Guide Details x Intro x Pros / Cons Champion x Runes x In-depths

Hello and welcome to my Vayne Build Guide, I'm Pandore, peak 650 LP Grandmaster season 2020 on EU West server, adc main for now 4 seasons, playing the game since season 1 and as you guessed it, a huge vayne addict. I started streaming a year ago and a lot of people have been asking for coaching, so I decided that I'll instead write a guide so everyone can profit from the knowledge I acquired during all this years and particularly in the pre-season ! I stream in french but will answer any question you have in english so feel free to ask !

PROS + Great solo carry potential + Extremly good scaling + Tank melter + High skill, high reward

CONS - Hard to play, hard to master - Relies on reflex and positionning more than other adcs - Mistakes are severly punished, squishy - Easily abused early game - Weak to high ranged mages and heavy crowd control - Extremly bad blindpick

PRECISION

Vayne has quite a bunch of good usable keystones, like Lethal Tempo with a Lulu or Hail of Blades depending on preferences, some even like the Fleet Footwork sustain, but overall, Press the Attack provides the most consistency in every domain.

In my opinion Overheal outclasses every other of its line : better scaling, utility and consistency in a game by far. The potential extra hp in this meta where everything can kill you is quite valuable. Synergizes really well with peel/shield/heal supports. Triumph can be a second choice. I personnaly don't like it, but it does serve its purpose of surviving ignites ! Presence of Mind is just straight up bad

Legend: Alacrity is my personnal favorite, since bloodline became too weak early on. It depends on preferences/gameplay, do you prefer 18% attack speed late game or 9% lifesteal ? Legend: Tenacity sadly is just not good enough for our stats-lacking champion. we depend too much on the 2 other stats.

Once again, we're going for the highest consistency throughout the games. Cut Down is the all around best pick, with least conditions to fulfill. Coup de Grace is still decent again squishy teams, and Last Stand against heavy burst/assassins.

DOMINATION

Domination tree is all about sustain and scaling our way and keeping our hp high. There is no other tree coming close to this one in terms of sustain. As we don't need any more damage and just want to survive through early game, Taste of Blood is by far the best choice.

Our bread and butter. What makes Vayne viable in every way. Worship this rune as it will make your early easier, transition mid-game stronger, sustain better, scale harder. Ravenous Hunter procs on EVERY source of damage, that includes Guinsoo's Rageblade ghost autos, Kraken Slayer true damage, Silver Bolts, red buff, etc. Vladimir got nothing on you in terms of vampirism once you have this stacked.

attack speed and flex damage usually never move, you need the slight dps damage for early last hits, but the last one can change according to ennemy botlane, adapt for the match ups. the life bonus is good if you think you'll get early resistances and go defensive boots

Vayne is not a champion you can simply play out of nowhere, it is quite similar to getting into Twisted Fate or Riven : really hard to understand at first, clunky gameplay untill mastered and loaded kit that isn't much intuitive at first. To avoid creating any bad habits on this champion, I suggest looking around for vayne videos or streams, to really get a grasp of what this champions is capable, but nothing will beat training and playing it.

There's something that everyone needs to understand is that you won't be able to get the champion full potential out in a few tryouts. It might get frustrating, hard to perform, bad scores/games one after the other, but take each game as a step to improvement, do not focus on your immediate result, as you're definitely improving just by playing ! Vayne need quite a lot of games to really get around the champion and realise it's potential.

First things first, we need to clear the basics.

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Night Hunter (Passive) EFFECT RADIUS: 2000 BONUS MS: 30 ULT BONUS MS: 90

This is your kiting tool. It might not seem like much at first, but it's what makes vayne able to trade autos with higher range champion as it ables you to get that extra distance to get your auto attack off. Here's some extra information.

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Tumble (Q) TARGET RANGE: 300 CAST TIME: NONE COST: 30 mana COOLDOWN: 4 / 3.5 / 3 / 2.5 / 2

This is what our entire champion revolves around. This ability alone defines our gampeplay. Here is what you need to know about this ability

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Silver Bolts (W) BONUS TRUE DAMAGE: 4 / 6.5 / 9 / 11.5 / 14% MINIMUM TRUE DAMAGE: 50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110

This is what glues everything together. This is what makes the entire auto attack reset strength, the PTA synergy, the guinsoo rush, the auto attack/attack speed base builds = your bread and butter. Do not be fooled, this is not just a tank destructor ; We're talking about % MAX health of any ennemy in TRUE damage, that means you'll kill more or less everything at the same speed if we're just going from purely your W damage.

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Condemn (E) TARGET RANGE: 550 CAST TIME: 0.25 COST: 90 Mana[/size] COOLDOWN: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12[/size]

This is your only form of cc, with a high cd and low damage, but don't be fooled, it is this exact tool that will create the most killing opportunities. Here's what you have to know about it

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Final Hour (R) CAST TIME: None COST: 80 Mana[/size] COOLDOWN: 100 / 85 / 70[/size]

Last but not least, your playmaking tool above all else ! This is what you'll use to deceive ennemies more than anything. Here's a few tips.

Thank you for reading and good luck in the rift !