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Viego Guide

The Ruined King

Fighter

Assassin

Tier C Jungle

Viego, The Ruined King, is a fighter and assassin champion of medium difficulty. Across our 1056 analysed ranked games, Viego is mostly played in the Jungle (100% of its games), with a 47.2% win rate in that role: tier C among Jungle champions (#38 of 48, ranked by win rate). Viego's damage is mostly physical (83%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 51.6% in long games (over 35 min, 124 games) versus 44.6% in short games (under 25 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Averages measured over 1056 Jungle games played with Viego, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Viego is a jungler whose passive turns enemies who die in front of him into spectres: he takes control of them by attacking them, recovers a percentage of their health and gains access to their basic abilities and items. He does not get their ultimate but can cast his own for free. His blade deals a percentage of current health as bonus damage.

The basic combo

W › Q › AA AA › Q

When: An enemy is within charge range.

Spectral Maw charges then dashes you forward with an orb that stuns the first enemy hit; Blade of the Ruined King hits twice the enemies recently hit and heals you.

The execution

E › Q › R

When: A carry is weakened.

Heartbreaker teleports you next to a champion and executes them on arrival, knocking back their nearby allies. Keep it for a low-health enemy.

See all 3 Viego combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Your blade deals a percentage of the target's current health: it is effective against high-health targets. Harrowed Path lets you hide in the Black Mist as a spectre: camouflage yourself and gain speed.

Common mistakes

• Not taking advantage of spectres: your passive is your best source of power.
• Casting Heartbreaker on a full-health enemy.
• Hiding in the Mist without a plan: coming out in the middle of the enemies is dangerous.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector (253 games, 52.2% win rate).

Kraken Slayer+Immortal Shieldbow+The Collector

253 games · 52.2%

Lord Dominik's Regards+Immortal Shieldbow+The Collector

211 games · 63.5%

Lord Dominik's Regards+Kraken Slayer+The Collector

176 games · 56.2%

Skill order

Max order : Q > E > W51.3% · 111 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q	●			●	●		●		●
W		●												●	●
E			●					●		●		●	●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 144 games).

Starting items

Gustwalker Hatchling36.1% · 36 games

Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion50.0% · 32 games

Mosstomper Seedling53.8% · 26 games

First completed items, in order

Kraken Slayer›The Collector›Immortal Shieldbow

19 games · 52.6%

Kraken Slayer›The Collector›Lord Dominik's Regards

18 games · 33.3%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 4127 gold, 70 CS, 3959 XP. At 15 min: 6507 gold, 108 CS, 6686 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite47.3% · 1054 games

Most-played runes

Conqueror + Inspiration

48.1% · 511 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity99%

Coup de Grace89%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight95%

Magical Footwear75%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling84%

Hail of Blades + Precision

45.2% · 403 games

Primary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact100%

Sixth Sense77%

Treasure Hunter98%

Secondary tree · Precision

Legend: Alacrity98%

Triumph89%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling90%

Conqueror + Domination

50.6% · 81 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Alacrity100%

Coup de Grace94%

Secondary tree · Domination

Sudden Impact98%

Treasure Hunter94%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force99%

Health scaling90%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Viego's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.1% · 311 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

The Collector 52.0% ▲

Kraken Slayer 47.9%

Immortal Shieldbow 58.9% ▲

Lord Dominik's Regards 60.4% ▲

Infinity Edge 65.0% ▲

Hubris 54.8% ▲

The item that stands out most is Hubris: 54.8% win rate, +12 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team44.0% · 309 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

The Collector 44.7% ▼

Kraken Slayer 45.7%

Immortal Shieldbow 47.0% ▼

Lord Dominik's Regards 48.8% ▼

Infinity Edge 41.1% ▼

Hubris 34.3% ▼

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team46.8% · 436 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

The Collector 48.6%

Kraken Slayer 50.8%

Immortal Shieldbow 54.0%

Lord Dominik's Regards 56.8%

Infinity Edge 58.4%

Bastionbreaker 29.8% ▼

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Viego in the Jungle

Qiyana Viego: 38.1%21 games

Qiyana has the edge in 62% of the 21 Jungle duels against Viego. See the Qiyana guide.

Talon Viego: 38.9%18 games

Talon has the edge in 61% of the 18 Jungle duels against Viego. See the Talon guide.

Kayn Viego: 38.9%18 games

Kayn has the edge in 61% of the 18 Jungle duels against Viego. See the Kayn guide.

Kha'Zix Viego: 44.0%25 games

Kha'Zix has the edge in 56% of the 25 Jungle duels against Viego. See the Kha'Zix guide.

Elise Viego: 44.4%18 games

Elise has the edge in 56% of the 18 Jungle duels against Viego. See the Elise guide.

Who Viego is strong against

Rengar70.0% · 20 games

Hecarim59.1% · 22 games

Jarvan IV56.5% · 23 games

Vi55.0% · 20 games

Shaco50.0% · 22 games

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Viego's matchups.

Viego Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measured over 144 Viego games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

PassiveSovereign'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.

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.

WSpectral Maw

Viego charges up before dashing forward, releasing a ball of concentrated Black Mist that stuns the first enemy hit.

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.

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.

Other Jungle champions to know

Most played

Lee Sin50.1 %Graves49.2 %Qiyana51.4 %Jarvan IV50.4 %Hecarim49.2 %Talon51.2 %Sylas50.2 %Kha'Zix50.9 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Rek'Sai58.7 %Quinn56.9 %Briar55.4 %Kayn54.3 %Shaco53.4 %Nidalee53.3 %Vi53.0 %Rammus52.9 %

Frequently asked questions

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