Vex ARAM Mayhem Build

The Gloomist. A middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #66 of 173 champions.

BPatch 26.21MageNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.3%
Pick rate: 2.1%
Rank: #66 of 173
Games: 498,722
Patch: 26.21

How to play Vex in ARAM Mayhem

Vex is a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier B, #66 of 173 champions, with a 50.3% win rate over 498,722 games.

92% of Vex's damage to champions is magic, so enemy magic resist is what slows it down.

The AP build, ability power items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame, with a 49.5% win rate over 362,711 games. For boots, Sorcerer's Shoes are both the most bought and the top-ranked pair.

The cards that do best on Vex are Back To Basics, Wooglet's Witchcap and Mad Scientist. Cards built around ability haste fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability power. Most of its S-tier cards are prismatic, so a prismatic offer is often the pick that shapes the game. Skip Mountain Soul and Impassable when you can: they do worst on Vex. A pair to look for: Mad Scientist with Forged By The Master.

Take Flash and Mark (72% of players); Ghost is the common alternative. Max Q (Mistral Bolt) first, then W, then E.

Vex ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Vex game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

AP build · top ranked

49.5% win rate · 86% of Vex games · 362,711 games

Start

Lost Chapter

Core items, in buying order

Luden's Echo
Rabadon's Deathcap
Shadowflame

Boots on the AP build for Vex, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	39%
Sorcerer's Shoes	49%
Gluttonous Greaves	8%

Situational, after the core

Void Staff44% buy it
Stormsurge25% buy it
Zhonya's Hourglass22% buy it
Cryptbloom4% buy it
Banshee's Veil5% buy it
Liandry's Torment8% buy it

Most bought items

Shadowflame84% of games
Luden's Echo64% of games
Rabadon's Deathcap62% of games
Sorcerer's Shoes48% of games
Stormsurge39% of games
Void Staff35% of games
Zhonya's Hourglass27% of games
Blackfire Torch26% of games
Liandry's Torment21% of games
Malignance11% of games

Best augments for Vex

Every card with enough Vex games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Vex's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.

