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Vayne Top build & stats

MarksmanAssassin D 160 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
43.8%
Pick rate
2.1%
Ban rate
8.8%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate
3,000 gold
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade
3,000 gold
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
3,200 gold
9,200 gold
50.0% WR 12 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
40.0% 10 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
47.2% WR
89 games · 56% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

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

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash
50.0% 30 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Vayne

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Vayne wins 43.8% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (160 games).
  • Most common core: Guinsoo's Rageblade → Blade of The Ruined King → Terminus — 40% win rate over 15 games.
  • Take Lethal Tempo as keystone: picked in 78% of games with a 48% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Malphite (64% over 11 games). Hardest: Teemo (30% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Vayne scales: 50% win rate after 35 minutes versus 39% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
Terminus
Terminus
40.0% WR
15 games · 9% pick
Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
50.0% WR
12 games · 8% pick
Wit's End
Wit's End
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
57.1% WR
7 games · 4% pick

Boots

Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves
42.3% WR
130 games · 81% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
40.0% WR
10 games · 6% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
50.0% WR
6 games · 4% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
58.8% 11% (17)
57.1% 9% (14)
57.1% 9% (14)
53.3% 9% (15)
52.8% 23% (36)
50.6% 53% (85)
50.0% 5% (8)
48.5% 21% (33)
46.7% 38% (60)
46.7% 9% (15)
46.2% 57% (91)
45.5% 14% (22)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
47.2% WR
89 games · 56% pick
Lethal Tempo
Lethal Tempo

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

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Resolve Resolve
43.8% WR
16 games · 10% pick
Press the Attack Triumph Legend: Alacrity Coup de Grace Conditioning Overgrowth
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
12.5% WR
8 games · 5% pick
Fleet Footwork Absorb Life Legend: Alacrity Cut Down Celerity Nimbus Cloak

Keystones

  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 47.6%78% pick
  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 38.5%16% pick
  • Fleet Footwork Fleet Footwork Attacking and moving builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack heals you and grants increased MS. 12.5%5% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 45.8%67% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.0%19% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 18.2%7% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PNight Hunter

    Vayne ruthlessly hunts evil-doers, gaining Move Speed when moving toward nearby enemy champions.

  • QTumble

    Vayne tumbles, maneuvering to carefully place her next shot. Her next attack deals bonus damage.

  • WSilver 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 max health as bonus true damage.

  • ECondemn

    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.

  • RFinal Hour

    Readying herself for an epic confrontation, Vayne gains increased Attack Damage, Invisibility during Tumble, reduced Tumble cooldown, and more bonus Move Speed from Night Hunter