Viego

The Ruined King · Skirmisher

Summoner's Rift ARAM Arena Nexus Blitz URF One for All Swiftplay Ultimate Spellbook

Changes in ARAM

+5% damage dealt

Abilities

PassiveSovereign's Domination

Enemies who fall before Viego become wraiths. By attacking a wraith, Viego temporarily seizes control of the dead enemy's body, healing for a percentage of his target's max health and gaining access to their basic abilities and items. He replaces their Ultimate with a free cast of his own.

QBlade of the Ruined King5/4.5/4/3.5/3s

Viego's spectral blade passively deals bonus percent current Health damage On-Hit and strikes twice vs. enemies he recently hit with an Ability, stealing Health. Viego can activate this Ability to thrust his zweihander forward, impaling enemies in front of him.

WSpectral Maw8s

Viego charges up before dashing forward, releasing a ball of concentrated Black Mist that stuns the first enemy hit.

E

Harrowed Path

14/12/10/8/6s

Viego commands the Black Mist to haunt and surround a piece of terrain. Viego can hide in the Mist as a wraith, gaining camouflage, Move Speed, and Attack Speed.

RHeartbreaker120/100/80s

Viego teleports to a nearby location and executes an enemy champion on arrival, piercing their heart and causing a destructive shockwave around them that knocks away their allies.

Patch history

26.18 · Sep 10, 2026

Stats
Attack damage growth increased to 4 from 3.5.
Sovereign's Domination
New Effect: Heal now also scales with 0.4% per 100 bonus health.
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where when possessing Kled could result in an infinite looping sound effect.

26.16 · Aug 12, 2026

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where with the Bot lane Role Quest he would be able to steal his possessed target's boots.

26.10 · May 13, 2026

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Possessing Kled will now spawn mounted on Skaarl with the correct remount health.
Bug Fix: Triggering Evelynn Allure as Viego will no longer put Spectral Maw on cooldown.
Blade of the Ruined King
Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it is placed on cooldown if The Darkin Glaive times out.
Spectral Maw
Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Indestructible would prevent Spectral Maw from being castable or force the spell to go on the wrong cooldown.

26.9 · Apr 29, 2026

Bug Fix: Fixed niche interactions where he was dealing more damage then intended.

26.8 · Apr 15, 2026

Blade of the Ruined King
Second strike AP ratio changed to 30% AP.
Spectral Maw
AP ratio changed to 150% AP.
Harrowed Path
AP ratio changed to 5% per 100 AP.

35 older patches

26.2 · Jan 22, 2026

Stats
Attack speed growth increased to 2.75% from 2.25%.
Blade of the Ruined King
Passive critical strike damage increased to 170% from 150%.
Active critical strike scaling increased to 0% to 60% from 0% to 50%.

26.1 · Jan 8, 2026

Blade of the Ruined King
Passive on-hit damage now critically strikes at 50% effectiveness from 100%.
Active critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 50% from 0% to 75%.

Base stats

Health630 +109/lvl
Attack Damage57 +4/lvl
Attack Speed0.658 +2.75/lvl
Armor34 +4.6/lvl
Magic Resist32 +2.05/lvl
Base Health Regen7 +0.7/lvl
Move Speed345
Range200

Melee · Resource: None

New Effect: Active damage now also scales with 0% to 50% bonus critical damage.

Heartbreaker

Critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 70% from 0% to 100%.

New Effect: Damage now also scales with 0% to 70% bonus critical damage.

25.17 · Aug 27, 2025

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Enemies' Sundered Sky Lightshield Strike no longer sometimes fails to incur its cooldown on Viego who has entered possession at least once during the game, allowing them to illegally trigger the effect on him twice.

25.16 · Aug 13, 2025

Stats
Attack speed growth reduced to 2.25% from 2.5%.
Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: After possessing a champion/skin that has unique floating text notifications (e.g. Kai'Sa or Sentinel Graves), that text no longer unintentionally plays for the Viego player every time he begins possessing them.
Bug Fix: After possessing Kled, no longer illegally permanently retains his dismounted bonus resistances buff while not possessing him.
Blade of the Ruined King
Base damage increased to 25 to 85 from 15 to 75.
Critical strike chance ratio reduced to 0% to 75% from 0% to 100%.
Removed: Active no longer deals 15 bonus physical damage to monsters.
Healing against minions increased to 100% from 50%.
Healing against monsters reduced to 125% from 145%.
Healing against champions increased to 150% from 135%.
Harrowed Path
Bug Fix: Touch of the Void damage no longer incorrectly prevents stealthing.

25.14 · Jul 16, 2025

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Possessing Kindred no longer causes Glacial Path while possessing Lissandra to incur its cast time but without effect for the remainder of the game.

