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👑 Rychie's The Mad King 👑 | Viego Jungle | 12.4

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Runes: Lethal Tempo

1 2 3

Precision

Lethal Tempo

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Coup de Grace

Inspiration

Magical Footwear

Cosmic Insight

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2

Primary

Challenging Smite

Flash

Items

Starting Items

Vision

Consumables

Mythic Itemizations

Core Legendary

Boots

Situational

Specialized

Divine Sunderer

Kraken Slayer

Immortal Shieldbow On-Hit

Immortal Shieldbow Crit

Champion Build Guide

Hello everyone!

I'm Rychie an Jungle main from NA. I have been maining jungle since season 9 and absolutely love this role. The newest jungler, , brings on new perspectives and skill requirements. In this guide, I will dive into the champion and his intricacies. By no means am I an expert since the champion is newly released but I think this guide will provide everyone with some value. I've added some links below where you can find me. Thank you so much for checking out my guide!

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ABILITY
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E

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W

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R

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R

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W

[P] SOVEREIGN'S DOMINATION
Probably one of the craziest passives in the game. Whether you know the champion of your possession or not, it is recommended to usually take the corpse for the reset, movement speed, and heal for a % of possession's maximum health. Viego is untargetable while casting possession. Some champions you should NOT possess is and . Sion's passive will kill you and ends up with less health if possessing Kled. This ability scales with critical strike.

[Q] BLADE OF RUINED KING
This ability scales with attack speed and is an auto attack reset. Due to the double strike after casting Q, stacks fully with AA > Q > AA > W > AA. The Q passive will remain even during possession, dealing a % of target's current health as physical damage on-hit. Q + animation is slightly faster than + Q.

[W] SPECTRAL MAW
Applies a passive mark and grants a double strike after casting. This ability is an auto attack reset. It does not prioritize champions so do not attempt a cast over a minion. The dash is always the same distance no matter the time spent to charge. The dash cannot be used to cross terrain. Max stun doesn't require the full charge. After the third misty ball appears, the maximum stun will be granted upon release and hit. before releasing W to increase reach. can start W charge and immediate cast E, going invisible, making your W harder to dodge.

[E] HARROWED PATH
This ability scales with attack speed. If the ability does not hit a terrain, only a small puddle will apply attack speed and movement speed buff for 8 seconds. Useful in the jungle to prevent being spotted on terrains. If casted in the baron pit, the entire pit will be under effect. can recall unseen in the mist. will appear from camouflage on cast of W, , and disappear during charge up.

[R] HEARTBREAKER
The ultimate allows you to blink to a location which also includes over walls. It does more damage the lower the enemy target is, acting like a soft execute. Once a champion is possessed, can be recasted after 1.5 seconds. Keep repossessing champions to get the R resets and heals in teamfights. This ability scales with critical strike.

SUMMARY

's combos are by no means difficult but are super important to execute them appropriately to maximize damage and effectiveness. Any of the combinations above can be combined with , such as > , > , etc., to further expand on the mechanics. Remember to weave auto attacks in-between abilities to maximum your damage and sustain. The last entry above would be the maximum damage per second combo Viego can achieve. In the jungle, and sometimes even is use to gap close during ganks/counterganks.

PRECISION

: The preferred keystone of choice so far for a bruiser type playstyle. It scales well with Viego since he is a mid to late game jungler. He can full stack Conqueror with AA > Q > AA > W > AA.

: The second keystone of choice. It is great for squishy enemy team compositions. It provides a better early game for Viego. If the enemy has two or more tanks/bruisers, I highly recommend instead. Assassin builds lean on .

: This is the keystone of choice for most situations. Overall a solid rune for teamfighting and sustain. The only other ruin I would consider is . Synergizes well with due to the amount of healing legendary items he builds depending on the build path.

: Rune of choice for outside of . He scales on attack speed so naturally Alacrity would be a better choice. It allows for faster stacking. In high crowd control enemy compositions, Legend Tenacity and may be preferred.

: This rune is preferred in most situation outside of . work well with Coup de Grace in a high damage output playstyle. Last Stand tends to be better with bruiser builds with mythic options like .

& : By far the best two runes in the secondary tree for . procs off of , , and providing a burst of lethality. adds more sustain for camps, dueling, and teamfighting.

These are my usually rune choices in most games, running attack speed, adaptive and armor. Only variation is going magic resistance if there is a heavy AP enemy composition.

TL:DR

Most games, runs unless assassin route was planned preemptively thus is preferred. tends to be better than . The threshold is lower with last stand and most bruiser builds will go this route. Assassin Viego leans on Coup. Heavy crowd control lean on otherwise most games go . Nothing to say much more about secondary tree. It usually is personal preference but in this case these options are my personal favorite.

EMBERKNIFE

: The primary smite option due to the reduction in damage and additional true damage, making skirmishes favorable for . It helps greatly in specific matchups where your team has sufficient crowd control or enemy composition lacks hyper kiting champions. Matchups that come to mind are , , , , etc.

HAILBLADE

: The secondary smite option where gap closing and "sticking ability" is favored over dueling. It synergies with his E, , during ganks and helps with landing his W, . Against highly mobile junglers such as , , , , etc., I will lean on .

MYTHIC

KRAKEN SLAYER
This mythic option tends to be very glass cannon with a similar play to . Every third auto attack deals bonus true damage on-hit and granting a critical strike build path. I like to pair this item with third item if I am snowballing against all squishy champions with minimum crowd control. Otherwise, I build for a more bruiser feel. The mythic passive is exactly like giving attack speed per legendary item.

