Vex

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Comp identity — Mid

Leans Attack — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 60%
Catchnatural · 60%
Siegeforced · 20%
Vex chains the fight with lockdown once contact is made. Enough Catch and Siege sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive (Doom 'n Gloom) specifically marks and punishes DASHING/BLINKING enemies with bonus damage — a built-in anti-mobility check.

Kit quirks

Passive (Doom 'n Gloom) specifically marks and punishes DASHING/BLINKING enemies with bonus damage — a built-in anti-mobility check
R has an enormous 2000-3000 range mark-then-dash combo, functioning as a long-range pick-and-execute tool rather than a typical burst ultimate
W's shield radius expands specifically against dashing enemies, doubling as an anti-engage tool

How Vex actually performs in ranked solo queue · 40 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Mid53% WR · 34.5 games
Top51% WR · 2.9 games
Bot50% WR · 1.8 games
Support50% WR · 0.8 games

Strongest duos

Jayce+2%

Nautilus-2%

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Vex — The Gloomist

Class: Burst
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle
Released: 2021-09-23 (V11.19)
Last changed: V26.13
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	590	+104	2358
Health regen (per 5s)	6.5	+0.6	16.7
Mana	490	+32	1034
Mana regen (per 5s)	6	+0.8	19.6
Armor	23	+4.45	98.65
Magic resist	28	+1.3	50.1
Attack damage	54	+2.75	100.75
Attack speed	0.669	+1%	0.775
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	550
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 750
Selection height: 100
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 30
Gameplay radius: 55
Attack delay offset: -0.1437
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1

Arena: health per level 10

URF: damage dealt ×0.9 · damage taken ×1

Abilities

Passive

Doom 'n Gloom

Static cooldown: 25 / 22 / 19 / 16 (based on level)Effect radius: 1600

Passive - Doom: Periodically, Vex empowers her next basic ability to knock down and fear enemies hit for 0.75 / 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 (based on level) seconds, during which they are slowed by 60% – 99% (based on distance from Vex). If Looming Darkness triggers Doom, enemies hit will flee from the epicenter instead. Doom's cooldown resets upon respawning.

Innate - Gloom: Nearby enemy champions and monsters that dash or blink will be marked with Gloom for 6 seconds. Vex's next basic attack, which becomes non-projectile, or basic ability hit against an enemy with Gloom will detonate the mark. Looming Darkness will also inflict Gloom, but cannot detonate it.

Gloom's detonation deals 40 – 162.94 (based on level) (+ 25% AP) bonus magic damage and refunds 25% of Doom's cooldown. Against non-champions, this instead deals 40% / 45% / 50% / 55% / 60% (based on level) damage and refunds 10% of Doom's cooldown.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesParries: BlockedProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (15)

Gloom will mark Rift Herald and Rift Scuttler when they use their dashes.
Gloom can mark clones, but not other pets.
Gloom's mark has a very brief cooldown and refreshes on subsequent dashes or blinks nearby enemies use.
Gloom's mark duration will refresh to 0.5 seconds when Vex starts an attack windup against a target that has a mark which is about to expire.
Gloom will mark enemies even if they are untargetable.
Gloom will mark enemies that are inside the detection radius when they blink, but will not mark those that blink inside from far away.(unexpected)
Doom's cooldown starts as soon as the basic ability is cast.
Doom's fear will not be removed when Vex dies, unlike any other fear in the game.(bug)
Non-champions (e.g. Rift Scuttler) are not knocked down by the fear-empowered ability.(unexpected)
Spell shield will block all of Doom's effects but not Gloom's empowered attack nor mark.
Nearby enemies that become displaced do not count for being marked by Gloom.
Vex's basic abilities use a different icon when Doom is ready:
Mistral Bolt
Personal Space
Looming Darkness

Map-specific differences (1)

Gloom AP ratio changed to 40% AP.

Mistral Bolt

Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 ManaCooldown: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4Cast time: 0.15Range: 1200Width: 360 • 160Speed: 600 • 3200

Active: Vex launches a wave of mist in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit. After travelling 500 units, the wave accelerates but also narrows itself.

Magic Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 70% AP)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (2)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
Mistral Bolt will fire from wherever Vex is at the end of the cast time, towards the originally targeted location or 1200 units in the originally targeted direction if cast beyond that.

Map-specific differences (2)

Base damage changed to 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270.
AP ratio changed to 70% AP.

