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Vayne Guide

the Night Hunter

Marksman

Assassin

Tier A ADC

Vayne, the Night Hunter, is a marksman and assassin champion that is demanding to master. Across our 570 analysed ranked games, Vayne is mostly played as ADC (54% of its games), and more rarely in Top (46%), with a 51.9% win rate in that role: tier A among ADC champions (#9 of 36, ranked by win rate). Vayne's damage is mostly physical (76%): armor is the best defensive answer against this champion. 20% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate stays steady whatever the game length (51.3% to 53.3%): a reliable pick in every phase of the game.

Averages measured over 310 ADC games played with Vayne, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Vayne is a marksman-assassin: her third consecutive attack or ability on the same target deals a percentage of max health as true damage. Tumble repositions her with bonus damage, Condemn knocks back and impales against terrain, and Final Hour raises her damage and makes her invisible during Tumble.

Harassment

AA AA › Q › AA AA › AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

Tumble repositions you with bonus damage, the third consecutive attack triggers Silver Bolts with true damage based on max health.

The impale

E › AA AA

When: An enemy is near a wall.

Condemn fires a giant bolt that knocks the target back; if they hit the terrain, they are impaled, take bonus damage and are stunned.

The final hour

R › Q › AA AA › AA AA

When: A team fight begins.

Final Hour raises your attack damage, makes you invisible during Tumble and reduces its cooldown.

Laning phase

Tumble between your attacks to reposition and deal damage. Attack the same target to trigger Silver Bolts on the third.

Common mistakes

• Switching targets: you lose the Silver Bolts progress.
• Using Condemn with no wall behind the target when there is one.
• Tumbling toward the enemies with no plan.

Riot's official tips for playing Vayne

• Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
• Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
• Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus (53 games, 52.8% win rate).

Guinsoo's Rageblade+Blade of The Ruined King+Terminus

53 games · 52.8%

Guinsoo's Rageblade+Terminus+Kraken Slayer

33 games · 48.5%

Guinsoo's Rageblade+Terminus+Jak'Sho, The Protean

24 games · 50.0%

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier55.4% · 242 games

Flash + Ghost25.0% · 24 games

Exhaust + Flash52.4% · 21 games

Cleanse + Flash42.1% · 19 games

Most-played runes

Lethal Tempo + Resolve

48.2% · 170 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph98%

Legend: Alacrity95%

Coup de Grace86%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Overgrowth95%

Conditioning92%

Shards

Attack speed99%

Adaptive force97%

Health scaling84%

Lethal Tempo + Inspiration

43.8% · 32 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph75%

Legend: Alacrity62%

Cut Down72%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cash Back81%

Triple Tonic53%

Shards

Attack speed94%

Adaptive force94%

Health53%

Press the Attack + Domination

57.7% · 26 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph96%

Legend: Alacrity81%

Coup de Grace69%

Secondary tree · Domination

Treasure Hunter85%

Taste of Blood62%

Shards

Attack speed100%

Adaptive force100%

Health scaling65%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Vayne's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team51.7% · 87 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Guinsoo's Rageblade 43.6%

Blade of The Ruined King 48.4% ▲

Essence Reaver 53.8%

Kraken Slayer 50.0%

Terminus 60.9%

Fiendhunter Bolts 57.9%

The item that stands out most is Blade of The Ruined King: 48.4% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team48.9% · 94 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Guinsoo's Rageblade 47.9%

Blade of The Ruined King 38.5% ▼

Kraken Slayer 60.0% ▲

Terminus 46.7% ▼

Fiendhunter Bolts 57.9%

Experimental Hexplate 57.9%

The item that stands out most is Kraken Slayer: 60.0% win rate, +7 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team54.3% · 129 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Guinsoo's Rageblade 45.5%

Blade of The Ruined King 44.2%

Kraken Slayer 47.4% ▼

Terminus 48.5%

Essence Reaver 63.3% ▲

Experimental Hexplate 64.3% ▲

The item that stands out most is Essence Reaver: 63.3% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Vayne as ADC

Jinx Vayne: 38.1%21 games

Jinx has the edge in 62% of the 21 ADC duels against Vayne. See the Jinx guide.

Kai'Sa Vayne: 45.5%22 games

Kai'Sa has the edge in 55% of the 22 ADC duels against Vayne. See the Kai'Sa guide.

Jhin Vayne: 52.2%23 games

Jhin has the edge in 48% of the 23 ADC duels against Vayne. See the Jhin guide.

Tristana Vayne: 53.3%15 games

Tristana has the edge in 47% of the 15 ADC duels against Vayne. See the Tristana guide.

Who Vayne is strong against

Tristana53.3% · 15 games

Jhin52.2% · 23 games

Kai'Sa45.5% · 22 games

Jinx38.1% · 21 games

How to play against Vayne

• Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
• Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Vayne's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveNight Hunter

Vayne ruthlessly hunts evil-doers, gaining Move Speed when moving toward nearby enemy champions.

QTumble

Vayne tumbles, maneuvering to carefully place her next shot. Her next attack deals bonus damage.

WSilver Bolts

Vayne tips her bolts with a rare metal, toxic to evil things. The third consecutive attack or ability against the same target deals a percentage of the target's max health as bonus true damage.

ECondemn

Vayne draws a heavy crossbow from her back, and fires a huge bolt at her target, knocking them back and dealing damage. If they collide with terrain, they are impaled, dealing bonus damage and stunning them.

RFinal Hour

Readying herself for an epic confrontation, Vayne gains increased Attack Damage, Invisibility during Tumble, reduced Tumble cooldown, and more bonus Move Speed from Night Hunter

Frequently asked questions

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