Lol Vayne Guide - Vindictive Vayne ~ League of leagends Arena

DISCLAIMER: This is something I didn't think I had to write, but here it is. I explain all my choices very clearly in my guide. Every single possible choice is outlined in as much detail as I thought necessary. What does this mean? This means I have given thought to all possible options, and that you have to pick and choose what you like. The cheat sheet is specifically what I do in game as  - you DO NOT have to follow my guide like a Bible. It is a guide for a reason - to guide you.

______Before you vote down because you've read a Pro 2000 Elo guide elsewhere, I'll just state a few things. Pros may be able to play awesomely, but it doesn't mean they know more than an average player. For instance, a pro player, naming no names, chooses to go Attack Damage Seals (which give 4 damage) and puts 3 points into  instead of . Just saying, Pros aren't always right, and if a Pro jumped off a cliff?

______Hey guys, I'm Jai (or jhoijhoi) and simply put, I felt like making another champion guide here on Mobafire, and stop creating (or at least for now) general guides. This is my second champion guide, and I hope that it pleases you to read it as much as it pleased me to write. I had a look at the top Vayne guides, and they are great - I just wanted to show my own way of building the scariest female AD carry, .

______I've played  ever since she came out, and she replaced my previous main Ranged AD carry,  (this guide will look similar to my Ashe one, so if you like this one, check out that one too :D). I love Ashe to bits, but I feel as if Ashe is not as *strong* as Vayne.

______Vayne is not a very easy champion to play. She can get kills easily, due to , but utilising appropriately requires proper positioning. And of course, I cannot count how many times I have died activating my ultimate after I've d, leading to no invisibility :/ Vayne is perfect for those who have mastered an easier Ranged AD Carry, like  or . Vayne's damage early and late game is on par with 's, so if you love ripping people to shreds, Vayne is the champion for you :D

______My biggest problem with Vayne is that she requires a team that knows her damage potential. Vayne can easily, EASILY tower dive past level 3, and kill her selected target, as long as she has help. Likewise, if you manage to run into a wild in the woods, you may be able to outdamage him and steal his buffs if you're smart with your ultimate, and . If your team does not believe you can do damage, you will end up with people saying, "Vayne, wtf are you doing, back off!" when you KNOW you can secure that kill.

______And the best thing about Vayne is that you can build her any way you want, and she still does monstrous damage - there are many ways to build a successful Vayne. In this guide I will cover only three builds. My Vayne Build, Trinity Force Vayne, and Tank Vayne. For other builds, feel free to browse other Vayne guides for their explanations. I have also suggested > for NEWER VAYNE PLAYERS. If you feel up to it, level up first. I know I would rather play a champion safely at first, then when I get the hang of them, I'll be aggressive. As such, chillax with or go all TRY HARD RAGE ANGRY GORAN with . It is up to you, do not downvote just because of skill order =.=

______Here I would like to take the opportunity to thank those that have helped contribute to the growth and development of this guide: Mowen, PotatisFarfar, Adonikam, WrathOfVulk, PsiGuard, YoshiX, Hahano, TheQWERTYman, Xenasis,TrophyCase, NightHawk, Wayne3100, Wintermond, Seiken and Rainbow Dashu. Special thanks to MeridianPrime who has allowed me to use some of his formatting for my own guide ^^

______These people have posted their comments and opinions, and I have either altered the guide due to it, or added their questions to the FAQ, or added their own words into the guide itself :)

______So thus begins my guide, hopefully it'll help you win some games.

Powerful Pros / Critical Cons

As all champions, Vayne has her flaws/weaknesses and her strengths. If your team is in need of a DPS (damage per second) champion, Vayne is a fantastic choice due to the fact that her damage is virtually unbeatable without items. Pick her to counter all other ranged AD carries, and most importantly, if the enemy team has healthy, beefy champions.