GOREDRINKER
This mythic option provides sustain with bruiser like qualities in teamfights especially when paired with and . If the enemy team has plenty of crowd control, I may lean towards this option. The mythic passive provides abilities haste per legendary. This allows to use his Q,, more often.

TRINITY FORCE
This situational mythic is great for an on-hit build in combination with . I will usually lean on this for a more squishy composition that I am not snowballing. The mythic passive grants additional ability haste, attack damage and movement speed per legendary which helps him scale into the mid to late game.

IMMORTAL SHIELDBOW
This mythic of choice is similar to , providing more of a bruiser like feel but also doing plenty of damage with sustain due to the unique passive, Lifeline. This unique passive is the same as and . I generally like pairing this mythic with first or second item and either or third. It gives a playstyle feel with a critical strike build path. Another good option in large crowd control enemy compositions.

LEGENDARY

BLADE OF THE RUINED KING
This is a core item in almost in every build path. It is a legendary item with the stats of a mythic. Everything about this item compliments . It provides damage, lifesteal, and steals movement speed from your enemy. Most games I will try and build this first item.

STERAK'S GAGE
This legendary item is perfect for . The unique passive, Lifeline, allows for a tankiness without having to build resistances. It keeps him alive through heavy burst damage and lockdown. I will usually always build this item unless I go with mythic.

THE COLLECTOR
This legendary item is excellent to continue a snowballing game against a heavy squishy team composition. I will usually build this item in association with a critical strike mythic such as . In combination, with Viego's R, , this legendary allows for easy executes and resets.

DEATH'S DANCE
A great situational item on its own or paired with . It provides armor and is very useful against burst attack damage. I tend to buy this as a 4th to 5th item depending on the situation. This gives a good amount of survivability and damage.

INFINITY EDGE
A great third item in combination with two other critical strike items. Once 60% critical chance is obtained, gains bonus critical strike. I usually will use this legendary item along side and . This core is situational for a glass cannon assassin build.

GUARDIAN ANGEL
This is a very nice item to round out a build. Great against assassins or if you find yourself dying a lot in teamfights. I have turned many fights around with . If you die while possessing another champion, Guardian Angel will not work. Use again prior to death to active the item as Viego.

BLOODTHIRSTER
This legendary item is a situational third item for additional sustain and critical strike. I tend to build this in along side since the mythic already provides survivability through the unique passive, Lifeline. Combine with , Viego can have a large shield prior in to or in teamfights.

WIT'S END
This is a situational item that provides magic resistance, attack speed, and on-hit damage. It can be paired with for an on-hit build path. This item has the old phage passive granting movement speed for additional stickiness or disengage. In some situations, I will skip and build this third for earlier magic resistance.

SPIRIT VISAGE
This situational item works very well in a heavy lifesteal build against a larger magic damage team composition. It synergizes well with and allowing for large heals and shields.

CHEMPUNK CHAINSWORD
Grievous wound option for a bruiser playstyle. This item is a must in some games due to the amount of life steal. I will sometimes rush and finish the item later since it only cost 800 gold. A very cost efficient purchase. The bruiser stats from compliments 's playstyle.

SILVERMERE DAWN
This is a great legendary item against crowd control debuffs (except airbourne). Once activated it grants slow resistance and tenacity. This situational item is great against 's , 's , 's , 's , etc. I will usually buy the component and finish the item later.

BOOTS / ELIXIR

MERCURY'S TREADS
If I am even or behind I will lean on this boot option. does not do well against crowd control so the tenacity and defensive stats can be very helpful in teamfights.

PLATED STEELCAPS
If I am even or behind against a larger attack damage composition with little to no crowd control I will lean on this boot option. If I am even or ahead I can choose between or . At this point in time, this is likely more personal preference. Attack speed scales very well with .

BERSERKER'S GREAVES
Boot of choice if enemy composition has little to no crowd control and I am either ahead or even. This option scales the best with . Whether one chooses or when even is personal preference.

ELIXIR OF WRATH
Elixir of choice for . It provides everything he needs to do more damage and sustain during critical teamfights in mid to endgame.

ELIXIR OF IRON
Elixir of choice in a bruiser type build/playstyle. It gives more health and tenacity to survive in teamfights and keep recasting his ultimate, . The passive allows for better follow up from teammates behind you as you ultimate forward.

has known as a mid to late game jungler. This playstyle does not fit everyone but knowing this should help you understand that he is very vulnerable to invades. Make use of s and s to find out where enemy jungler is.

Just because you have a weaker early game does not mean you do not take advantage of the map when the opportunity arises. Look for vertical jungling, / sneaks and ganking vulnerable lanes. Look to clear towards the top side or bottom side depending on your lane opportunities. He has one the healthiest clears in the game so look to abuse that.

TOP & MID OPPORTUNITIES

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> > > > >
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> > > > >

MID & BOTTOM OPPORTUNITIES

> > > > >
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> > > > >
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> > > > >

DISCLAIMER

Initial clear path is situational. The examples provided here are just some. Best practice is to always kite to your next camp and use your function keys to toggle between passing lanes to watch for opportunities. Each second you save between camps can result in seconds used effectively elsewhere on the map. Five camps can yield an extra five seconds. The fastest full clear speed can be achieved around 3:17 seconds. Some games double buff and gromp will be favorable to get onto the map earlier for impact. Each game will be different.

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For more information about the intricacies of jungling such as questions to ask to yourself prior to the start of a game, micro/macro tips, matchup tips, or general points to improve on for ALL junglers, check out:

Rychie's Jungling Mindset

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