01 / Viego
At a glance
Learn Viego abilities and prepare your first games. Find builds for each supported role.
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Strengths & weaknesses
Tools to play around
- Blade of the Ruined KingContributes damage to the champion’s rotation.
- Spectral MawAdds a utility effect to the champion’s kit.
- HeartbreakerOffers a movement tool for positioning.
What can go wrong
- Blade of the Ruined KingPractise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
- Spectral MawRead the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
- A completed combo is only useful when your position, resources and follow-up are safe.
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Abilities & tips
Open an ability to read its effect and a practical use tip.
PSovereign's Domination
Enemies who fall before Viego become wraiths. By attacking a wraith, Viego temporarily seizes control of the dead enemy's body, healing for a percentage of his target's max health and gaining access to their basic abilities and items. He replaces their Ultimate with a free cast of his own.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
QBlade of the Ruined King
Viego's spectral blade passively deals bonus percent current Health damage On-Hit and strikes twice vs. enemies he recently hit with an Ability, stealing Health. Viego can activate this Ability to thrust his zweihander forward, impaling enemies in front of him.
Practise the hit area and target conditions first. Do not spend the rest of your rotation automatically when the opening damage misses.
WSpectral Maw
Viego charges up before dashing forward, releasing a ball of concentrated Black Mist that stuns the first enemy hit.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
EHarrowed Path
Viego commands the Black Mist to haunt and surround a piece of terrain. Viego can hide in the Mist as a wraith, gaining camouflage, Move Speed, and Attack Speed.
Read the effect and its conditions, then practise it alone. Build your sequence around the effect you can reliably reproduce.
RHeartbreaker
Viego teleports to a nearby location and executes an enemy champion on arrival, piercing their heart and causing a destructive shockwave around them that knocks away their allies.
Decide where you want to finish the movement before casting. Using mobility to enter a fight can leave fewer options to retreat.
Viego combos: execution and timing
AA = basic attack · EAA = empowered attack · 1/2/3 = cast stage. Follow the order, not instant key presses.
Follow up with Spectral Maw
- W
- AA
- Q
- AA
With Viego, start with Spectral Maw, then continue through Basic attack → Blade of the Ruined King → Basic attack. Track the marks from Blade of the Ruined King before following with Basic attack. Compare a marked target with an unmarked one in practice.
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Game plan by role
Viego · Jungle
Practise a repeatable clear before adding risky invades. Check nearby lane positions before entering the river or committing to a gank.
Prepare objectives by resetting, checking vision and moving with nearby allies. Avoid starting an objective solely because it has spawned.
Keep Smite and your escape plan in mind around contested objectives. Choose between engaging, covering a carry and keeping access to the objective.
Before your next fight, check: Blade of the Ruined King · Heartbreaker · Combos
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Matchup preparation
Compare opponents in the build for the role you are actually playing. Then check their key control, escape and defensive spells before choosing your trade.
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Practice checklist
- Cast each ability alone and identify its range, target conditions and stopping point.
- Practise the first sequence slowly. Repeat it while moving, without skipping the conditions shown on its card.
- After each attempt, identify the spell you would still have available to defend or retreat.
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Viego · Builds & runes
Choose a role, then select your rank on the build page for runes, items, skill order and matchup statistics.