With Patch 5.11 Rotation changing up the Standard meta, it’s time to update this article to reflect on the current best Vex deck in the Standard game mode. I’ll share the best-performing Vex decks so far and explain the general game plan of each deck, let’s get started!
Mordekaiser Vex
Mordekaiser Vex is a control value deck relying on removal tools like Hate Spike, Soul Harvest, Death’s Grasp, Vengeance, and The Ruination.
The early plan is to slow down the opponent’s pace and use Vex’s Gloom ability to weaken the opponent’s side of the board. Aloof Travelers draws both players a card, but it will force the opposing player to discard their highest-cost card, potentially kicking out a win condition.
The win condition is using Mordekaiser’s revive ability to reactivate Aloof Travelers effect, ultimately, cutting down on the opponent’s resources. Your opponent will find themselves relying on top decks, especially with this deck’s capabilities to stretch out the game. The Darkin Halberd synergizes with Mordekaiser, allowing you to kill one of your units and revive it on the spot.
Once Mordekaiser levels up, you now have a drain win condition, slowly damaging your opponent’s Nexus as your Slay units.
Nocturne Vex PZ
The Nocturne Vex deck relies on Fearsome units like Stygian Onlooker and Phantom Butler to set up powerful attacks. Burgeoning Sentinel and Buhru Sentinel are two Fearsome followers that gain stats once you Slay a unit, so Quietus, Mystic Shot, and Soul Harvest can help you activate their abilities to gain the stat boost.
Combined with Vex’s Gloom ability and Nocturne’s Power reduction, your opponent will find it exceptionally difficult to block all your Fearsome attackers. A leveled Nocturne becomes a win condition on his own, reducing the Power of the opponent’s units every time you develop on the board, setting the stage for a devastating attack to win the game.
The Harrowing is an alternative win condition to revive your allies for one powerful attack turn.
Lux Vex
Lux Vex is a mid-range deck that uses Lux in the early game to boost the stats of the unit she supports while gaining a Barrier herself. As for Vex, she’ll weaken the opponent’s side of the board, and we’ll try to keep her alive for as long as possible until she’s leveled, becoming a win condition with the double Gloom she inflicts.
The Family Reunion and The Light of Demacia landmarks synergize with your deck’s game plan, giving Spirit and Gloom keywords and boosting them, to swing the board in your favor. If you give Beecake Mayor Spirit and Impact keywords, it becomes a bigger threat the longer it remains on the board, boosting itself every turn and threatening tons of damage with the Impact it stacks up.
Morgana Ves
The Vex Morgana deck plays at a slower pace, using control cards like Buster Shot, Sunburst, and Minimorph to deal with the opponent’s win conditions.
The Wingsgiving landmark can transform your Characters into a bigger threat. For example, Aloof Travelers has an extremely strong ability, discarding the opponent’s highest cost card in their hand, but when it comes to stats, it doesn’t offer much of a threat. Transforming it with The Wingsgiving turns it into a higher-stated unit, and if you can find an Overwhelm or Elusive keyword, it becomes a win condition that can’t be ignored.
Vex’s Gloom weakens one of the opponent’s blockers, and we could find ourselves leveling her up, but she’ll mainly act as a strong Leader that forces resources out of the opponent to deal with her. As for Morgana, the Shackled can shut down one of the opponent’s units from attacking/blocking, and forcing them to spend 4 mana to unshackle it can almost be impossible in the mid-game for most decks.
Elise Vex Noxus
Elisve Vex is a hyper-aggressive deck, going wide on the board with multiple Fearsome units and getting attacks through at the opponent’s Nexus. The Gloom keyword from Bex and Frenzied Skitterer can shut down units from blocking Fearsome attackers, allowing them to strike down the Nexus.
The list has some value cards like The Iron Conquest, Fading Memories, and Stalking Shadows so you don’t run out of steam easily. Doombeast and Noxian Fervor are burn cards to deal the little Nexus damage you need to win the game.