Powerful Pros

+ Ranged Champion = Good Farmer
+ Very easy to last hit with
+ : a stun, a knock back
+ Extreme damage with, and without damage items
+ High initial and late game damage
+ allows for easy chasing
+ allows invisibility
+ Fun to play

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Critical Cons

- Squishy (if targeted, she's two-shotted down)
- Relatively short range
- Slow initial attack speed
- Slow initial movement speed
- Hard to master
- Easily zoned
- Bad skins :/ Dragon Hunter is the best
- High expectations of Vayne players

Potentially Pernicious Purchases

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My Main Vayne Build

Trinity Force Vayne

Attack Speed Vayne

Fucking Expensive

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Maximum Survivability Build

HP/Ar/MR Stacking Enemy Team
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Tank Vayne

League of Legends Suggested Build

As you can see, there are many ways to build a successful Vayne. In this guide I will cover only three builds. My Vayne Build,Trinity Force Vayne, and Tank Vayne. For other builds, feel free to browse other Vayne guides for their explanations.

Memorable Masteries

With Vayne (and most AD champions), it's viable to run these ways:

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Mainly Offense

21 - 0 - 9

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Mainly Utility + Defense

0 - 9 - 21

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Mainly Utility + Offense

9 - 0 - 21

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Equally (Offensive & Utility)

14 - 0 - 16

It's up to you to decide your Mastery Tree set up. If you're new to , and are a bit hesitant with knowledge of their mana pool, perhaps putting your few points into the Utility side of the tree will suit you. If you're very offensive and want to be hitting hard early game, definitely go for the Offense side. And of course, if you're worried you might die, go for the Defensive Mastery Tree set until you're comfortable with Vayne.

______Regardless of which tree you decide to level, always try and get the increased awareness (leveling up) in the Utility Tree because the sooner you hit level 6, the better.

Suggested Mastery-Tree Set Up

MASTERIES

Here we see I've suggested 21/0/9, as it suits the play-style of most summoners used to playing Ranged AD Carries. That doesn't mean don't try out 15/0/15 (or a variation thereof), 9/0/21 or even 0/9/21 if you like - masteries are up to personal preference. With the 21/0/9 set up, last hitting should be a breeze, due to extra minion damage and , your attack speed should be pretty sweet early game, and you're going to be doing almost true damage to the enemy carry bottom lane with .

______Masteries that are great, no matter which tree you decide to specify/major in:

Offense: , , ,

Defense: ,

Utility: , , ,

9/0/21 (or any variation of 15/0/15)

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Q: Why wouldn't I want to go 21/0/9 on my AD carry?
______// 21/0/9 is awesome, especially with AD Quints. Used to run it every game as Vayne. Then one day, in a Ranked premade, I secured Soraka for a friend, and they chose Vayne for me. Except our internet cut out, so I was stuck with Soraka with 21/0/9, and Vayne had 9/0/21. We swapped computers.

______Let me tell you. That extra movement speed, those extra s/s. I didn't notice it that game, but the next game when I was on my normal laptop, I noticed the lack of movement speed very keenly.

Ranged carries are slow and dependent on summoners for escape. I'd rather have Flash/Exhaust/ Ghost up as soon as possible. My damage will come from my items, I don't NEED the extra damage from 21/0/9.
Extra mana and experience is vital for early game dominance.
Increased Movement Speed / Buff Duration.
Offense tree is pretty useless unless you're jungling and even then it's not great.
Carries are pretty heavily team dependent, since if your team feeds early it'll be extremely difficult for your survivability and killing power early/midgame. Lategame you'll probably have the items you need, but surviving ganks from fed opponents is a problem early on. Even if your team isn't screwing up, the extra utility is much superior for getting kills.

21/0/9 ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SKY

Q: What if I want to spec 21/0/9 anyway and I think you're a smelly bum?
______// I thought it was pretty obvious to most people that all runes and masteries (outside of the admittedly op utility tree) do is secure a mild early game advantage. Even then, one has to know what they're doing, or at least trying to do and this advantage is more or less canceled if the person/people you're laning against know what they're doing and have a comparable setup that benefits their champ.

______That being said, early game is probably the most important part of the game. 99% of runes can easily be made up for, complimented or surpassed with a couple of items and the same could be said of masteries (outside of some of the better utility tree ones and the improved summoner skills). Mostly, it's just a small early game advantage that can easily be negated by counter builds and bad laning match ups.

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______: 50 damage at start = 2 extra damage.

______ = 255 seconds cooldown.
______ takes that to 240.
______ makes it 204 seconds.

______ = 210 seconds cooldown.
______ makes it 178.5 seconds.

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I need to be babysat and hate you for giving me options.

Q: Specing in the Offense Tree, Specing in the Utility Tree... can't make my mind up, which spec should I taaaaake?
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______21/0/9 = Free Long Sword at level 18.
______9/0/21 = Free Kindle Gem at level 18.

