Mid · 213 games · KR

Vex

Mid · 83% of games

Strongest when games end at 15–20 minutes (71%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+127 gold).

Win rate: 54.0%; ±6.7 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: A; #10 of 64
Pick rate: 3.3%; ban 2.7%
Games: 213; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Vex mid wins 54.0% of 213 ranked games in KR, rank 10 of 64 mid champions (tier A). Most players finish Luden's Echo first, at about 11:42.

The build at a glance

What most Vex players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Luden's Echo 11:29 · 52% · 109 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 12:06 · 70% of games

Item 2

Shadowflame 19:48 · 63% · 55 games

Item 3

Zhonya's Hourglass 26:48 · 100% · 17 games

Item 4 · late game

Void Staff 33:48 · 5 of 20 games

Runes

Electrocute · Domination + Sorcery 11% of games · 33% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 99% of games · 54% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Ignite 61% of games · 51% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Mistral Bolt first 98% of games · 54% wins Skill orders →

When Vex wins

Best when games end at 15–20′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′57% wins48% of games · 103

Lasts 25′ or more51% wins52% of games · 110

Lanes

Watch out for LeBlanc

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Vex games

First Baron: 84% against 37%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First Baron 37% 84% +48

First tower 31% 73% +41

Rift Herald 38% 76% +38

First blood 42% 65% +23

First dragon 42% 65% +23

First Voidgrubs 46% 61% +15

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Vex plays

More control wards, more multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More control wards a game2.15 against 1.73 · +24%

More multikills a game0.83 against 0.67 · +24%

More assists a game7.2 against 6.1 · +19%

Less damage to towers5154 against 6333 · −19%

About average: share of team damage, deaths, gold, solo kills, minions.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~11:48

Item 2done ~19:18

Item 3done ~26:24

Item 4done ~32:30

Most common full builds

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 35.3%17 games

Sorcerer's Shoes › Luden's Echo › Stormsurge › Shadowflame 71.4%7 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 50.0%6 games

Luden's Echo › Sorcerer's Shoes › Stormsurge › Zhonya's Hourglass 33.3%3 games

Stormsurge › Sorcerer's Shoes › Shadowflame › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Void Staff 60%5

Shadowflame 43%28

Zhonya's Hourglass 35%17

Stormsurge 35%17

Rabadon's Deathcap 20%5

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion53.6%211

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Doran's Ring + Dark Seal + Health Potion + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~12:0653.7%149

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~8:2460.5%43

Mercury's Treads ~9:1860.0%10

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite51.2%129

Flash + Teleport57.0%79

Flash + Barrier100.0%2

Skills

Max

E53.8%208

Max

W60.0%5

Start

W55.4%139

Start

Q60.9%23

Hard lanes

Watch out for LeBlanc

Easy lanes

Good into Yasuo, Sylas

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 3 of 5, wins 3 of them

Expected: what Vex's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (23)

Orianna 25% · 8

Twisted Fate 29% · 7

Viktor 43% · 7

Akshan 67% · 6

Syndra 17% · 6

Akali 83% · 6

Zoe 33% · 6

Aurora 50% · 6

Katarina 67% · 6

Talon 83% · 6

Fizz 60% · 5

Ekko 40% · 5

Galio 25% · 4

Irelia 50% · 4

Lucian 100% · 4

Fiddlesticks 100% · 3

Diana 100% · 3

Anivia 0% · 3

Qiyana 0% · 3

Pantheon 67% · 3

Zed 67% · 3

Hwei 0% · 3

Tristana 67% · 3

Vex vs Sylas · 19 games · Early read

Vex does better than expected here

63%winsexpected 58%

+766gold at 15′average +127

+12.7minions at 10′ahead or behind

21%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.53 a game

Gold lead against Sylas Vex's average lead

Against Sylas, Vex is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 63% of games and wins 75% of those. When behind, Vex wins 43%.

Ahead at 15′75% wins12 games

Behind at 15′43% wins7 games

Full Vex vs Sylas page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Vex games: Yone, Lee Sin, Jhin, Nautilus

Enemy top Trouble

Yone40% · exp. 52% −1220 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble

Lee Sin38% · exp. 54% −1629 games

Easier

Qiyana72% · exp. 51% +2118 games

Enemy bot Trouble

Jhin38% · exp. 57% −1924 games

Easier

Kai'Sa64% · exp. 53% +1125 games

Aphelios65% · exp. 57% +820 games

Yunara60% · exp. 56% +420 games

Enemy support Trouble

Nautilus48% · exp. 57% −921 games

Easier

Bard76% · exp. 55% +2117 games

Lulu65% · exp. 56% +920 games

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Before 14 minutes Vex dies 2.2 times a game (average 2.2). 57% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 52% for the average mid laner. 26% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.2deaths per game before 14′about average (2.2)

57%involve the enemy junglermore than average (52%)

74%outnumbered (2+ enemies)more than average (68%)

57%with no teammate nearless than average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Vex dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 28% in your half of mid. Collapses: 26% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 60% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Vex

Kind of death

Vex Average

Gank 57% (avg 52%)Collapse 17% (avg 16%)1-v-1 26% (avg 32%)

Who gets the kill

Vex Average

Bot laner 9% (avg 7%)Jungler 33% (avg 29%)Support 6% (avg 6%)Mid laner 48% (avg 52%)Top laner 4% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00, then every minute

Vex Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Vex; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Vex wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 3.8 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.4 in your half of mid. Overall 1.3 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.4 K/D 67 / 167

Their half of mid 1.8 K/D 149 / 84

The bot-side river 1.1 K/D 56 / 52

Their half of bot lane 3.8 K/D 84 / 22

Their jungle 1.8 K/D 61 / 34

Your jungle 1.2 K/D 48 / 40

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Vex wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 31% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 26%). The team wins 65% when Vex is there and 73% when not.

Vex

What most Vex players run

Best when games end at 15–20′

Watch out for LeBlanc

First Baron: 84% against 37%

More control wards, more multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for LeBlanc

Good into Yasuo, Sylas

Ahead at 15 against 3 of 5, wins 3 of them

Vex does better than expected here

Vex does better than expected here

Vex does worse than expected here

About what you would expect

About what you would expect

Enemies that cost Vex games: Yone, Lee Sin, Jhin, Nautilus

Teammates that change Vex's games

Dies about as often as most mid laners, and more of it is ganks

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Vex

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–7:00 and 8:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of bot lane