Heya and welcome to my guide to Vayne. I'm Sanun,a top laner who have played League Of Legends since season 1. Vayne is my most played champion and started playing Vayne around her release in 2011. I'm Diamond on multiple accounts on EUW and pretty known for my Vayne top. I'm here to share you the secrets about Vayne top and how to be a hyper-carry with her. This is my first guide so feedback is appreciated!

Hail of Blades Vayne is now being played by C9 Sneaky, TSM Zven, TSM BrokenBlade, DWG Nuclear, GRF Viper and more! Here’s why:

Intro to Hail of Blades:

https://www.probuilds.net/champions/details/Vayne

If you scroll down Probuilds, you’ll see a lot of pro players using Hail of Blades Vayne in the recent many matches. I’ve been testing it since the patch dropped and here’s basically why it works.

Pros
+ Insane late-game hyper-carry
+ Super mobile carry
+ Very rewarding when mastered
+ Good in teamfights and as a splitpusher
+ Snowballs really well when given a lead
+ One of the best tank destroyers
Cons
- Many bad matchups so first-picking her can be risky
- Extremely difficult to master.
- Vulnerable to crowd control.
- Very squishy
- Banned a lot if she is meta
- People tend to hate on Vayne players a lot

Flash is one of the summoner spells that is available in League of Legends. Most of the time, everyone will have Flash as one of the two summoner spells they can equip before getting into a game as it is considered to be an important and must have spell because it grants you the ability to instantly switch your position to wherever your cursor is pointing at within a 425 units range, and this allows players to make creative plays as well as escaping from the brink of death.

Since season 4, there are almost no summoner spells in League of Legends that have a bigger impact than Teleport. Sure, Flash is a big deal and can change a team fight, but Teleport determines everything from which objectives you can take, to whether or not you can fight, to where each individual player can and should be standing on the map.

In fact, until patch 8.23, even just starting a Teleport then cancelling it could be enough to turn a fight, or save your team’s bot lane. But, after this most recent preseason patch, Teleport can no longer be cancelled. And that’s probably a good thing.

Now, when you want to impact the map with a teleport, you have to be absolutely sure it’s a good idea. No more faking teleports to get enemy teams to back off of a fight, or to bait teleport out of your opponent, if you start a teleport in season 9, you’re teleporting.

This is the kind of change that, rather than making one playstyle weaker, actually impacts the entire game itself. At the highest levels of the game, map movements will have to be more purposeful, while things like tower dives can be done with a little more confidence, knowing that the enemy team will have to either decide not to help the target of the dive, or commit everything to help them.

Heal is an excellent spell for ADCs for several reasons, but the main reason is because it affects you AND ANOTHER TARGET. This makes it perfect for the bot lane, which is of course a primarily 2-on-2 lane. The fact that it can help keep both of you healthy, making it more difficult to choose a target to focus, is more useful than Teleport in this situation and is the main reason that heal is taken by ADCs. It's also worth noting that the speed boost is also a bit more useful for escaping together, and it can also be used to kite more effectively, which is of course extremely useful on an ADC. Sustain is also somewhat more valued in the bot lane because it ADCs tend to be good at taking towers quickly when you port to base, which makes an actual heal better for this lane than Teleport.

Passive: Vayne gains Movement speed 30 bonus movement speed when moving towards a nearby Sight visible enemy champion.

FINAL HOUR(R): Night Hunter's bonus movement speed is tripled to 90.

ACTIVE(Q): Vayne Dash dashes forward and her next basic attack within 7 seconds deals Attack damage bonus physical damage.

BONUS PHYSICAL DAMAGE:
50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70% AD
Tumble TARGET RANGE: 300
COST: 30 MANA
COOLDOWN: 4 / 3.5 / 3 / 2.5 / 2
Tumble resets Vayne's basic attack timer.

FINAL HOUR(R): Tumble's cooldown is reduced by 50%, and Tumble turns Vayne invisible for 1 second on-cast.

PASSIVE(W): Vayne's basic attacks and Condemn Condemn apply a Silver Bolts stack for 3.5 seconds, up to 3 times. Attacking a new enemy removes all stacks from the previous target.

The third stack consumes them all to deal Hybrid penetration bonus true damage, with a minimum threshold, and capped at 200 against monsters. This is the reason why Hail Of Blades is insane on Vayne, because it helps to make up for her weak early-game. The extra attack speed will win you so many early trades combined with Silver-Bolts. This is also the ability that shreds tanks.