______It's up to you to decide if you'd rather the cooldown reduction, or the 10 extra damage from the Long Sword.

My Personal Mastery-Tree Set Up

MASTERIES

With the set-up above, one should hardly ever run out of mana with Vayne, cooldowns are at an all-time low, and will be up a whole lot more. This set-up is better than the traditional 15/0/15 if you're wanting all the cooldown reduction. I suggest only playing with these masteries if you're comfortable losing a little bit of early game flat damage for a lot of all-game utility :)

Reasonable Runes

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Greater Quintessence of Desolation: fantastic Quints. These Quints are an easy way of getting the armour penetration you need late and mid game.
Greater Quintessence of Alacrity: I would never suggest these on other champions, but with Vayne, attack speed is essential for proc'ing Silver Bolts
Greater Quintessence of Fortitude: these runes would be my #1 choice after Quints of Desolation. The HP is essential if you're not planning on buying Doran's Blade as your starting item, but opt for Boots of Speed instead.
Greater Quintessence of Strength: for the early game boost. However, these quints fall off VERY EARLY into the game. By level 4, that bonus 7 damage is negligible, and you're far better off with Quints of Desolation, or Alacrity.
Greater Quintessence of Swiftness: possible quints that you would want on Vayne, though she'll have plenty of movement speed once you buy your items.

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Greater Mark of Desolation: these runes mean you don't have to solely focus on Armour reducing items in the game, unless you really need to.
Greater Mark of Alacrity: not fantastic, but some people swear by Attack Speed runes. My problem with attack speed runes is that you're not meant to be auto-attacking early game, just last hitting

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Greater Seal of Clarity/ Greater Seal of Replenishment: Whilst Vayne isn't a mana hungry champion at all, we don't want to waste a final item slot on something that gives her the mana regeneration she will need late game. The last thing you want is to be fighting someone, go to Condemn them, and find you have no mana to do so.
Greater Seal of Vitality: HP/lvl is pretty decent, but Banshee's Veil should give you all the extra health you need
Greater Seal of Resilience: Armour is always good, a beefy Vayne surprises enemies, and often they'll attack you without realising you have high armour

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Greater Glyph of Focus: Who doesn't love faster cooldowns on their spells? You'll find that these runes will allow you to spam Tumble more often to get last hits, and close gaps. Flat cooldown is better than per level cooldown reduction. There's only a difference of around 3% at level 18. Now, if I hadn't made myself clear, I suggest strongly getting these particular runes. Condemn has a relatively long cooldown, so we want to slice at that cooldown with runes and masteries.
Greater Glyph of Warding: Magic Resist is perfect against spammy early game champions like Rumble
Greater Glyph of Alacrity: More attack speed.
Greater Glyph of Celerity: I perfer Glyphs of straight cooldown as opposed to cooldowns per level. Being able to spam spells in the early game is better, as the early game counts the most

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"HP Quints just help give you that early advantage if you don't start with a Doran's Item, and with a Doran's Item, boosts it more. Early game if you lane against someone with a massive burst, like , you're going to have a hard time maintaining that lane if you don't have the necessary health to counter her."

My Vayne Rune Set

Maximized Damage

Maximized Survivability

Stupendous Summoner Spells

New Vayne: Teleport + Ghost (or Heal)
Intermediate Vayne: Ghost + Flash
Expert Vayne: Exhaust + Flash

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Aggressor /
Harasser

Defender /
Backdooring

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(credits to MeridianPrime, who coined the above format and the below format) While Summoner Spells all come down to personal preference, I've found these Summoner Spells suit Vayne greatly. (just kidding about the reference haha)

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Flash: Flash is extremely useful for closing the gap on enemies if they're running away, or for jumping over walls to escape from salivating enemies vying for your blood. Flash is a must have on all squishy champions with no escape mechanism. While Vayne has and to escape and push back, is a fail safe, as well as being a strong offensive tool.

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Exhaust: Exhaust is essential on Vayne to gain the upper hand in any 1v1 fight, or clustered teamfight. Chucking Exhaust on the enemy AD or AP carry immediately shuts them down, and allows you to perform at your full potential. As with Flash, Exhaust can be used offensively, or defensively.

