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[S8] [8.16] In-Depth Vayne ADC Guide
Build Guide By chrisloths
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Recommended Items
Runes:
Precision
Sorcery
Spells:
Heal
Flash
Items
Ability Order
Night Hunter (PASSIVE)
Vayne Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
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Miss Fortune
Miss Fortune is just an incredibly annoying matchup for Vayne. Her constant low-mana Q harass, insanely damaging Love Tap autos, and zoning with her E make any trades extremely difficult for Vayne. Miss Fortune is a great early game laner and lane bully, which is Vayne's worst enemy. She simply deals insane damage that a vulnerable Vayne just can't sustain. Vayne's only advantage is that she can condemn a Miss Fortune out of her ult, and then followup if Miss Fortune gets stunned, but Miss Fortune's E slow is far too much for Vayne to fight within. If you see the enemy pick Miss Fortune, just don't pick Vayne- it'll make your lane much more difficult than it needs to be.
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INTRO
RUNES
- Fleet Footwork is the safest for Vayne, providing sustain and safety that she lacks in the laning phase. This is essential if you don't have a healing/shielding support. It also provides great engage, giving Vayne movement speed that can pair with items like Stormrazor and Blade of the Ruined King.
- Press the Attack is great for Vayne as it pairs perfectly with her Silver Bolts. It helps her deal even more damage, and is great with a CC/engage heavy support. Although not as safe as Fleet Footwork, it provides a great advantage for trading.
- As far as secondary runes go, Celerity and Gathering Storm are both safe and great for giving Vayne extra stats throughout the game. You can switch one of them for Nimbus Cloak if you want some extra Movement Speed, but my go-to is Celerity and Gathering Storm.
ITEMS
- Blade of the Ruined King: 40 Attack Damage, 25% Attack Speed, 12% Life Steal. Basic attacks deal 8% of target's current health as on-hit damage. ACTIVE: Deals 100 magic damage and steals 25% of the targets movement speed.
- Really good on Vayne. Supplies her with on-hit damage, as her main damage source is Auto Attacks. Provides great Attack Speed, and lifesteal which is essential for Vayne's trades and fights. The active also gives great damage and pressure in the early levels.
- Guinsoo's Rageblade: 25 ability power, 25 attack damage, 25% attack speed. Basic attacks deal 5(+10% bonus AD) physical and 5 magic damage on-hit. Basic attacks also grant 8% attack speed, 2.5% bonus ad, and 2.5% bonus ap for 5 seconds, stacking up to 6 times. At 6 stacks, grants 48% attack speed, 15% bonus ad, 15% bonus ap, AND every 2nd auto triggers on hit effects.
- Essential on Vayne. Expensive, and the AP is completely useless, but the fact that it triggers on hit effects every 2nd auto means Vayne can apply Silver Bolts every 2 autos instead of 3. Once you get maximum stacks you just shred everyone and everything.
- After those two items, Vayne can really build anything. You can go for more Lifesteal with Bloodthirster and Death's Dance, more defense with Maw of Malmortius and Guardian Angel, or crit/attack speed with Phantom Dancer and Rapidfire Cannon.
- As far as itemization on Vayne, you just want items that buff her auto attacks. As long as your autos deal the most damage, as fast as possible, you will do a ton of damage.
SPELLS
- Great for engaging and pairs well with ultimate.
Q: Tumble: Vayne tumbles, maneuvering to carefully place her next shot. Her next attack deals bonus damage.
- Also great for engage. Adds a lot of damage, helps a lot with resetting autos, good for farming, and vital for ultimate use and survivability.
W: Silver 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 maximum Health as bonus true damage
- This ability is what Vayne is known for. Auto three times and proc a big chunk of True Damage. Kill squishies fast and bust down tanks. Just make sure you are not constantly resetting by autoing different targets.
E: Condemn: 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.
- Not as impactful, but can certainly save you in a lot of situations. You can use it both to disengage and to stun targets, ensuring a kill and your safety.
R: Final Hour: Readying herself for an epic confrontation, Vayne gains increased Attack Damage, Invisibility during Tumble, and triple the bonus Movement Speed from Night Hunter.
- Vayne's ultimate is great. It gives her a lot of bonus Attack Damage, triples the effect of Night Hunter (gives 90 Movement Speed while moving towards enemies), and grants invisibility to her Tumble. Constantly autoing and resetting Tumble will do insane amounts of damage and melt one target to the next. Remember that the duration of Final Hour is extended after an enemy champion dies within 3 seconds of being damaged by Vayne.
PROS AND CONS
- Great against a team with more than one tank.
- Great engage.
- Amazing 1v1 potential.
- Hard to deal with while ulting (constantly moving around and invisible).
- Great at farming. You can use Silver Bolts and your Tumble to help out a ton.
- Goes well with almost any support.
- Late game monster.
- Extremely fun to play.
- Once mastered, you can pull off insane plays and win or turn games single-handedly.
- Clean auto attack animation.
- Edgy voice lines.
- Pretty poor laning phase.
- Pretty weak before 2 items.
- Very squishy.
- Huge skill ceiling ( meaning it may be easy to learn her, but takes a while to truly master her. You can always improve mechanics ).
- Very expensive build path, usually will not complete until 35+ minutes.
- Not great into poke lanes, bursty supports, or early game ADCs.
- She has a bad reputation for having toxic players. Always stay cool even in harsh situations because Vayne is one of the best champions for outplaying and turning the game.
SUMMARY
For maybe the first season I played Vayne I had poor mechanics, little knowledge of the champion, but still had lots of fun playing her. Don't pick her up and go right into ranked, play her a lot in normals, get your mastery up, and once you feel confident enough, go for it in ranked.
If you really want to play Vayne and you already see the enemy has locked in an unfavorable matchup, don't be alarmed. Vayne can be played in almost every matchup, except for super high damage and early game matchups, like Draven/Brand or Quinn/Karma. Even these champions can easily be outplay and you can still come out on top with enough practice and mastery of Vayne.
Hopefully this helps you guys, good luck, and enjoy playing my personal favorite champion, Vayne!
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