# Vex Counters Who counters Vex? Best and worst picks against Vex by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Vex in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) ## Page Content [Vex guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/) [Play against Vex](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/how-to-play-against/) [Vex counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vex/counters/) Best and worst picks against Vex in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Aurelion Sol, Mel and Naafiri beat Vex most often. Mel, Diana and Zoe win the laning phase against Vex by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Vex Highest win rate versus Vex in Mid. - 1 [Aurelion Sol](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurelionsol/) 190 games 57.9% - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 508 games 57.1% - 3 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 219 games 55.2% - 4 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 478 games 55.2% - 5 [Veigar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/veigar/) 631 games 55.0% - 6 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 446 games 54.0% - 7 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 355 games 53.8% - 8 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 805 games 52.7% - 9 [Kennen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kennen/) 462 games 52.6% - 10 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 648 games 52.3% - 11 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 362 games 52.2% - 12 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 624 games 52.1% - 13 [Annie](https://baronbuff.com/champions/annie/) 172 games 51.7% - 14 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 120 games 51.7% - 15 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 167 games 51.5% ## Worst picks against Vex Lowest win rate versus Vex in Mid. - 1 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 144 games 38.2% - 2 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 583 games 43.0% - 3 [Yone](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yone/) 1,243 games 43.9% - 4 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 303 games 44.2% - 5 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 930 games 45.2% - 6 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 749 games 45.7% - 7 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 295 games 45.8% - 8 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 1,133 games 45.8% - 9 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 458 games 45.9% - 10 [Locke](https://baronbuff.com/champions/locke/) 777 games 46.2% - 11 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 782 games 46.7% - 12 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 497 games 47.3% - 13 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 939 games 47.3% - 14 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 463 games 47.7% - 15 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 282 games 47.9% ## Best lane counters vs Vex Largest gold lead over Vex at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 314 games +1,014 - 2 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 192 games +547 - 3 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 116 games +529 - 4 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 194 games +415 - 5 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 178 games +361 - 6 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 309 games +327 - 7 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 246 games +326 - 8 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 243 games +305 - 9 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 225 games +275 - 10 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 129 games +254 - 11 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 100 games +238 - 12 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 309 games +227 - 13 [Ekko](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ekko/) 149 games +179 - 14 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 131 games +112 - 15 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 184 games +87 ## How to play against Vex Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Concede level one if needed and wait for level two or three before forcing trades. - Avoid dashing into her while passive fear is ready; poke or bait it out first. - Ping her roam target early when she gets push priority, then back away before she arrives. - Commit all-ins only after passive fear is spent, because it can stop your first engage completely. - Spread behind the frontline so her R reset cannot chain through clustered carries. ## Where Vex is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Vex punishes dashes well but has less control over teams that approach slowly from range. - Vex commits her body when following her ultimate, making failed resets dangerous against grouped peel. ## Vex counters: questions ### Who counters Vex in Mid? At Gold+, Aurelion Sol (57.9%), Mel (57.1%) and Naafiri (55.2%) have the highest win rates against Vex. ### Who does Vex counter? Vex wins most often against Azir (38.2%), Tristana (43.0%) and Yone (43.9%). ### Who wins lane against Vex? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Mel (+1,014), Diana (+547) and Zoe (+529) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Vex. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) - [Diana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)