In the above video, I didn't really need to  , but it was funny to do :P I also thought it was hilarious when she came over to try and stop me at the second inner turret. It was like, "Oh hai, Q! ... Err... k, bai *flees*"

Q: But why ?
______//  is vital for any ranged AD carry. Melee DPS is naturally far stronger than Ranged AD carries early game, and even mid game.

______Say it's a 1v1 against you and . Who would win? , hands down. What about you versus ? Master Yi, hands down. What about you versus ? Lee Sin.  vs .  vs .  vs .

______All would win over you. :

1) Reduces target attack damage by 70%
2) Reduces Ability/Item damage by 35%
3) Slows movement by 40% for 3 seconds

______ gives you a chance to:

1) Run away if necessary
2) Chase
3) Shut down the enemy Ranged DPS carry
4) Shut down the enemy Melee DPS carry
5) Shut down the enemy Ability Power carry
6) With the upgrade in the offense tree, you also lower armor and magic resist for your team to utilise.

______Vayne excels in team-fights, not so much 1v1, as she requires that 3rd hit from to deal a lot of her damage.

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Ghost: If you're not a fan of Exhaust, or just strongly believe in using + on all AD carries, by all means, take this summoner spell. My peeve with Vayne players who use this is that with the Utility Masteries, your eventual , and , Vayne DOES NOT NEED to be any faster :P

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Teleport: Gives you awesome map control, and being able to teleport to wards, shrooms or Heim's turrets is invaluable when you want to gank. It is also useful for backdooring. For example, if all the enemy champions are dead due to a fight somewhere on the map, you can to a minion push, destroy a tower and run/recall before they respawn.

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Voracious Vayne's Skill Set

Night Hunter: This isn't a bad passive. But there's certainly not much to say about it. You move faster when facing an enemy champion. This allows you to catch up to fleeing enemies, run to help/save allies and gives you more of a chance to steal that kill from your jungler :P

Tumble (Q): Tumble is a great spell. Use it to last hit, use it to harrass. Use it to close gaps, to get to lanes faster after recalling, to escape an enemy. Use it to dodge skill shots, use it to get into a better position to . You're going to want to max out first.

Tips and Tricks

Tumble gives massive harass at a low cooldown, it's a very strong ability. If you get is far and away better than . Perma-proc on Sheen? Yes pl0x. Condemn is another 'escape', you knock them away. You can also keep people knocked around during a team fight, which can severely cripple their team if done right, even without the stunning component.

Use Tumble often. It uses little mana, and with our mana regeneration runes and masteries, you always have enough mana to spam this beast of a move.
The uses of Tumble are numerous - one thing to mention though, is that Tumble DOES NOT got through any sort of wall at all. If you Tumble into something, Vayne with end up in an unpredictable location near where you Tumbled, so be careful that when fleeing/chasing you don't run into any walls.
You CAN Tumble through Veigar's stun wall Event Horizon, and be stunned outside the wall, you CAN Tumble through Jarvan IV's ult, Cataclysm.

Silver Bolts (W): This ability is very interesting, and what makes Vayne such a beast in team fights/sustained fights. She basically has an in-built sort of / in the sense that every third hit (reminiscent of the Black Cleaver) does true percentage damage based on the target's health (reminiscent of Madred's). The BEST thing about Silver Bolts is that it is not affected by Magic Resist.

Tips and Tricks

Silver Bolts won't start crippling enemies until late game, once HP gets higher, therefore it's less of a priority than keeping yourself alive. However, provide pretty mean burst even on squishies. It gives bonus flat damage in addition to % max health as true damage.

Never give up in a team fight. The point of Silver Bolts is that it rewards Vayne for continuing a fight. Keep auto-attacking, listen for that audible TWANG and watch in satisfaction as their health is ripped away.
Silver Bolts makes it very easy to push a lane. Don't auto-attack creeps, just last hit. However, if you are pushing, three hits should take out the ranged minions easily.

Condemn (E): This spell is absolutely fantastic. Those familiar with will find the spell a bit awkward to use, whereas those familiar with will get the hang of immediately. It takes a bit of practice to get the best result with Condemn every fight, but you'll get used to it. You should be levelling this out before .

Tips and Tricks

Use Condemn to push chasing enemies away from you.
Try to Condemn enemies into walls. This stuns them.
Condemn has a large cooldown, despite our cooldown reduction runes and masteries, so don't just spam this ability for the lulz. Use it to save/protect allies/yourself, or to create chaos in a teamfight.