Personal Space

Cost: 75 manaCooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12Cast time: 0.25Effect radius: 475 • 550Queue threshold: 0.1

Active: Vex emits a deafening scream around her before the cast time, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and granting herself a shield for 2.5 seconds. The scream's radius is slightly increased against enemies that are dashing.

Shield Strength: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 75% AP)
Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 30% AP)

Vex can move during Personal Space's cast time.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (1)

No additional details.

Map-specific differences (2)

Damage AP ratio changed to 50% AP.
Cooldown changed to 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 seconds.

Looming Darkness

Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 manaCooldown: 12Cast time: 0.25Target range: 800Effect radius: 200 – 300 (based on cast distance)Speed: 1300

Active: Vex tosses her Shadow to explode at the target location, dealing magic damage to enemies hit and slowing them for 2 seconds. The explosion's radius increases based on cast distance.

Magic Damage: 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 (+ 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AP)
Slow: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

Killing an enemy with Looming Darkness refunds 10% of Doom's cooldown, increased to 25% for champion kills.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (1)

No additional details.

Map-specific differences (2)

Cooldown changed to 10 seconds.
Slow changed to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%.

Shadow Surge

Cost: 100 manaCooldown: 140 / 120 / 100Cast time: 0.25 • NoneRange: 2000 / 2500 / 3000Effect radius: 650 • GlobalWidth: 260Speed: 1600 • 2200

Active: Vex sends her Shadow in the target direction, which grants sight around its trajectory and deals magic damage to enemies hit.

Magic Damage: 75 / 125 / 175 (+ 20% AP)

Shadow stops upon hitting an enemy champion to mark them for 4 seconds, during which they are revealed. Shadow Surge can be recast while the target is marked.

Recast: Vex dashes towards the marked target with displacement immunity. Upon arrival, she consumes their mark and deals magic damage.

Magic Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 50% AP)
Total Magic Damage: 225 / 375 / 525 (+ 70% AP)

If Vex scores a takedown against Shadow Surge's marked target within 8 seconds of its application, Vex can cast Shadow Surge again within 12 seconds at no cost after 0.5 seconds, repeating the effects.

Targeting input: Direction • AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: BlockedGrounded: See NotesKnockdown: Not Interrupted

Notes (9)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
Vex's dash will track the target if they change locations.
She will not stop tracking the target until she reaches them, as there is no maximum tracking distance.
Shadow Surge grants sight of the area along its path for 0.4 seconds each.
Shadow Surge cannot be recast while grounded or rooted, or if the target is untargetable.
Shadow Surge grants the additional cast from scoring the takedown even if the target died to the ability.
The following table refers for interactions while Vex is dashing:
All movement spells are disabled during the first 0.25 seconds of the dash.
Death

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 110 / 90 / 70 seconds.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Attacknatural · 60%

Catchnatural · 60%

Siegeforced · 20%

Vex chains the fight with lockdown once contact is made. Enough Catch and Siege sits in the kit to punish a caught enemy before the fight starts. Passive (Doom 'n Gloom) specifically marks and punishes DASHING/BLINKING enemies with bonus damage — a built-in anti-mobility check.

Kit quirks

Passive (Doom 'n Gloom) specifically marks and punishes DASHING/BLINKING enemies with bonus damage — a built-in anti-mobility check

R has an enormous 2000-3000 range mark-then-dash combo, functioning as a long-range pick-and-execute tool rather than a typical burst ultimate

W's shield radius expands specifically against dashing enemies, doubling as an anti-engage tool

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Vex — The Gloomist

Class: Burst
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle
Released: 2021-09-23 (V11.19)
Last changed: V26.13
Price: 1,575 BE · 790 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	590	+104	2358
Health regen (per 5s)	6.5	+0.6	16.7
Mana	490	+32	1034
Mana regen (per 5s)	6	+0.8	19.6
Armor	23	+4.45	98.65
Magic resist	28	+1.3	50.1
Attack damage	54	+2.75	100.75
Attack speed	0.669	+1%	0.775
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	550
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 750
Selection height: 100
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 30
Gameplay radius: 55
Attack delay offset: -0.1437
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.95 · damage taken ×1

Arena: health per level 10

URF: damage dealt ×0.9 · damage taken ×1

Abilities

Passive

Doom 'n Gloom

Static cooldown: 25 / 22 / 19 / 16 (based on level)Effect radius: 1600

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: See NotesParries: BlockedProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (15)

