{"id":2705,"date":"2023-07-24T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:31:09","slug":"vex-quick-guide-abilities-tips-and-tricks-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/league-of-legends\/vex-quick-guide-abilities-tips-and-tricks-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Vex Quick Guide \u2013 Abilities, Tips and Tricks for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Champion At a Glance<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-_CezXpruho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"The ONLY VEX Guide You'll EVER NEED - League of Legends Season 11\">Vex is a control mage assassin<\/a> that specializes in dealing area of effect damage on reset through the use of her Shadow Surge. With all of her abilities inflicting magic damage in large areas, she can control choke points within the map while also drawing herself to enemies with Shadow Surge. Constantly finding low HP targets is essential to thriving on Vex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Archetype<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Damage Types<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Region<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Resource<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Range<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Difficulty<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mage<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Magic<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shadow Isles<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mana<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Ranged<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Intermediate<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Exceptionally good when facing champions with a lot of dashes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vex can gap close and burst her targets with Shadow Surge (R), if she kills her target, she gets a reset<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She is excellent at poking and wave clearing at the same time, which gives her a ton of lane pressure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weaknesses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vex has a rough time facing champions that outrange her<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If she misses her Shadow Surge (R) she has a rough time reaching and engaging her opponents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vulnerable vs crowd control since it can stop her from shielding herself with Personal Space (W) and fearing her enemies away<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skill Breakdown<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vex2-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vex2-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vex2-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vex2-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vex2-1536x589.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/vex2-2048x785.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Passive Ability &#8211; <strong>DOOM &#8216;N GLOOM<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex_passive.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vex periodically becomes empowered, causing her next basic Ability to fear enemies and interrupt dashes. Whenever a nearby enemy dashes, Vex applies a mark that can be consumed for bonus damage, reducing the cooldown of her empowered state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q Ability &#8211; <strong>MISTRAL BOLT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex_Q.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Launch a damaging missile that accelerates mid-flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">W Ability &#8211; <strong>PERSONAL SPACE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex_W.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gain a shield and damage nearby enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E Ability &#8211; <strong>LOOMING DARKNESS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex_E.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Summon a damaging and slowing zone that applies Gloom to enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">R (Ultimate) Ability &#8211; <strong>SHADOW SURGE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex_R.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fire a missile that marks an enemy champion. Recast to dash to them and deal damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tips and Tricks<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex-1024x462.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex-1536x693.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Vex.png 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip #1 &#8211; Peeking Ahead<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use Vex W <strong>PERSONAL SPACE<\/strong> to check fog of war and bushes throughout the jungle. If you press the ability and gain the shield you know an enemy was hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tip #2 &#8211; Ranging Your Looming Darkness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vex E <strong>LOOMING DARKNESS<\/strong> when used at short distance will appear and explode faster but when used at further distance will be larger and slower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trick #1 &#8211; Closing the Gap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vex players can combine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proguides.com\/guides\/league-of-legends\/10-unknown-mechanics-you-must-learn-for-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"10 Unknown Mechanics You Must Learn For League\">her Q <strong>MISTRAL BOLT<\/strong> with flash to close the gap faster<\/a> and surprise enemies with the burst damage. Also the same thing can be done with her W <strong>PERSONAL SPACE.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the black heart of the Shadow Isles, Vex is League of Legends gloomiest champions. Want to learn how to use her? 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