Helia Vi Build

Helia Vi Build.

Helia Vi build with runes and items. Helia Vi guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Helia Vi build in League of Legends Patch 26.10!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Vi ability Vault Breaker should be leveled first.
Q
Vi ability Relentless Force should be leveled second.
E
Vi ability Denting Blows should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Echoes of Helia should be final item in your build.
Liandry's Torment should be final item in your build.
Diadem of Songs should be final item in your build.
Rabadon's Deathcap should be final item in your build.
Shadowflame should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Guardian from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Inspiration.
Summoner spells
Pick Heal as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Helia Vi Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Inspiration
Inspiration minor tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration minor tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration minor tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration minor tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration minor tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration minor tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration minor tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration minor tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration minor tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Exhaust

Exhaust

Solid choice in most of the games. Helps against assassins, divers and melee overall. It also lowers your healing output as you do not take Heal. Solid choice overall.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option, improves your damage, gives you additional cooldown to use in fights, but reduces your healing output.

Ghost

Ghost

Improves mobility. You can chase, position and flee better. Reduces your healing output, but makes you more agile in fights.

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How it works

  1. You rush Echoes of Helia.
  2. You play aggressively, dealing damage to get Echoes of Helia stacks and spend them as soon as you can.
  3. More damage means more Helia procs, which means more healing. Raw damage items outperform heal and shield power support items.

Playstyle

  1. ⚔️

    Play aggressively, deal damage and poke to stack Echoes of Helia.

  2. 💫

    Trigger Helia as often as possible with abilities, runes, summoners and items.

  3. 🤝

    Support allies while dealing damage to enemies.

How to play

Helia Vi

  1. Even as support, you are still a threat thanks to your Denting Blows (W) and max % Health damage. Especially against tanks and bruisers.
  2. You are great peeler. Stay close to your carry, use Vault Breaker (Q) and Cease and Desist (R) to keep them safe and make life harder for anyone who comes after them.
  1. This is an off-meta and very fun build that works on ANY champion with mana - even those without healing or shielding abilities! All thanks to Diadem of Songs + Echoes of Helia combo.
  2. With Diadem of Songs + Echoes of Helia combo, you can continuously heal your team while dealing damage.
  3. Play aggressively, stack Echoes of Helia and heal! More damage = more Helia stacks = more healing.

Core items

  1. Start with Tear of the Goddess and try stacking it ASAP. Get Echoes of Helia #1, then Diadem of Songs #2.
  2. Core order: Echoes of Helia -> Diadem of Songs -> Liandry's Torment. If you are stacking Tear very slowly, get Liandry's before Diadem.
  3. Heal and shield power items and traditional support items are less effective than raw damage - you literally heal more with Helia by dealing damage.

Buffing your team

  1. Ardent Censer is worth it if you have auto attackers on your team (ADCs, auto-attack bruisers). It will trigger often enough to be good buy.
  2. Bandlepipes is a good item that gives MS and buffs your allies Attack Speed when you slow/immobilize enemies. Good for your auto attackers.
  3. Staff of Flowing Water is great if you have AP champions on your team. You'll be proccing it frequently with your support abilities.

Damage items

  1. Once you have your core items, look for Ability Haste and for raw damage.

Runes

  1. Alternatively you can take Summon Aery rune. On enchanters, Aery's shield directly procs Helia. On non-enchanters, it contributes to damage output to stack Helia faster.

Adaptation

  1. Your team needs to engage or position? Get items like Shurelya's Battlesong.
  2. Your team getting poked to death? Consider getting Redemption and/or Locket of the Iron Solari.
  3. If you cannot manage to stay alive - get Kaenic Rookern or Warmog's Armor (caution: needs enough HP!).
  4. Remember to counter the enemy team. If they have lots of healing, get Executioner's Calling early.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

Blast Shield
Blast Shield (Passive)

  1. Wait for your Blast Shield (Passive) to be up, before engaging or going in. You will be more tanky and survive longer.

Cease and Desist
Cease and Desist (R)

  1. You can use Cease and Desist (R) for escaping from fights. Just target furthest enemy to get out.

Vi Combos

  1. Q Flash combo: You can do Vault Breaker (Q) (can be done in any direction), and at the very end of animation you Flash into an enemy.

Riot

  1. A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
  2. Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
  3. Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.

Skill Order

  • Vi [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Vault Breaker
  • Vi [object Object] ability.
    W
    Denting Blows
  • Vi [object Object] ability.
    E
    Relentless Force
  • Vi [object Object] ability.
    R
    Cease and Desist

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush this #1
Echoes of Helia item.
Rush this #2
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Diadem of Songs item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Core items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Echoes of Helia item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Good haste items
Spear of Shojin item.
Hextech Rocketbelt item.
Horizon Focus item.
Bloodletter's Curse item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Muramana item.
Black Cleaver item.
Good damage items
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Void Staff item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Shadowflame item.
Cryptbloom item.
The Collector item.
If getting poked hard
Redemption item.
Banshee's Veil item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Good support items
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Dawncore item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Anti-shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
Anti-healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Situational utility
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Bandlepipes item.
Thornmail item.
Knight's Vow item.
Mikael's Blessing item.
Unending Despair item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Late fight prep
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Echoes of Helia item.
Liandry's Torment item.
Diadem of Songs item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Shadowflame item.