BONUS TRUE DAMAGE:
4 / 6.5 / 9 / 11.5 / 14% of target's maximum health
MINIMUM TRUE DAMAGE:
50 / 65 / 80 / 95 / 110

ACTIVE(E): Vayne fires a heavy bolt at the target unit, dealing physical damage, Airborne icon knocking them back 475 units, and applying a Silver Bolts Silver Bolts stack. Her E is a good finisher if you are out of range for a basic attack, but be 100% sure it actually kills the target or else you are just helping them escape.

PHYSICAL DAMAGE:
50 / 90 / 120 / 155 / 190 (+ 50% bonus AD)
If the target collides with a wall, they take the same physical damage again and are Stun icon stunned for 1.5 seconds.
TARGET RANGE: 550
COST: 90 MANA
COOLDOWN: 20 / 18 / 16 / 14 / 12
TOTAL PHYSICAL DAMAGE:
100 / 170 / 240 / 310 / 380 (+ 100% bonus AD)

ACTIVE(R): For a duration, Vayne gains bonus attack damage, triples Night Hunter Night Hunter's bonus, and grants Tumble Tumble 50% cooldown reduction along with invisibility for 1 second.

DURATION:
8 / 10 / 12
BONUS AD:
20 / 30 / 40
While active, whenever a champion damaged by Vayne dies within 3 seconds, Final Hour's duration is extended by 4 seconds, up to a maximum of the original duration.
COST: 80 MANA
COOLDOWN: 100 / 85 / 70
MAXIMUM DURATION:
16 / 20 / 24

Domination tree is surprisingly strong on Vayne. I like it more than the full precision page.

Hail Of Blades. The keystone gives you 110% attack speed for 3 attacks. Vayne has a 3-hit true damage passive. Sounds simple enough.

However, with the recent patch, HoB no longer counts auto resets as part of your 3 HoB attacks. This means you can tumble in the middle of your 3 autos and keep the HoB-buffed attack speed for the 4th auto.

With HoB you reach about 1.5 attack speed at level 3.

Also, it gets pretty strong for stacking Guinsoo’s Rageblade later. HoB breaks the attack speed cap so you can get half your Rageblade stacks in less than a second. Once your Rageblade is fully stacked, you don’t need a keystone. You will shred everything and sustain through it regardless.

If you combo it properly, you can get 6 stacks of Silver Bolts in 4-5 seconds at level 3, and thats a huge chunk of damage in early trades.

TLDR: it makes Vayne a champion in the early-game.
Sudden Impact procs through every q (Tumble) which gives lethality, for even more early damage.
Eyeball Collection gives a good amount of extra damage in the mid-game.
With Ravenous Hunter *Vayne will heal off her true damage, and that gets to be insanely strong when combined with your other healing.
Precision is a great combination with Domination.
Legend Alacrity, I think the more early attack speed you can get, the better. It makes it a lot smoother to attack with HoB and can get you that 1.5 attack speed if you take this.
Gives great sustain for the clutch plays which help you stay alive in those fights and the extra gold is perfect for Vayne.

Stats

Attack Speed: Basically a must.

Adaptive Stat: Will help a lot with cs’ing, but if you feel you’re too squishy, there's no shame in going double defense. Just know it’ll be harder to last hit.

Any Defense: Depending on your lane. Heavy AD? Armor. Going against Brand supp? MR. Not worried about trades? Health.

MAX W

If you’re still maxing Q on Vayne, quit it. W max has like a 2% higher winrate according to https://lolalytics.com/ranked/worldwide/platinum/plus/champion/Vayne/ADC/

It works especially well with Hail of Blades because you get a lot of silver bolt stacks really quickly.

Items:

Starting items: Dorans blade is the best item if you feel confident or is playing in neutral/positive matchups, where you need the damage and sustain to be able to win trades against your enemy.

Dorans shield is the best item, if you are against a really bad matchup, where you just want to survive and farm. This will usually be a Teemo for example in the top lane or a Caitlyn in the bot lane. Remember you want to farm against the bad matchups and you will eventually outscale them and be able to win against them.

Core: Kraken Slayer/Immortal Shieldbow -> Phantom Dancer.

Kraken slayer is the nastiest item on Vayne. In fact, you probably don’t even need Immortal Shieldbow because of how good Kraken Slayer is on Vayne, but Immortal Shieldbow does make it easier to be Vayne at 1 item and gives you survivability.


