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Vayne
the Night Hunter

Vayne

MarksmanMarksmanRangedPhysical (AD)
Sub-classMarksman
ResourceMana
RegionDemaciaPositionBottom
Passive · Silver Bolts

Every 3rd attack on the same target deals bonus true damage based on max health.

DamageDurabilityMagicDifficultyMobilityCC
Champion profile (Riot)
  • Damage10
  • Durability1
  • Magic1
  • Difficulty8
  • Mobility8
  • CC8
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top
Primary

How to play as Vayne

  • Hunt tanks — W (Silver Bolts) true damage shreds them on the third hit
  • Q (Tumble) to reposition and amp next basic attack
  • E (Condemn) stuns on wall — save for divers
  • Build Blade of the Ruined King + Infinity Edge, stay back
  • R (Final Hour) gives bonus AD + invis on Q + MS — use in fights
  • In lane stay safe and don't all-in solo before level 9

How to beat Vayne

  • All-in before level 6 — she's weak in laning
  • Use long CC when she pops invis (R)
  • Stack armor — her true damage ignores MR only
  • Stay off walls — she stuns you with E (Condemn)
  • Watch her E when you're hugging terrain
  • Kill her support first — she's hard to lock down solo
Jungle

How to play as Vayne

Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.

How to beat Vayne

Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.

Mid

How to play as Vayne

Mid: shove wave fast and roam to side lanes.

How to beat Vayne

Mid: watch for roams and save Flash for the next gank.

ADC
Primary

How to play as Vayne

  • Hunt tanks — W (Silver Bolts) true damage shreds them on the third hit
  • Q (Tumble) to reposition and amp next basic attack
  • E (Condemn) stuns on wall — save for divers
  • Build Blade of the Ruined King + Infinity Edge, stay back
  • R (Final Hour) gives bonus AD + invis on Q + MS — use in fights
  • In lane stay safe and don't all-in solo before level 9

How to beat Vayne

  • All-in before level 6 — she's weak in laning
  • Use long CC when she pops invis (R)
  • Stack armor — her true damage ignores MR only
  • Stay off walls — she stuns you with E (Condemn)
  • Watch her E when you're hugging terrain
  • Kill her support first — she's hard to lock down solo
Support

How to play as Vayne

Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.

How to beat Vayne

Support: dodge hooks/engages, buy Mikael's into heavy CC.

Abilities

Night Hunter

PC
Passive

Innate: Vayne gains 30 bonus movement speed while facing a nearby sight enemy champion, increased to 90 while under the effects of Final Hour.

Tumble

PC
Q

Active: Vayne dash a fixed distance in the target direction, though not through terrain, and empowers her next basic attack within 3 seconds to have an uncancelable windup and deal bonus physical damage.

Tumble basic attack reset Vayne's basic attack timer.

Cooldown6 to 2Range300

Silver Bolts

PC
W

Passive: Vayne's basic attacks on-hit and Condemn apply a stack of Silver Bolts for 3.5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent applications, expiring upon attacking a new enemy, and stacking up to 3 times.

The third stack consumes them all to deal bonus true damage, with a minimum threshold. This damage is capped at 200 against monsters.

Condemn

PC
E

Active: Vayne fires a heavy bolt at the target enemy that deals physical damage and airborne 475 units, though not through terrain.

If the target collides with terrain, they take bonus physical damage and become stun for 1.5 seconds.

Cooldown20 to 12

Final Hour

PC
Ultimate

Active: Vayne equips her crossbow, gaining bonus attack damage for a duration.

While active, Final Hour empowers Night Hunter to have tripled bonus movement speed and Tumble to have a reduced cooldown. Additionally, Tumble cast grants Vayne invisibility for 1 second. Attacking or casting abilities ends the stealth immediately.

Scoring an enemy champion takedown within 3 seconds of damaging them will extend Final Hour's duration by 4 seconds, up to its original duration.

Cooldown100 to 70