Now, in the below video, I get a kill, and am left on too little health for my liking. I immediately respond to instinct, and away from me, so I will be safe. I could have easily cut the part out where I fail with my , but I leave it in to show that it is a tricky skill to land. Notice that in the space of less than one second, Poppy moves slightly to the left, and I don't move to the left to compensate for this. This error leads to me Condemning Poppy away from myself, instead of into the wall. I could have chosen to chase her, but she still had up, so I assumed she would jump over Dragon wall. Long story short: I fail with a , I don't chase, and I lose a possible kill. If I get any more negative feedback based upon this video, I'll just simply take it out :)

In this video, and I are split pushing. However, once our allies die mid, the enemy team comes after us. I turn around to , but Leona takes this to mean "Let's fight!", and runs in. The most important part of being an AD Ranged carry is knowing when to fight, or to back off. I see that Leona is pretty much screwed now, and so continue running away.

Final Hour (R): Vayne's Steroid of Awesome. Gives attack damage, triple movement speed from and invisibility when you . Those familiar with may draw a comparison between the two ults.

Tips and Tricks

Use this to chase. Use this to escape. Use this whenever it is up. Due to cooldown reduction masteries and runes, Final Hour has a quick cooldown, and it is acceptable to use it when obtaining buffs, or going for an early Dragon.
Pop this when taking down towers. You'd be amazed at your damage.
When fleeing, make sure to activate Final Hour before Tumble'ing for the invisibility.

Skilling Order

ABILITY SEQUENCE
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

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The above sequence is if you are aiming for full damage from the  +  proc. This sequence benefits greatly from a lot of attack speed. The above sequence comes from the mentality that a fully upgraded  is not entirely useful until late game when enemies have a lot of health to shred. Seeing as you've fully maxed out  by level 9, meaning by then most champions will have one finished full item, and enough health for  to be effective, especially with Critical Strike Chance.

______When I skill, I skill based upon realistic gameplay for myself. I am not going to randomly charge to bottom lane, facecheck bottom brush, pin  to the wall, and then hit him for another 300 damage with auto attacks (this is my reasoning for not getting  first). Realistically I will not get a kill in lane until level 3. Pre-level 3 kills means stupid opponents, a good level 2 jungle gank (, , ), or a suicidal laning partner, who gives the enemy team a kill and an assist, when we only get one kill.

______In a normal game, I skill  first, after nothing goes wrong for our jungler (otherwise I grab  to launch invaders away), then  or , depending on whether my lane is uber aggressive.

The Math

Pretend Statistics, level 3, no items, runes or masteries and for the sake of the argument, no armour, all actions take place at the exact same time, Vayne vs Vayne:

spaaaaaaceAs you can see, the difference between sequencing QEW and EQE is of 5 damage if the doesn't stun. If it DOES stun, the damage difference is far higher.

WHY NO CONDEMN MAXING!?

ABILITY SEQUENCE
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Q: JhoiJhoi, you make me sad, why no max  first?
______// I have suggested  >  for NEWER VAYNE PLAYERS. If you feel up to it, level up first. I know I would rather play a champion safely at first, then when I get the hang of them, I'll be aggressive. As such, chillax with  or go all TRY HARD RAGE ANGRY GORAN with . It is up to you, do not downvote just because of skill order =.=

______Additionally, it is unreliable to max an ability based upon an extra component of it. While yes, there are walls to stun someone with , it is a ridiculously retarded ability sometimes. If you're at the tiniest wrong angle, and , the enemy can just SLIDE against the wall, not being stunned, not taking that extra damage. Elsewise, you're using  to keep enemies off your back, or away from allies, which means not positioning yourself in the best way to stun, but reacting quickly to make sure your ally/yourself doesn't die.

______Teamfights generally occur in large open areas, where  is more likely to be a bad spell to use, especially if you're surrounded by brush, like around Dragon.  an enemy champion into brush, and your whole team will rage.