Core DPS items: Phantom Dancer -> Infinity Edge

These two crit items combined with Kraken Slayer or Immortal Shieldbow, will make sure you can out-DPS anything in a 1v1 and shred through even the tankiest tank in 2 seconds.

Situational Items: Zeal Item / QSS / BT / Maw / Frozen Mallet / Randuins / Wits End.

Everyone builds differently. Again, all you really need is survivability on top of your Rageblade and Sustain. You’ll even see pros skip the Zeal Item 3rd to go something like Frozen Mallet because they want to kite melees and survive. You REALLY need to pay attention to the game state and build appropriately for it if you want to make Vayne (or any champ) work better.

The Combo

HoB = a hail of blades buffed auto.

HoB -Tumble Auto - HoB, HoB, AA, Condemn

This gives you 6 stacks of Silver Bolts in 4-5 seconds, because Condemn applies a stack of Silver Bolts. With W max, this HURTS.

You can also do the tumble on the 3rd auto, but try not to do it on the 4th because it’ll make your combo longer. Instead of 4 autos at 1.5 attack speed, you’ll only get 3 at 1.5 attack speed and 2 at 0.75.

1.5 Attack Speed means 1.5 attacks every second. You’ll do 4 autos in the time it takes them to do 1.5 to 2 autos. And you’ll proc Silver Bolts on top of it.

Don’t overextend to land the full combo. Land what you can and back off. Minion damage is a *****.

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You’ll win trades with Hail of Blades, but you don’t NEED to trade. Get used to the rune first and the mechanics of it, and then you’ll be able to properly find trades.

Look for openings if the enemy is against a wall, or they mis-position and blow an important cooldown. If the enemy runs at you, its still probably a better idea to back off and bait them into your minion wave than it is to just stand there and trade outright. Play smart.

You have all the time in the world, so don’t rush to trade and then lose lane because you got greedy. Vayne is a waiting game. You WILL outscale your enemy. This keystone is just to get you through the early game easier and let you stand up to harassment.

If you’re partnered with a support who can catch opponents such as Thresh or Pyke then looking for kills can be a viable strategy too. Just make sure you win some damage trades first to weaken your opponents and coordinate when you’re going to engage together. Having just one player commit and die unnecessarily is something you want to avoid if you could just be farming safely.

As the game opens up you’ll want to start looking to take objectives and push structures. If you’ve won or are winning in bot lane then definitely move in to destroy the turret. Then, it might be wise to move around the map or swap with top lane so you can have a numbers advantage there. You can also consider taking Dragon if you kill or otherwise frighten off your bot lane opponents. Pinging the jungler or mid lane to help you with this is often the smart thing to do.

For the most part, you’ll want to stick nearby the rest of your team during this phase of the game as getting caught out by an enemy champion could be disastrous for your allies – especially with death timers so high. Do feel free to claim your side’s red buff on your own whenever you see it’s up, but make sure it’s safe to do so first.

At this point, though, your team is looking for the engagement that can win the game, so be prepared to team fight. Trying to claim or contest Baron Nashor can often trigger this decisive fight, so be ready to move there if your team or the opponents are looking to kill it.

Excelling in team fights as an ADC is all about applying damage to the most important targets that are in a comfortable range while keeping yourself safe from death. Positioning, then, is the most vital thing to learn. Teammates may want to scream about not focusing the tank and whatnot, but if that’s the only opponent you can safely attack then do so – don’t overcommit to far into a fight if the enemy team can just collapse onto you and kill you in seconds.

A advanced technique to also practice for team fights and general play is attack-moving. This is where you take small steps between your auto-attack animation, giving you some room to reposition or dodge incoming skill shots. You can also kite many melee champions this way, applying damage to them while they fail to get in range to deal damage themselves.

Hail of Blades lets you combo the enemy to half health in 4 seconds in level 3 lane trades. This lets Vayne be a real champion in the early game. Getting through the lane is Vayne's hardest obstacle and this set up makes it that much easier to be a Vayne abuser.

HoB -Tumble Auto - HoB, HoB, AA, Condemn.

This is the end of my guide, I hope you enjoyed it and learned a lot about our Night Hunter Vayne. If you have any questions or want to watch some educational high elo content, then be sure to follow my stream on https://www.twitch.tv/Sanun
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