PrismaticBest prismatic cards

GoldBest gold cards

1RecoilTier S
2BEES!!!Tier S
3Weapon of DestinyTier S

SilverBest silver cards

1Blue BarrierTier A
2HomeguardTier A
3FlashbangTier A

S- and A-tier cards for Vex

7 S tier and 29 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Vex in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Back To Basics	Prismatic	Tier S	Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste.
Wooglet's Witchcap	Prismatic	Tier S	QUEST: Possess Rabadon's Deathcap and Zhonya's Hourglass. REWARD: Get Wooglet's Witchcap.
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier S	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
Recoil	Gold	Tier S	selected ability deals 25% increased damage and knocks you backward.
BEES!!!	Gold	Tier S	Every 15–10 (by level) seconds, your next Ability hit against an enemy champion throws a beehive at the target. Upon arriving, the hive…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier S	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier S	Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you.
From Beginning To End	Gold	Tier A	Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds…
Warlock Juicebox	Gold	Tier A	Gain (10%+3.5% Ability Power) Omnivamp.
Big Brain	Gold	Tier A	Gain a (300% Ability Power) Shield. Resets on death or 70 seconds after depletion.
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Eureka	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (30% Ability Power) Ability Haste.
Blue Barrier	Silver	Tier A	Gain 200–450 (by level) % of the Max Mana Mana you spend as a Shield for 1.5 seconds. Shields up to 300–800 (by level)
Infinite Recursion	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 60 Ability Haste, plus 3 Ability Haste per takedown.
Homeguard	Silver	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed, disabled for 6 seconds after taking damage.
Upgrade Stormsurge	Gold	Tier A	Stormsurge's Squall now always detonates in an area, dealing (10%+2% Ability Power) maximum Health magic damage to all nearby enemies. Enemy…
Phenomenal Evil	Gold	Tier A	Permanently gain 1 Ability Power when you damage enemy champions with Abilities. If taken as your second Augment, starts with 40 Ability…
Flashbang	Silver	Tier A	Your Flash causes an explosion that deals (70–240 (by level) +60% Ability Power +70% Attack Damage) damage and Slows (resets on death).
Mind to Matter	Silver	Tier A	Gain (50% Max Mana) Health.
Twin Fire	Silver	Tier A	On ability damage, fire 1 plus (3% Critical Strike Chance) missiles that deal (10–30 (by level) +7% Bonus Attack Damage+7% Ability Power)…
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…
Heavy Is The Crown	Gold	Tier A	Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease…
Goredrink	Silver	Tier A	Gain 15% Omnivamp.
Tooth Fairy	Gold	Tier A	When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target
Slap Around	Silver	Tier A	Each time you Immobilize or Ground an enemy, gain a stack granting 10 Adaptive Force. Lose 50% stacks on death.
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Transmute: Chaos	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments.
ADAPt	Silver	Tier A	Convert Bonus Attack Damage to Ability Power, and gain (15%) Ability Power. Converts at a rate of 1.67 Ability Power per point of Attack…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier A	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Upgrade Zhonya's	Silver	Tier A	Reduce Zhonya's Hourglass Cooldown to 45 seconds. You can now move when in Zhonya's Hourglass, Seeker's Armguard, or Wooglet's Witchcap…
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Ocean Soul	Silver	Tier A	Gain the Ocean Soul, granting high Health and Mana Regen after damaging enemies.
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Ominous Pact	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 75–150 (by level) Ability Power, 50% Movement Speed, and 20% Omnivamp based on missing Health. Spell casts cost 5% of your current…
Shrink Engine	Gold	Tier A	Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death…
FireFox	Silver	Tier A	Autocast: Gain 25% movement speed and conjure three flames that orbit you every 9 seconds, targetting the closest visible enemy in range and…

Average on Vex
39 cards, best first

Below average on Vex
30 cards, best first

Weakest on Vex
14 cards, best first

Best first augment for Vex

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Vex's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Recoil and Mad Scientist come out on top.

The best augments for Vex in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Back To BasicsTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Hand of BaronTier S	FlashbangTier S
2	RecoilTier S	Bread And ButterTier S	Back To BasicsTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
3	Mad ScientistTier S	Wooglet's WitchcapTier S	BEES!!!Tier S	Mad ScientistTier S
4	BEES!!!Tier S	RecoilTier S	RecoilTier S	Warlock JuiceboxTier S
5	Weapon of DestinyTier S	Mad ScientistTier A	Big BrainTier S	Big BrainTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Vex, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark72% of players · 50.4% win rate
Flash + Ghost24% of players · 50.3% win rate
Flash + Clarity1% of players · 49.9% win rate

Skill order

QMistral Bolt
WPersonal Space
ELooming Darkness

Max Q first. 57% of players use this order (51.1% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Vex in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 10.5 / 10.2 / 27.0
KDA: 4.20
Damage to champions: 40,151
Damage taken: 26,470
Self-mitigated: 20,508
Healing on allies: 22
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 40 s
Kill participation: 66%
Game length: 16:58

Damage type

Physical 3%Magic 92%True 5%

Questions and answers

What is the best Vex build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the AP build first for Vex: Luden's Echo, Rabadon's Deathcap and Shadowflame. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Vex in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Vex, best first: Back To Basics, Wooglet's Witchcap, Mad Scientist, Recoil and BEES!!!. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Vex good in ARAM Mayhem?

Vex is tier B on patch 26.21, #66 of 173 champions, with a 50.3% win rate over 498,722 games. That makes it a solid, middle-of-the-pack pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Vex in ARAM Mayhem?

For Vex's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Recoil, Mad Scientist, BEES!!! and Weapon of Destiny, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Mages in ARAM Mayhem

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ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
Vex counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.