______You can't anticipate how often someone's going to harass you. Vayne isn't exceptionally hard to zone with her relatively weak health pool. Therefore, you might need to push them off yourself or your partner (assuming you're laning with one) pretty often. Lower cooldown on Condemn is nice, but you should never have to use it multiple times in quick succession in the laning phase - it isn't a spell I use every 20ish seconds of lane play, whereas Tumble is. Using Condemn as a damage spell is a waste of mana, and I conserve the move for emergencies or ganks. Which is also the reason why I don't max it out. Not using it often means it is always on cooldown. If I was maxing it out first, lowering its cooldown, then I would probably spam it more. As it is,  >  /  has been working fine. Vayne isn't supposed to be an AD Caster like Urgot or Ezreal. She's a primarily auto-attack ranged hero, with a disable and three damage boosts. If the whole enemy team is chasing you, condemning the right one (the one who is often closest), will allow you to escape fine.

______tl;dr - if you are a professional at playing LoL, if you have played enough games that you know the ins and outs of all champions, if your elo is above 1200, if you think you're good enough to land those GOOD condemns, go ahead, max . Just understand, that every  you fudge up, that's an upgraded  you wouldn't have missed/got wrong.

C-c-c-c-combo Breaker-r-r-r

Sometimes it is better to simply auto-attack instead of 'ing, but as I activate here to finish Dragon faster, I may as well use all the abilities available to me to annihilate that beast.

In the below video, a lot of things happen.

1) I try to 1v1 a fed Caitlyn. It doesn't go well. However, I use a  to boost my health, and this allows me to survive her ultimate, .
2) I go back for round two, with my Ult and other spells up.
3) I activate ,  to position myself BEHIND Caitlyn, and then  her against the wall.
4)  dies.

In my guide someone asked, "Why prioritize over ?"

______My answer? You never know when that ~250 health could save your life.

Possibly Probable Finished Builds

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My Main Vayne Build

Trinity Force Vayne

Attack Speed Vayne

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How does Armour Work?

Armor Penetration and Armor Reduction are the statistics of a Champion which allows them to counter some or all of a target's armor. All champions have 0 base armor penetration but can increase it with items, runes, or abilities for a few champions.

______Armor penetration and armor reduction are applied in the following order:

______1. Percentage Armor Reduction ('s )
______2. Flat Armor Reduction ()
______3. Flat Armor Penetration ()
______4. Percentage Armor Penetration ()

______Read more on How Armour Reduction Works Here. Credit to Complexicate and LoL Wikipedia.

______For the vs debate, click here.

______What does this mean for ?

Sunder - 6 Armor (pierce)
The Black Cleaver - 45 Armor (reduction)
Greater Mark of Desolation - 15 (penetration)
Silver Bolts - Ignores Armour and Magic Resist, True Damage

will first remove 45 of the enemy's armor. Then runes will then penetrate 15 armor, and will penetrate another 6. That removes a total of 66 armor, AND with leaves the enemy in a world of hurt.

Broken Down Choices

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Dubious Decisions in Detail

My Main Vayne Build

______The mentality behind this build revolves around three things: Vayne is a damage beast without damage items. We need Attack Speed to proc as much as possible. Critical Strike Builds are proven to be High Damage

25 Attack Speed. These boots are undoubtedly the best boots for AD carries in the entire game. They give the early game bonus of more attack speed, decent movement speed and are just legendary. The only reason you'd ever forfeit the use of these boots is if you're losing badly due to being perma-stunned by the enemy team consisting of , , , and .

30 Attack Speed, 55 Attack Damage, Potential 45 Armour Reduction. There is a huge debate about whether is better than , and yes. Last Whisper wins. However, with , an AD Ranged Carry that relies solely on auto-attacks to proc , this item just wins the cake.

60-100 Attack Damage, 15-25% Life Steal. There are many people who say Effective Health is better than Health Regenerated. That one should not be in a situation where one needs to auto-attack to come back from the brink of death. I say POPPYCOCK. AD carries need lifesteal, and is undeniably the best life steal item in the game suited for a straight AD carry.

55 Attack Speed, 30 Critical Strike Chance, 15 Movement Speed. As my Vayne build is centred mostly on proc'ing that sweet damage, we need all the attack speed we can get. Not to mention the Movement Speed boots from an early is heavenly. Also, if we're going for , why not increase our critical strike damage with ? :D

80 Attack damage, 25 Critical Strike Chance, 250% Damage Critical Strikes. Man oh man, dat damage. As we chose as our other item that gives attack speed, we should definitely be getting to complete the circle. More damage for crits, more attack speed to crit, more chances to crit, criting a 3rd hit ... yeeaouch.