25.13 · Jun 25, 2025

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Bounty of Worlds upgrade UI is now properly available for Viego. [Note: Only if the Support Quest item is equipped by him and not the possession; he is not allowed to upgrade a possession's Support Quest item.]
Bug Fix: After possessing Jhin and using Captive Audience at any point, or after possessing Caitlyn and using 90 Caliber Net after having possessed Pantheon and used Aegis Assault specifically, Viego no longer becomes unable to move.
Bug Fix: Hullbreaker Boarding Party's effects no longer persist after possession of a Hullbreaker user ends.

25.9 · Apr 30, 2025

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: After possessing a Bard who died while his Traveler's Call haste VFX was active, that VFX no longer persists on Viego, including after possession has ended.

25.7

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: If Rebuttal is used during possession of her and a reflected ability kills an enemy champion, he is no longer prevented from attacking Mist Wraiths.

25.5

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: After possessing Mel, no longer permanently applies Rebuttal modifier to his ability and summoner spell damage.

25.4

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Possessing Mel or Lillia no longer causes his Smite to deal an incorrect amount of damage.

14.21

Stats
Armor growth reduced to 4.6 from 5.2.

14.20

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Possessing a champion while holding a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will no longer causes him to lose health.

14.19

Spectral Maw
Bug Fix: No longer automatically casts after buffering it during Heartbreaker cast to discard his Sovereign's Domination.

14.18

Stats
Base attack damage increased to 60 from 57.
Blade of the Ruined King
Bonus monster damage reduced to 15 from 20.

14.17

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Now properly grants 2 charges of Dark Sphere when possessing a Syndra who has achieved its Transcendent bonus.

14.15

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Possessing Aurora and triggering her Spirit Abjuration no longer rarely causes a crash for all players in the lobby due to fatally corrupted spawned spirits.
Spectral Maw
Bug Fix: Charge animation now properly triggers before and during the activation of a Sovereign's Domination.

14.13

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: No longer is able to obtain a Masterwork item for free after possessing Ornn while at level 14 or above and having equipped the same base item as Ornn.

14.12

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Enemy Masterwork upgraded items are now properly assigned throughout possessions, instead of only giving their respective base (non-Masterwork) version.
Bug Fix: Possessing a champion no longer causes the player's own Masterwork upgrade to be permanently removed.

14.11

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: While possessing Corki, Phosphorus Bomb no longer sometimes deals no damage.

14.10

Blade of the Ruined King
Healing against minions increased to 50% from 10%.

14.7

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: After transforming into Yone then a different champion while Soul Unbound is active, casting Harrowed Path no longer additionally and unintentionally casts the wrapper of Soul Unbound, allowing Viego to use the full effects of Yone's ability twice.

14.4

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Declaring an attack command on a nearby Mist Wraith during the possession's windup no longer causes him to possess that Mist Wraith immediately afterwards.

14.3

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Now properly inherits Smolder horn in the model due to tier 1 upgrade of Super Scorcher Breath.

14.1

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Heartbreaker is no longer sometimes replaced by Spiraling Despair while possessing Hwei.

13.24

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Can now properly cast Phase to switch weapons while possessing Aphelios.

13.21

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Crown of the Shattered Queen Safeguard cooldown is no longer reset between possessions.

13.19

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Now properly possesses Mist Wraiths within his attack range if he attempted to do so while berserked, rather than the effect fizzling due to the damage and last hit being attributed to Renata while under the effect.

13.16

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Now properly copies the possessed champion's skin chroma.

13.7

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Execution threshold for Singularity no longer remains visible after the possession of Aurelion Sol ends.

13.6

Sovereign's Domination
New Effect: Now grants maximum stacks of Pyromania after possessing Annie.
Removed: No longer tracks the cooldown of Shurima's Legacy in between possessions of Azir.

13.5

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: No longer becomes permanently immune to Realm of Death after possessing Malzahar.
Bug Fix: Ranges for Blade of the Ruined King and Harrowed Path no longer mimic that of Breath of Light after no longer possessing him.

13.4

Blade of the Ruined King
New Effect: Passive damage will now also critically strike when the triggering attack does.
Bug Fix: Cooldown is no longer set to 0 from Astral Flight after having possessed Aurelion Sol.
Heartbreaker
Bonus AD ratio increased to 5% per 100 bonus AD from 3% per 100 bonus AD.

13.1

General
Bug Fix: Walking animation no longer improperly transitions from Homeguard animation.

12.23

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Spectral Maw no longer becomes permanently disabled if possession was ended of K'Sante during the channel of his Path Maker.
Undocumented/Bug Fix: No longer gains Primal Smite upon possessing the body of an enemy that owns the jungle starter item, then returning to base and purchasing his own jungle started item.

12.22

Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Now properly gains bonus experience from jungle items even after ending possesion of an enemy champion.
Sovereign's Domination
Bug Fix: Possessing Ahri no longer causes him to keep her orb after the possession ends.
Bug Fix: Possessing Spirit Guard Udyr no longer causes the SFX of Wilding Claw to repeatedly play after the possession ends.