Brutal anti-entry mage build: Vex does not win only when she bursts, but when she turns enemy impatience into a very bad trade. The build must therefore keep dash punishment, burst reliability, and enough margin to survive the answer together.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost +100gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,600 total cost +600g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Vex needs fast kills to reset ultimate.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
Q+W Personal Space fear + AA combo triggers Electrocute for a burst control.
Every R dash triggers the true damage on the finishing Q-E combo — your reset execution benefits on every leap.
R resets chain kills — adaptive force stacks with every finished dive.
Every takedown feeds the AP that pushes your combo toward the one-shot threshold.
Haste cycles your fear passive and Q faster — more anti-dash windows.
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Gathering Storm
Giant Slayer