Gloom will mark Rift Herald and Rift Scuttler when they use their dashes.
Gloom can mark clones, but not other pets.
Gloom's mark has a very brief cooldown and refreshes on subsequent dashes or blinks nearby enemies use.
Gloom's mark duration will refresh to 0.5 seconds when Vex starts an attack windup against a target that has a mark which is about to expire.
Gloom will mark enemies even if they are untargetable.
Gloom will mark enemies that are inside the detection radius when they blink, but will not mark those that blink inside from far away.(unexpected)
Doom's cooldown starts as soon as the basic ability is cast.
Doom's fear will not be removed when Vex dies, unlike any other fear in the game.(bug)
Non-champions (e.g. Rift Scuttler) are not knocked down by the fear-empowered ability.(unexpected)
Spell shield will block all of Doom's effects but not Gloom's empowered attack nor mark.
Nearby enemies that become displaced do not count for being marked by Gloom.
Vex's basic abilities use a different icon when Doom is ready:
Mistral Bolt
Personal Space
Looming Darkness

Map-specific differences (1)

Gloom AP ratio changed to 40% AP.

Mistral Bolt

Cost: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 ManaCooldown: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4Cast time: 0.15Range: 1200Width: 360 • 160Speed: 600 • 3200

Active: Vex launches a wave of mist in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit. After travelling 500 units, the wave accelerates but also narrows itself.

Magic Damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 70% AP)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (2)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
Mistral Bolt will fire from wherever Vex is at the end of the cast time, towards the originally targeted location or 1200 units in the originally targeted direction if cast beyond that.

Map-specific differences (2)

Base damage changed to 90 / 135 / 180 / 225 / 270.
AP ratio changed to 70% AP.

Personal Space

Cost: 75 manaCooldown: 16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12Cast time: 0.25Effect radius: 475 • 550Queue threshold: 0.1

Shield Strength: 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 / 150 (+ 75% AP)
Magic Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 30% AP)

Vex can move during Personal Space's cast time.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (1)

No additional details.

Map-specific differences (2)

Damage AP ratio changed to 50% AP.
Cooldown changed to 13 / 12.5 / 12 / 11.5 / 11 seconds.

Looming Darkness

Cost: 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 manaCooldown: 12Cast time: 0.25Target range: 800Effect radius: 200 – 300 (based on cast distance)Speed: 1300

Active: Vex tosses her Shadow to explode at the target location, dealing magic damage to enemies hit and slowing them for 2 seconds. The explosion's radius increases based on cast distance.

Magic Damage: 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 / 130 (+ 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60% AP)
Slow: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50%

Killing an enemy with Looming Darkness refunds 10% of Doom's cooldown, increased to 25% for champion kills.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (1)

No additional details.

Map-specific differences (2)

Cooldown changed to 10 seconds.
Slow changed to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60%.

Shadow Surge

Cost: 100 manaCooldown: 140 / 120 / 100Cast time: 0.25 • NoneRange: 2000 / 2500 / 3000Effect radius: 650 • GlobalWidth: 260Speed: 1600 • 2200

Active: Vex sends her Shadow in the target direction, which grants sight around its trajectory and deals magic damage to enemies hit.

Magic Damage: 75 / 125 / 175 (+ 20% AP)

Shadow stops upon hitting an enemy champion to mark them for 4 seconds, during which they are revealed. Shadow Surge can be recast while the target is marked.

Recast: Vex dashes towards the marked target with displacement immunity. Upon arrival, she consumes their mark and deals magic damage.

Magic Damage: 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 50% AP)
Total Magic Damage: 225 / 375 / 525 (+ 70% AP)

Targeting input: Direction • AutoAffects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: BlockedGrounded: See NotesKnockdown: Not Interrupted

Notes (9)

This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.
Vex's dash will track the target if they change locations.
She will not stop tracking the target until she reaches them, as there is no maximum tracking distance.
Shadow Surge grants sight of the area along its path for 0.4 seconds each.
Shadow Surge cannot be recast while grounded or rooted, or if the target is untargetable.
Shadow Surge grants the additional cast from scoring the takedown even if the target died to the ability.
The following table refers for interactions while Vex is dashing:
All movement spells are disabled during the first 0.25 seconds of the dash.
Death

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 110 / 90 / 70 seconds.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.