AD Carry

Vayne Build 26.22

A comfortable pick at 50.9% and trending up this patch, and Vayne asks almost nothing of a lane and everything of clean mechanics. Her third hit strips a chunk of the target's max health as true damage, so tanks melt the same as squishies, and a Condemn into terrain is a free stun that flips ganks around. She is a kiting duelist who lives on spacing, so every fight comes down to footwork.

#30 of 52 ad carry this patch · 862 games

Win rate50.9%+2.6Games862Pick rate2.1%Ban rate3.1%Last 8 patches+0.8 since 26.15Damage profilei

AP 5%AD 75%True 20%DifficultyiHighPunishes misplays

The 10-second answer standard · 50.9% WR

Spells

Flash + Barrier Start

Berserker's Greaves SkillsQ›W›E Runes

Shards

ClassicModernARAM Counter

173 champions

AatroxTopA51.0%AhriMidA51.4%AkaliMidB49.8%AkshanMidC47.9%AlistarSupportS53.0%AmbessaTopD47.0%AmumuJungleB50.6%AniviaMidB50.3%AnnieMidA52.1%ApheliosAD CarryC48.6%AsheAD CarryC48.8%Aurelion SolMidS52.9%AuroraMidA51.2%AzirMidC49.3%BardSupportD47.6%Bel'VethJungleS53.5%BlitzcrankSupportS52.4%BrandSupportB49.7%BraumSupportA51.7%BriarJungleA51.3%CaitlynAD CarryC47.8%CamilleTopA52.3%CassiopeiaMidD47.5%Cho'GathJungleA50.8%CorkiAD CarryB50.5%DariusTopA51.1%DianaJungleC49.1%Dr. MundoTopA52.4%DravenAD CarryA51.5%EkkoMidA51.7%EliseJungleB50.1%EvelynnJungleA51.2%EzrealAD CarryD45.9%FiddlesticksJungleB49.9%FioraTopB49.7%FizzMidC49.0%GalioMidA51.3%GangplankTopA51.2%GarenTopB50.7%GnarTopC49.0%GragasTopB50.6%GravesJungleC48.9%GwenTopA51.8%HecarimJungleA50.9%HeimerdingerTopS52.8%HweiMidA52.0%IllaoiTopB49.9%IreliaTopC49.0%IvernJungleA51.8%JannaSupportA51.5%Jarvan IVJungleC48.0%JaxTopB49.3%JayceTopC48.0%JhinAD CarryA50.8%JinxAD CarryB50.1%K'SanteTopD47.1%Kai'SaAD CarryB49.9%KalistaAD CarryB49.5%KarmaSupportD47.2%KarthusJungleC48.3%KassadinMidS53.4%KatarinaMidA51.1%KayleTopA51.5%KaynJungleB49.7%KennenTopS52.8%Kha'ZixJungleB50.4%KindredJungleS52.5%KledTopS54.2%Kog'MawAD CarryA51.7%LeBlancMidA51.8%Lee SinJungleC48.3%LeonaSupportA51.3%LilliaJungleA50.9%LissandraMidB49.9%LockeMidC47.8%LucianAD CarryC48.9%LuluSupportB49.2%LuxSupportC48.6%MalphiteTopA52.1%MalzaharMidC48.9%MaokaiSupportA52.0%Master YiJungleC48.8%MelMidD45.6%MilioSupportD47.6%Miss FortuneAD CarryB49.6%MordekaiserTopB50.4%MorganaSupportB50.7%NaafiriJungleA51.5%NamiSupportB50.7%NasusTopB50.1%NautilusSupportB49.7%NeekoSupportC48.0%NidaleeJungleA51.6%NilahAD CarryS+58.5%NocturneJungleB49.3%Nunu & WillumpJungleC48.1%OlafTopB50.2%OriannaMidC47.9%OrnnTopA51.4%PantheonTopA51.3%PoppySupportS53.6%PykeSupportB49.6%QiyanaJungleC48.5%QuinnTopD45.0%RakanSupportS53.4%RammusJungleS+56.2%Rek'SaiJungleS53.5%RellSupportS53.3%Renata GlascSupportA51.3%RenektonTopC49.0%RengarJungleB49.5%RivenTopC49.3%RumbleTopA50.9%RyzeMidD46.7%SamiraAD CarryB49.3%SejuaniJungleA51.9%SennaSupportB50.8%SeraphineSupportB49.9%SettTopA52.0%ShacoJungleB49.9%ShenTopS53.1%ShyvanaJungleS52.5%SingedTopB49.8%SionTopA51.5%SivirAD CarryA51.7%SkarnerJungleS+54.5%SmolderAD CarryB50.0%SonaSupportA51.4%SorakaSupportA51.1%SwainSupportA51.7%SylasMidC48.0%SyndraMidB49.7%Tahm KenchSupportB49.6%TaliyahJungleB50.7%TalonJungleA51.0%TaricSupportB49.8%TeemoTopA51.1%ThreshSupportB49.8%TristanaAD CarryA51.2%TrundleTopC48.0%TryndamereTopA50.9%Twisted FateMidB49.6%TwitchAD CarryB50.7%UdyrJungleB49.4%UrgotTopB50.2%VarusAD CarryC49.0%VayneAD CarryA50.9%VeigarMidC48.2%Vel'KozSupportS+55.1%VexMidS53.9%ViJungleB50.0%ViegoJungleC48.3%ViktorMidC49.0%VladimirMidB50.2%VolibearTopA51.0%WarwickJungleA52.4%WukongJungleA52.0%XayahAD CarryS52.4%XerathMidA51.7%Xin ZhaoJungleA52.4%YasuoMidC48.0%YoneMidC48.5%YorickTopC48.0%YunaraAD CarryC48.6%YuumiSupportC48.3%ZaahenTopC49.2%ZacJungleS52.8%ZedMidC48.6%ZeriAD CarryA51.8%ZiggsAD CarryA52.2%ZileanSupportA51.1%ZoeMidS53.6%ZyraSupportA51.4%

LoL ClassicSee how Vayne was built in the classic eraVayne Classic Build

When Is Vayne Strongest?

