Vayne

Basic Information

Champion Stats

Lore

Skills

Icon	Description
	Night Hunter (Effect Radius: 2000)INNATE: Vayne ruthlessly hunts evil-doers. She gains 30 Movement Speed when moving toward nearby enemy champions.
	Tumble (Target Range: 300, Cost: 30 Mana, Cooldown: 6/5/4/3/2) ACTIVE: Rolls a short distance. The next basic attack within 7 seconds deals 30/35/40/45/50% Attack Damage bonus physical damage, equal to 50/55/60/65/70% of total Attack Damage.
	Silver Bolts (Target Range: 900, Effect Radius: 112.5, Cost: 60/65/70/75/80 Mana, Cooldown: 10/9.5/9/8.5/8)PASSIVE: Every third consecutive attack or ability against an enemy deals an additional 4/6/8/10/12% target’s maximum health as true damage.Deals a maximum of 200 damage vs. Monsters and a minimum of 40/60/80/100/120 damage vs. all targets.
	Condemn (Target Range: 710, Cost: 90 Mana, Cooldown: 20/18/16/14/12)ACTIVE: Fires a bolt that knocks back target enemy and deals 45/80/115/150/185 (+50% bonus Attack Damage) physical damage. Enemies that collide with terrain take 45/80/115/150/185 (+50% bonus Attack Damage) additional physical damage and are stunned for 1.5 seconds.
	Final Hour (Cost: 80 Mana, Cooldown: 100/85/70)ACTIVE: Gains 30/50/70 Bonus Attack Damage for 8/10/12 seconds. While active, Tumble grants Invisibility for 1 second, and Night Hunter’s bonus Movement Speed is increased to 90.If a champion dies within 3 seconds of being damaged by Vayne, Final Hour’s duration is extended by 4 seconds. STEALTH – INVISIBLE: Vayne can only be revealed by nearby enemy Turrets.

Strategy

• Vayne’s (Q) Tumble has many uses. It can be used to dodge enemy’s skills, escape enemies and gap-close fleeing champs. However, note that Tumble does not pass through walls
• Use Vayne’s Condemn to pin your enemies to a wall and stun them. During late game, this could spell instant death
• Vayne is squishy so do not go in first during teamfights
• Combine your third auto-attack from Silver Bolts and the bonus damage from Tumble in one attack
• Vayne’s Night Hunter and Final Hour together makes it almost impossible to escape from Vayne. Final Hour and Tumble, in conjunction, can also be used to flee from enemies
• Position Vayne’s knockback effect so that you don’t aid them in escaping from your allies and you
• Build items as fast as you can. A fully-built Vayne is known to be one of the most powerful duelists in the game – even with the ability to 1v1 a tank

Runes & Masteries

Summoner Spells

Bot Lane
Heal	Flash

It’s better for Vayne to bring defensive Summoner Spells (ie. Heal, Flash, Barrier, Cleanse) as she is relatively squishier than other champions

Item Builds

Bot Lane

Starter Items
Doran’s Blade	Health Potion	Warding Totem

Core Items
Blade of the Ruined King	Phantom Dancer	Berserker’s Greaves

Blade of the Ruined King – Blade of the Ruined King gives him attack speed and lifesteal. The active in this item also allows her to become great at kiting and dueling enemy champion in 1v1 situations.

Phantom Dancer – Phantom Dancer further increases her dueling capacity whil giving making her more slippery in team fights. The two passive on this item allows her to pass through enemy units and decrease the damage you take against the last enemy you attacked.

Berserker’s Greaves – Berserker’s Greaves increases the attack speed of Vayne, allowing her to proc faster the third strike of (W) Silver Bolts. 

Full Item Build
Berserker’s Greaves	Statikk Shiv	Guardian Angel
Blade of the Ruined King	Infinity Edge	Phantom Dancer

Statikk Shiv – Statikk Shiv gives her attack speed, movement speed, and critical damage which compliments really well with Phantom Dancer. The passive also increases your wave clear potential, increasing your ability to CS easily against large hordes of creeps.

Infinity Edge – Infinity Edge increases her critical strike damage. The item also gives her damage which is very strong in the mid-late game when she has already finished her core items.

Guardian Angel – Guardian Angel gives her a passive which can revive her when she dies, allowing her to fight more or have a chance to escape. With the recent change of Guardian Angel, this item also now gives additional damage which can really help along with your attack speed.

Situational Items
Mercurial Schimitar	Lord Dominik’s Regards	The Bloodthirster
Rapid Firecannon

Mercurial Schimitar – This item is good is a good Vayne build has a lot of AP who has a burst ability or hard crowd control.

Lord Dominik’s Regards – Lord Dominik’s Regards increases your chance against enemies who stack a lot of armor. On the other hand, build Mortal Reminder when the enemy has stacked health items.

The Bloodthirster – Get this item instead of Blade of the Ruined King if the enemy composition is composed of squishy targets with little to no mobility. This is a very situational and aggressive item for Vayne, and building BotRK might be better as the extra attack speed helps in her (W) Silver Bolts. 

Rapid Firecannon – Rapid Firecannon’s passive increases the attack range of Vayne, allowing her to catch her targets easily when she is catching an enemy. It also adds stats similar to Phantom Dancer and Statikk Shiv.

Playing Against

• She becomes OP during the late game, racking up very high damage so have your jungler gank as much as you could. Starving Vayne is crucial
• Avoid staying near walls as Vayne’s  (E) Condemn could deal a stun. Vayne also uses this for harassing so be wary. Once pinned, Vayne can deal very high damage without you being able to retaliate
• She is very fragile, especially during early game so try to gank as much as possible or outpoke her and her support. Force them to play under the turret and starve her of minions. The later she can build items the better. Vayne is known as one of the most dangerous marksman when she gets her build
• Her (W) Silver Bolts can be countered with skills that slows attack speed
• The best bet to deleting Vayne is a burst champion (ie. Veigar, Annie, Ryze). The fastest you can kill Vayne the better for your team

Hard Counters

Vayne is strong against:

• Ashe – Ashe is a very strong champion against ADCs who thrive at extended team fights. Her Volley can be a pain, as it can hit almost half the width of the bot lane. Her passive and Ranger’s Focus also allows her to trade well, giving her a hard time even with Condemn. 
• Varus – Varus can deal a ton of damage from far away, not allowing Vayne to trade with him. Aside from the Piercing Arrow, Varus also has a stun in his ultimate which can catch Vayne even when she has used her ultimate.
• Caitlyn – Caitlyn has the ability to kill a low health ADC with Ace in the Hole even if she is far away. An experienced Caityn also has the ability to catch a Vayne with Yordle Snap Trap, allowing her to deal more critical damage.

Strategy Video

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