The Ruined King
Roles and difficulty from the global official site, lane from the China-server official site
| Rank tier | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Ban Rate | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ranks | 47.8% | 8.0%#8 | 4.7% | A |
| Diamond+ | 46.3% | 4.8%#15 | 2.6% | C |
| Master+ | 45.9% | 4.4%#16 | 2.2% | C |
| Challenger | 43.8% | 4.3%#16 | 1.2% | D |
| Rift Apex | 47.1% | 4.6%#13 | 1.6% | C |
The tier list shows Master+ figures by default.
Taken from the in-game loadout screen as of 2026-10-07. The pick count and win rate are shown exactly as the game reports them.
Prioritize Skill 1, which directly boosts your damage and clear speed, then strengthen your CC with Skill 2.
Your passive needs kill participation, but your early duels are not strong. Start with a safe full clear. Take only ganks that will clearly land, and build gold steadily.
The mid game, full of skirmishes, is where Viego shines. Pick up a kill or assist and possess the enemy's soul to heal and reset Ult. Chain kills to win the fight.
With a full build you have both assassin burst and fighter DPS. If focused, though, you still melt quickly. Play like an assassin and clean up the enemies your team has already chunked.
Rather than diving first, play like an assassin and wait for your team's engage to lower enemy HP. Once you get that first kill, the momentum shifts. Use the untargetability from the passive to take enemies down one after another.
A takedown does not mean you should possess the soul without thinking. Possession makes you untargetable for a moment. But taking over a low-damage support or mage strips away Viego's own damage and stalls you in the teamfight. If your HP is fine, stay in your own body and keep attacking. Another option is to possess only to cast Ult and leave right away.
Open with the stun from Skill 2, then alternate skills and empowered autos.
This skill table was checked against the in-game text on 2026-08-15. Changes from 7.3, 7.3a have been applied from the official patch notes.
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 | LVL 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 |
| Base Damage | 25 | 45 | 65 | 85 |
| Target's Current Health | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Bonus Damage | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 | LVL 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Damage | 80 | 150 | 220 | 290 |
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 | LVL 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| MS | 25% | 30% | 35% | 40% |
| AS | 35% | 40% | 45% | 50% |
| Details | LVL 1 | LVL 2 | LVL 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooldown | 90 | 75 | 60 |
| Target's missing Health | 14% | 17% | 20% |
A three-step guide set by the official champion library. For difficulty, a higher number means harder to play.
Critical damage is 200% for every champion. These figures exclude items and runes.
Our take
Blade of the Ruined King's passive current-Health damage goes up by 1 point at every rank, and its crit multiplier rises from 80% to 85%. Heartbreaker's crit scaling goes from 50% to 70%, so it gains more from crit items.
Our take
His crit interactions are pulled back: both the current-Health portion and the second hit of Blade of the Ruined King take only 80% of your Critical Damage, offsetting the higher base.
He loses 2 base Attack Damage and 0.3 per level, Sovereign’s Domination heals 5% instead of 7%, and Harrowed Path gives 10 points less Attack Speed at every rank.
Our take
The passive's current-HP scaling loses 1% at every rank, so Viego grinds down high-HP targets more slowly. Because he chases with weaved basic attacks, that 1% adds up the longer a fight runs. Heartbreaker's radius shrinks from 3 to 2.75, demanding a more precise commit to catch a group. Hitting several enemies at once in a teamfight is simply harder now.
