Imperial Mandate Viego Build

ARAM Build Guide for champion Viego and build Imperial Mandate.

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 14.20!

Updated: 2024-08-04 ()

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)).

How it works

Imperial Mandate Build specific
  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate.
  2. And also all about slows.
  3. You support through disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.

How to play

Imperial Mandate Build specific
  1. Your core items - Imperial Mandate and optionally Rylai's Crystal Scepter for even more slows (and consistency).
  2. Your CC triggers Glacial Augument that slows AOE. All Slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.
  3. Since LoL Patch 14.1 Imperial Mandate is changed. Now you need your team to proc it to deal any damage. So you need to play a little bit differently. Do not spam mindlessly. Try coordinating it with your team - when they are about to poke or when they go in.
  4. Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer or Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  5. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.
Viego specific
  1. Even if you are not going damage items and playing Imperial Mandate Viego, you will still have plenty of damage thanks to Q (target's current health + double on-hit) and semi-execute (target's missing health) on your Heartbreaker (R)
  2. You can be really good peeler. Enemy going after your carry? Stay close to your carry and stun with Spectral Maw (W) to peel the enemy off. More enemies coming? You can use Heartbreaker (R) to knock enemies back.
  3. Harrowed Path (E) is very interesting tool. Of course you can use it for movement/attack speed buff, but you can use it for scaring and intimidation. Enemy team will not check your items right away. If they see your E, they usually will start playing safer, backing up or not engaging.

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.
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Redemption item.
Ardent Censer item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Good tank items
Knight's Vow item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean 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.