375 Health, 375 Mana, 50 Magic Resist, Negative Spell Block Every 45 Seconds. Survivability. Everyone needs it. Even with a , one can be three shotted down by the enemy who patiently farmed his Q mid lane. The health is great against enemy AD champions, and the mana is very welcoming, as 's mana pool is quite small.

Trinity Force Vayne

30 Attack Speed, 30 Attack Damage, 30 Ability Power, 15 Critical Strike Chance, 250 Health, 250 Mana, 12 Movement Speed. UNIQUE Passive: 25% chance on hit to slow the target by 35% for 2.5 seconds; on cast, increases your base Attack Damage by 150% for one attack. Yes, the Jack of All Trades, Master of None item. Behold, the mighty Trinity Force.

Now, the mentality behind buying  is that if you , it will proc the 150% increase of your base damage with that shot. So, this is the sequence of events that should occur when one wants to maximize their damage as Vayne.

> Auto Attack Infused with  proc >  > Auto Attack Infused with  proc >  > Auto Attack Infused with  3rd Hit AND  proc.

With this combo, you deal HUMONGOUS damage. It is almost unthinkable how much damage you do. However, the problem I have with  is this: on cast, increases your base Attack Damage by 150% for one attack. That's not 150% of ALL damage, only 150% of your BASE damage. So if you outright buy Trinity Force as your first major item (lets say you bought it around level 11, because it is extremely expensive), as Vayne you'd have a natural base of around 100.

Math Time! 150% of 100 is 150.

So, assuming you used  as your  proc'er, then you deal the damage from  + 150 extra damage from the TF proc. *shrugs* Yes, it's an extra 150 damage at level 11, and that damage raises higher each level by about 3 (natural growth of base damage), but... when you think about it... Is it really worth it?

Tank Vayne

The thing about AD Ranged carries is that they are squishy, always targeted by 's ultimate, and generally killed on sight by the enemy team. is literally the only Ranged AD carry that can get away with a tanky DPS build. If you tried this build on , or , you'd fail because these champions rely on Attack Damage Items to be of utmost usefulness. The only two other Ranged AD carries that could get away with this build are and , and even then those champions shouldn't be building tanky. The in this build can be upgraded to a , which will give you more health to return more damage with , or you can upgrade to a , which will give you more chances to Critical Strike.

In the above video, ulted and immediately came after me, while and the rest of my team were occupied. While there was truly nothing I could have done in that situation, if I had been tanky Vayne, I may have been able to survive longer.

25 Magic Resist, 35 Tenacity. The best boots in the game, hands down. Tenacity can only be found in FOUR items in Summoner's Rift, and the fact they give Magic Resist AND are boots? These boots were made for AD/AP carries, but are most commonly bought on tanks (who shouldn't be targeted with CC anyway).

20 Attack Damage, 700 Health. Slows Enemies by 30%. We want to be tanky, we want to deal damage, we want to slow down fleeing enemies and catch up with .  makes the biggest amount of sense as our first defensive AND offensive item.

40 Attack Speed, 30 Magic Resist, 42 Bonus Magic Damage, Potential Additional 20 Magic Resist upon auto-attacks. This item is absolutely fantastic. I would even go as far to say that  is better than  (but don't flame me for that, for god's sake). This item is all about buffing your magic resist, proc'ing those  and dealing additional dabs of damage.

45 Armor, 18 Critical Strike Chance. Auto-attacks Deal Additional 2% of Your Max Health as Damage. Ah-ha. This is the item that suddenly makes  a damage-dealing, haemorrhage-inducing, AD carry tank.  and  + Vayne's natural health at level 18, we end up doing a ton of damage due to that 2%. Aaaand, due to , our Critical Strike Chance is nearly 50%, meaning every second hit is a guaranteed crit :D

Other Mentionable Items

's ult in a can.

Health shredding item.

Aura Life Steal + Attack Speed.

's passive as an item.

as an item.

Be gone, pesky tanks!

Help! I'm being dominated!

If you're being completely owned, I'd suggest these early game items:

______The above items should give you a lot of sustainability and movement speed for the laning phrase. You start with phenomenal health regeneration, and once you grab that Philo Stone, a lot of mana regen too. The HoG will give you a nice chunk of health, and the Zeal will boost your movement and attack speed. Upgrade the boots to the boots you need that game (Merc's if you need the Tenacity, Zerk's if you want to deal more damage), and then upgrade to . You would sell Philo Stone when necessary, upgrade the HoG to Randiun's Omen, grab a , , and .