The curve keeps climbing into the mid-to-late game, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. Vayne wins the long game, so her win condition is surviving a rough early stretch and reaching the point where her true damage and her invisibility ultimate let her solo carry a drawn-out fight.

Game timeline · Vayne drag or hover to scrub · space plays · ←/→ step

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:57

Ambush zone5:18–6:48 Power spike 25:16

~5:34

14:38

19:27

25:16

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00

At 12:00

Power 47/100 · Even

Core 0/3 items

Gold ~5.7k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Blade of The Ruined King · 14:38

Vayne Item Build

Vayne is a late-game duelist who shreds tanks with true damage and slips through fights untouched. The build stacks attack speed and crit so her third-shot true damage triggers over and over, letting her out-duel targets far bigger than herself.

Standard loadout · Vayne The consensus path — reliable spikes, no dead time.

Starting items 500g

Doran's Bow×1

Health Potion×2

Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe ›› Boots

Berserker's Greaves91% · 51.9%

Gluttonous Greaves9% · 54.5%

Situational items pick an opponent in the bar above — the right swaps light up

vs AP threatsTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.W

Wit's End5856.9%J

Jak'Sho, The Protean11849.2%

vs AD threatsPhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.J

Jak'Sho, The Protean11849.2%

vs stacked resistsWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.L

Lord Dominik's Regards6962.3%

vision controlFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.O

Oracle Lens3060.0%F

Farsight Alteration52551.0%S

Stealth Ward30749.8%

Best Vayne Runes

Lethal Tempo suits her attack-heavy rhythm, rewarding her for staying latched onto a target and weaving autos through Tumble. That extra output makes the true-damage hits land faster, so the rest of the runes just protect her ability to keep swinging. Keep it clean.

The pre-game page Lethal Tempo · Precision + Resolve · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Precision Primary

Lethal TempoAttacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.

Triumph94% · 51.1%

Legend: Alacrity86% · 51.0%

Coup de Grace75% · 51.2%

Keystone plus three minors from Precision, two from Resolve, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Resolve Secondary

Conditioning59% · 49.3%

Overgrowth62% · 49.2%

Stat shards Offense

Attack Speed+10% Attack Speed

Flex

Adaptive Force+9 Adaptive Force

Defense

Health Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Rush Blade of The Ruined King into Guinsoo's Rageblade and play for the ramp. Falling behind early is recoverable on this scaling curve, and Guinsoo's Rageblade landing by roughly 19 minutes is the point where her attacks shred through even durable targets. Before that she trades in short kiting windows, so use Tumble to reset the auto and stack her third hit without eating a full return.

Vayne Skill Order

Condemn is a one-point tool for most of the game, taken at level 3 and left alone until 14. Tumble and Silver Bolts split everything between, so Vayne's damage climbs while her stun stays exactly where it started.

Skill order · Vayne R at 6 / 11 / 16 — always

PriorityR

R›Q

Q›W

W›E

EMax Q first; W at level 2.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W28101213max 13

E3max 3

R611max 11

Vayne Abilities

Every clean fight runs on Tumble, which repositions her and loads the next attack for bonus damage. Final Hour sharpens that roll further, cloaking her during each Tumble and shaving its cooldown, while Night Hunter feeds her move speed as she closes on a nearby champion.

Abilities · Vaynepatch 26.22 base numbers · click an ability · all ranks shown

Night HunterPassiveP

TumbleMax 1stQ

Silver BoltsMax 2ndW

CondemnMax lastE

Final HourUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

TumblePhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXAD Ratio %+10 per ranklv 175lv 485lv 595lv 7105lv 9115Cooldown-1 per ranklv 16slv 45slv 54slv 73slv 92sConstant at every rankCost30same at all ranks

Vayne Base Stats

Base stats · VaynePatch 26.22

Base statslevel 1 · +per levelAD60+2.35AS0.658+2.8%MS330Range550HP580+98HP55.5+0.4Armor23+4.6MR33+1.1MP232+35MP57+0.4

Vayne Matchups

Vayne is one of the weakest laners early, so aggressive pokers and all-in bullies who beat her before she scales can shut the game down. Once she has items she thrives against immobile bruisers and tanks, kiting them with her tumble while her true damage carves through their health.

Lane matchups · Vayne click any opponent to retune the console

Hardest lanes · click to tune

Best hunting

How to lane vs AP mages 01Dodge their skillshots with Tumble; punish long cooldowns with empowered autos.02If burst hurts, build magic resist; ward to avoid roam ganks.03In fights, Condemn engagers into walls and stun before they combo. Win rate by game lengthVayne overall · all matchupsUnder 20 min42.5%20–28 min48.9%28–35 min56.4%Over 35 min49.1%

Play cautious against Swain, Tristana, and Smolder, who can blow her up before Condemn or the ult matter, since she is fragile with only Tumble to survive, so sit at the very edge of fights. She grinds down Yasuo, Draven, and Ashe with true damage they cannot itemize against, so play to outlast anyone she can keep at range.

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