Imperial Mandate Viego Build

Imperial Mandate Viego Build.

Imperial Mandate Viego build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Viego guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Viego build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror should be final item in your build.
Amplifying Tome should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Viego ability Harrowed Path should be leveled first.
E
Viego ability Blade of the Ruined King should be leveled second.
Q
Viego ability Spectral Maw should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Glacial Augment from Inspiration tree.
Minor rune Resolve.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Viego Runes

Inspiration
Inspiration major tree Glacial Augment rune.
Inspiration major tree Unsealed Spellbook rune.
Inspiration major tree First Strike rune.
Inspiration major tree Hextech Flashtraption rune.
Inspiration major tree Magical Footwear rune.
Inspiration major tree Cash Back rune.
Inspiration major tree Triple Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Time Warp Tonic rune.
Inspiration major tree Biscuit Delivery rune.
Inspiration major tree Cosmic Insight rune.
Inspiration major tree Approach Velocity rune.
Inspiration major tree Jack Of All Trades rune.
Resolve
Resolve minor tree Demolish rune.
Resolve minor tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve minor tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve minor tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve minor tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve minor tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve minor tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve minor tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve minor tree Unflinching 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

Heal

Heal

OK option if you want to play more support-ish as it provides extra healing.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option. Improves your damage.

Ghost

Ghost

Mobility option. Helps you position better to apply slows. Good for kiting or chasing. And running away.

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How it works

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate and slowing your enemies.
  2. You support your team through disrupting fights, slowing enemies, providing healing/buffs, and soaking damage.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Disrupt fights with slows and CC.

  2. 🎯

    Proc Imperial Mandate and support your allies.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt to the game and get items to counter enemy team.

How to play

Imperial Mandate Viego

Damage

  1. Even if you are not going full damage and playing Imperial Mandate Viego, you will still have plenty of damage thanks to your Blade of the Ruined King (Q) (percent of target's current health + double on-hit) and semi-execute on your Heartbreaker (R) (bonus damage based on target's missing health).

Peeling

  1. You can be a really strong peeler. If an enemy dives onto your carry, stay close and use your Spectral Maw (W) to stun and peel them off.
  2. If multiple enemies are collapsing, you can use your Heartbreaker (R) to knock them back.

Harrowed Path (E)

  1. Your Harrowed Path (E) is a very versatile tool. It grants movement speed and attack speed, but it also creates zone control. Enemies often get hesitant when they see the mist - they may back off, start searching for you, or play safe.
  2. You can use Harrowed Path (E) creatively for both offense (setting up dives, chasing) and defense (discouraging engages, hiding carries).

Resets

  1. Don’t forget the biggest strength of Viego - resets! Even as support, if you help secure a kill, you can possess the enemy with Sovereign's Domination (Passive) with their items and use their abilities to continue the fight. This makes you very disruptive and unpredictable in skirmishes, even as Imperial Mandate.
  1. Your core is Imperial Mandate, optionally Rylai's Crystal Scepter for more consistent slows.
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augment that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.

How Imperial Mandate works

  1. Imperial Mandate requires your TEAM to proc it for damage. Try coordinating it with your allies - mark targets when they're about to get poked or when your team goes in.

Buffing your team

  1. Font of Life heal triggers various support items like Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  2. If your team has auto attackers, get Ardent Censer. Your Font of Life will buff them constantly.
  3. Bandlepipes is excellent - gives MS and buffs allies' attack speed when you CC/slow enemies.
  4. Staff of Flowing Water is good item if you have lots of AP scaling champions on the team.

Adaptation

  1. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR items like Kaenic Rookern or Spirit Visage.
  2. Enemy team heavy on AD? Buy Armor items like Thornmail or Randuin's Omen.
  3. Your team lacks damage? You can buy damage items - Liandry's Torment or Blackfire Torch work well.

Skill Order

  • Viego [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Blade of the Ruined King
  • Viego [object Object] ability.
    W
    Spectral Maw
  • Viego [object Object] ability.
    E
    Harrowed Path
  • Viego [object Object] ability.
    R
    Heartbreaker

Items

Starting items
Bandleglass Mirror item.
Amplifying Tome item.
Rush this #1
Imperial Mandate item.
Optional rush #2
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Redemption item.
Bandlepipes item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Ardent Censer item.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Good tank items
Knight's Vow item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Good MR items
Force of Nature item.
Spirit Visage item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Unending Despair item.
Thornmail item.
Situational dmg items
The Collector item.
Sundered Sky item.
Serylda's Grudge item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Blade of The Ruined King item.
Counter healing
Executioner's Calling item.
Chempunk Chainsword item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Wrath item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Seeker's Armguard item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Thornmail item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Spirit Visage item.