______The beauty of course, about the above items, is that you have two gold per 10 items which should make up for the lack of farm you are being denied ^^ I only suggest the above items if your lane is harassing you really hard and you're not getting those crucial last hits.

Generic Gameplay

Early Game

I've said a few times in my guide that doesn't need items to be effective. Well, I may have kinda fudged the truth a bit. She doesn't need DAMAGE items, but she does need Attack Speed items to proc those .

As such, we want to spend the first 20 minutes of the game farming bottom lane with a support (hopefully ), or a tank ( synergises well with Vayne). If necessary buy extra s if you are getting a bit hurt in lane, otherwise, aim for an early ,  and  along with those beautiful .

Q: What if I can't list hit? I'm trying really hard, but my laning partner steals all the creep kills, and the enemy lane harasses me too hard... How should I build?
______// If you're really worried, buy , or  straight up instead of buying components of individual items. Basically the item sequence is set out that way so you achieve Attack Speed, Damage and Life Steal early game. If you are failing to have one complete item by the 30 minute mark, then you should try focusing on one item. Either a damage item, like  (buy  first, as you most likely won't be able to afford a  if you can't last hit), an attack speed AND damage item, like  (buy the  if you can, if not,  is fine) or buy pure attack speed, like  (buy  first).

______DAMAGE:  OR
______ATTACK SPEED:
______DAMAGE & ATTACK SPEED:

______If you are failing entirely, like, the enemy is completely dominating your lane, build the tank build, or buy 3 Doran's Blades, or buy a  after your first .

______I would suggest you practice last hitting with  in custom games. If you're level 30, try the full offense tree build 21/0/9 (with  for extra damage to minions) and AD Quints for the extra 7 damage. With 4 damage + 7 + 10 from Doran's Blade, you should start somewhere around 70 damage, which should make last hitting really easy if you can time it right. If you find you really can't last hit, you may have a lot of in-game lag, turn your graphics settings right down, make sure your resolution is correct, upgrade your internet, turn off utorrent through ctrl+shit+escape.

______To play an AD carry, you really need to be able to last hit.  can do perfectly well without items, as  is an incredible move for an AD carry, and  melt enemy health no matter her items. But you do need some items to counter the enemy team late game - that means learning how to last hit :)

Mid-Game

______By mid game you should gotten a few kills bot lane. Don't worry if you haven't, Vayne shines late game too. Vayne really has no weak game times, for example, Ashe is weak early game, then strong late game. Vayne is just awesome all game. By the 30 minute mark you should have that , , possibly an if you've been doing well.

______Vayne is a great initiator if an enemy champion lets themselves become out of position. In this video, steps a bit too close, and I nail her with a . A teamfight ensures, and jumps in with her ultimate. I wait for her to use it, and then her, so that her ult is wasted.

Below is another teamfight. I am cautious to approach because I can't see the enemies, and don't know who could be hiding in the brush near Blue Buff. However, once I approach the fight, I am immediately ed by an enemy, and my damage boots from my ult is unfortunately shut down. As soon as ults, I her. By the end of that game, Kat must have hated me :P

Well, that's all I've got ;) Everything else is up to you. The best way to learn a champion is by playing games, or watching someone play. Go watch some streams of Vayne, rewatch the videos I've created for the guide, practice in AI games, by yourself, or with a friend opposing you in middle lane. Learn the amount of damage she can take, and the amount of damage she can dish out.

Main Things To Note

1) Build Survivability if you need it! Early to go into your if is smiting you resolutely every few seconds. to go into if is zoning you.

2) Learn to use your abilities to full effectiveness. Learn who to target in a team fight (enemy carry, whether it be AP or AD). REMEMBER TO USE EXHAUST. You have for a reason!

3) It is not worth it to harass your enemy if they can hurt you more if/when you retreat.

4) It's often best to wait until your allies have engaged the enemy and attack while their focus is elsewhere.

5) In a team fight, take out their carry, not the tank. Please don't focus the tank unless he is definitely going to die. You should be killing the champions that are dangerous to your team, like Twitch, Katarina,Nocturne.

Good luck with !

By: jhoijhoi

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martes, 27 de septiembre de 2011