured out, okay, wait, I actually have to be careful of Vex. They're not disrespecting the the Vex fear as much anymore.
hellsdevil · patch 7.1 · (19:45)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
02

Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdevilmidS=2026-05-19
7.1eroyalmidA=2026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtmidA·2026-05-08
7.1droyalmidA·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdevilmidS·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR48.75%PR2.68%BR0.60%
Items (in order)
Soulstealer
Mejai's SoulstealerTakedowns increase AP
  • +70 Max Health
  • +25 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration

Glory: Gain up to 30 stacks of Glory after a champion takedown. Melee champions gain 3 stack(s) for each kill and 2 stack(s) for each assist; ranged champions gain 4 stack(s) for each kill and 2 stack(s) for each assist. You lose 10 stack(s) on death.

Fear: Gain 5 AP for every stack of Glory you have. At 10 stack(s) of Glory and above, gain 10% bonus Movement Speed.

1800 gold
Boots of Mana
Boots of ManaAbility Power, Magic Penetration, Mana Regeneration
  • +15 Ability Power
  • +100% Mana Regeneration
  • +45 Move Speed.

Magic Break: +8% Magic Penetration.

Equilibrium: Champions without Mana gain 50% bonus health Regen.

Big Bully: Attacks and active abilities deal 18 bonus physical damage to minions.

900 gold
Infinity Orb
Infinity OrbAbilities 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 50-75 () plus 10% to nearby enemies.

2900 gold
Stasis Enchant
Stasis EnchantTurn invulnerable

Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown)

1000 gold
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's DeathcapBoosts Ability Power
  • +100 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration

Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%.

3400 gold
Liandry's Torment
Liandry's TormentAbilities deal bonus damage
  • +250 Max Health
  • +75 Ability Power
  • +7% Magic Penetration

Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 0.6-3% () of the target's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds.

3000 gold
Runes
Electrocute
KeystoneElectrocute
ElectrocuteKeystone

PASSIVE: Basic attacks and abilities generate stacks on enemy champions hit, up to one per attack or cast. Applying 3 stacks to a target within a 3 second period causes them to be struck by lightning, dealing them 40 - 194 (based on level) (+35% bonus AD) (+20% AP) Adaptive damage. ADAPTIVE DAMAGE: Deals either physical or magic damage depending on your bonus statistics, defaulting based on the origin of the effect. Cooldown: 20-13 seconds

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Sudden Impact
Sudden ImpactMinor · Domination

Damaging an enemy champion deals a bonus 10–80 true damage after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when exiting stealth for 4s. (10s cooldown) 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.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Chain Assault
Chain AssaultMinor · Domination

Hitting an enemy champion with an active ability applies a mark to them, causing your next 2 attacks or active ability casts against them to deal 20 - 35 (+5% bonus AD +2.5% bonus AP) bonus adaptive damage. (15 second cooldown)

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Eyeball Collection
Eyeball Collection

Mechanics not yet captured in the vault.

Transcendence
TranscendenceMinor · Sorcery

Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels: -Level 1: Gain 6 Ability Haste. - Level 5: Gain an additional 6 Ability Haste. - Level 9: After a basic ability hits the target, reduce 10% of the ability's cooldown. (8s cooldown)

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QWE
Spells
FlashFlashIgniteIgnite

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-vex-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Oceanid's Trident — vs. shield-heavy enemies
  • Crown of the Shattered Queen — vs. key ability-based threats
  • Morellonomicon — vs. healing-dependent champions

Counters / threats: Ryze, Karma, Swain, Annie, Taliyah, Vladimir, Galio, Aurelion Sol, Zed

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Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Mid "Um anything interesting? Vex, underrated, but I would say people are starting to figure out Vex. I don't know if you guys remember, but like half a year to a year ago, I constantly said Vex is broken, Vex is broken, pick her." (19:34) "No one knows how to play against her. But now we're a little bit further ahead, and I feel like, you know, people have played her a bit more, and people kind of figured out, okay, wait, I actually have to be careful of Vex. They're not disrespecting the the Vex fear as much anymore." (19:45) "So, you're not going to be able to get away with as many free wins anymore. I used to rate Vex in the S plus tier for that reason, you know, again, obscurity, but now not as much. She's just okay." (20:01)

hellsdevilauto· Mid
patch 7.1·mid

Um anything interesting? Vex, underrated, but I would say people are starting to figure out Vex. I don't know if you guys remember, but like half a year to a year ago, I constantly said Vex is broken, Vex is broken, pick her.(19:34)

No one knows how to play against her. But now we're a little bit further ahead, and I feel like, you know, people have played her a bit more, and people kind of figured out, okay, wait, I actually have to be careful of Vex. They're not disrespecting the the Vex fear as much anymore.(19:45)

So, you're not going to be able to get away with as many free wins anymore. I used to rate Vex in the S plus tier for that reason, you know, again, obscurity, but now not as much. She's just okay.(20:01)

itzstu4rtauto· Auto-extracted commentary (iTzSTU4RT, 7.1b)
patch 7.1b

Generated by /wr-extract from iTzSTU4RT's patch 7.1b video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1b analysis (iTzSTU4RT) sections above. Mid "Again, stasis being pretty important and going down in price means that Zed can be countered quite easily. Vex's also very solid. Uh you counter pretty much any engaged champion in the game." (50:24)

itzstu4rtauto· Mid
patch 7.1b·mid

Again, stasis being pretty important and going down in price means that Zed can be countered quite easily. Vex's also very solid. Uh you counter pretty much any engaged champion in the game.(50:24)

hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (hellsdevil, 7.1e)
patch 7.1e

Generated by /wr-extract from hellsdevil's patch 7.1e video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1e analysis (hellsdevil) sections above. Mid "Oriana, late game. Vex is the secret broken pick tech. Vex, you know, no one knows how good she is uh until they get against a good Vex. And I promise you, if you want to play mid lane, play Vex. You're going to surprise a lot of people if you get good at this champion." (16:37)

hellsdevilauto· Mid
patch 7.1e·mid

Oriana, late game. Vex is the secret broken pick tech. Vex, you know, no one knows how good she is uh until they get against a good Vex. And I promise you, if you want to play mid lane, play Vex. You're going to surprise a lot of people if you get good at this champion.(16:37)

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Patch notes

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