

A Doom Mistral Bolt can be used for chasing down a pick.

A Doom empowered Personal Space can be amazing disengage for a backline comp. Vex will be at her best when there are enemies constantly dashing around her.Īdditionally, the fact that Vex can proc her Fear on any of her basic abilities means that she can bring a lot of utility to a team. Champions like Yasuo or Irelia have the potential to receive tons of extra damage and crowd control against a Vex constantly proccing Doom N’ Gloom. The only intricate part of her kit comes with her passive. Her abilities are all able to be explained completely in just a couple of sentences, unlike many of the recent League of Legends champions released. If the marked target dies within a short time of taking damage from Shadow Surge, Vex can cast Shadow Surge again within a few seconds. Vex can then recast this ability to have Shadow pull her to the marked target, dealing additional magic damage. Shadow flies forward, marking and dealing magic damage to the first enemy champion hit. On arriving, Shadow deals magic damage, slows, and marks enemies hit with Gloom. Shadow flies to a location increasing in size as it travels. Personal Space detonates Gloom on any marked enemies it hits. Vex gains a shield and emits a shockwave dealing magic damage to enemies around her. Mistral Bolt detonates Gloom on any marked enemies it hits. After a short delay, the wave accelerates but has reduced width. Vex launches a wave forward, dealing magic damage to enemies it passes through. Vex’s next basic attack against a marked enemy detonates the mark dealing bonus damage and refunding part of Doom’s cooldown. Gloom: Whenever a nearby enemy dashes or blinks they become marked with Gloom. On September 7, Vex’s official ability reveal was released.ĭoom: Periodically, Vex becomes empowered by Doom causing her next basic ability to interrupt dashes and Fear enemies.

We can see skill shots, damage marks, area-of-effect damage, a fear on two separate spells, and an ultimate that allows Vex to jump around with reset potential. This exciting first look at Vex’s kit provided a number of insights into what her abilities would end up being. Vex’s shadow appears to be an independent entity, acting as everything from her auto attacks and spells, to her homeguard animation and taunts. As it turned out, the tech limitations were due to her use of shadows and how the League of Legends engine handled them. (Image Credit Riot Games)įast forward to September 2 and Riot has released the first gameplay trailer for Vex. Vex’s first appearance was in the Sentinels of Light story event.
