Vayne, Marksman / Assassin
Vayne, the Night Hunter, is a Marksman and Assassin champion in League of Legends. Everything below comes from Riot's Data Dragon for patch 16.21.1: ability text, base stats and Riot's tips. Counters and matchups by class are worked out from that text, and each one shows its reason.
Playing as Vayne
Riot's own tips
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Playing against Vayne
Riot's own tips
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
What the kit does
Analysis read from Riot's ability text. Each line shows the words it rests on.
EHard crowd controlCondemn: "damage and stunning them"
- EKnock-up, knock-back or pull
Condemn: "knocking them back"
QDash, leap or blinkTumble: "Vayne tumbles"
RInvisibilityFinal Hour: "Invisibility during Tumble"
WDamage based on the target healthSilver Bolts: "of the target's max health as bonus"
- WTrue damage
Silver Bolts: "as bonus true damage"
Vayne in recent patches
Every official patch that changed Vayne, newest first. Numbers from Riot's official notes (before and after).
- Patch 26.20buff
- Base Stats: Health per 5: 4 + .5/Level → 5.5 +.4/Level
- Q Tumble: Mana Cost: 46 / 42 / 38 / 34 / 30 → 30
Vayne's abilities
Riot's own text and preview clip for each ability, from Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Pick an ability and its clip plays here, muted.
PPassive
Night Hunter
Vayne ruthlessly hunts evil-doers, gaining Move Speed when moving toward nearby enemy champions.
Tumble
Vayne tumbles, maneuvering to carefully place her next shot. Her next attack deals bonus damage.
Effects in the text
WW
Silver 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.
Effects in the text
EE
Condemn
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.
Effects in the text
RR
Final 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
Effects in the text
Items and runes that fit Vayne
Riot publishes no builds and this page invents none. Below: completed items ranked by how many of the stats Vayne's kit uses they give (attack damage (AD) first), the runes whose official text matches the kit, and picks for each enemy type. A fit, not a strength ranking. No win rates.
Closest stat fit
Editorial estimateCompleted items ranked by how many of the stats Vayne's kit uses they give. A fit, not a verdict: Riot publishes no builds and no win rates.
Stormrazor3,200- +50 Attack DamageVayne scales with it
- +25% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
- +25% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
The Collector3,000- +50 Attack DamageVayne scales with it
- +10 Lethalityits damage is physical
- +25% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
Yun Tal Wildarrows3,000- +50 Attack DamageVayne scales with it
- +45% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
- +0% Critical Strike Chanceits kit leans on basic attacks
Axiom Arc2,750- +55 Attack DamageVayne scales with it
- +18 Lethalityits damage is physical
Bastionbreaker3,000- +55 Attack DamageVayne scales with it
- +18 Lethalityits damage is physical
Blade of The Ruined King3,200- +40 Attack DamageVayne scales with it
- +25% Attack Speedits kit leans on basic attacks
More items with the same stat 38
Edge of Night3,000 gold
Experimental Hexplate3,000 gold
Guinsoo's Rageblade3,000 gold
Hubris2,800 gold
Kraken Slayer3,000 gold
Profane Hydra2,850 gold
Serpent's Fang2,500 gold
Statikk Shiv3,000 gold
Stridebreaker3,300 gold
Terminus3,000 gold
Trinity Force3,333 gold
Umbral Glaive2,800 gold
Voltaic Cyclosword3,000 gold
Youmuu's Ghostblade2,800 gold
Essence Reaver3,050 gold
Hexoptics C442,800 gold
Immortal Shieldbow3,000 gold
Infinity Edge3,500 gold
Lord Dominik's Regards3,300 gold
Mortal Reminder3,000 gold
Black Cleaver3,000 gold
Bloodthirster3,400 gold
Chempunk Chainsword3,000 gold
Death's Dance3,300 gold
Eclipse2,900 gold
Endless Hunger3,100 gold
Guardian Angel3,200 gold
Hextech Gunblade3,000 gold
Hullbreaker3,000 gold
Manamune2,900 gold
Maw of Malmortius3,100 gold
Mercurial Scimitar3,200 gold
Overlord's Bloodmail3,300 gold
Ravenous Hydra3,300 gold
Serylda's Grudge3,000 gold
Spear of Shojin3,100 gold
Sundered Sky3,100 gold
Titanic Hydra3,300 goldBoots
Rune fits
Editorial estimateRunes whose official text matches the most things Vayne's kit does. Each line shows the words it rests on.
AftershockResolve, Keystone · Matches: 1- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Condemn: "damage and stunning them"
Arcane CometSorcery, Keystone · Matches: 1- It deals damage with abilities: Silver Bolts: "tips her bolts with a"
Deathfire TouchSorcery, Keystone · Matches: 1- It deals damage with abilities: Silver Bolts: "tips her bolts with a"
Manaflow BandSorcery · Matches: 3- Its kit leans on basic attacks: Marksman role
- It deals damage with abilities: Silver Bolts: "tips her bolts with a"
- It uses mana: Mana
Sudden ImpactDomination · Matches: 3- Its kit leans on basic attacks: Marksman role
- It deals damage with abilities: Silver Bolts: "tips her bolts with a"
- It has a dash, leap or blink: Tumble: "Vayne tumbles"
Approach VelocityInspiration · Matches: 1- It can immobilize, slow or impair enemies: Condemn: "damage and stunning them"
Against each enemy type
Editorial estimateSituational picks, counted from what the champions of each class do in Riot's Data Dragon. Swap a slot when the enemy team has several of that class.
Tanks
Anti-heal 25 of 46 heal or sustain
Cleanse or tenacity 20 of 46 have two or more hard CC abilities
To cut through them Tanks stack armor and magic resist; these items give armor penetration.
Fighters
Anti-heal 40 of 60 heal or sustain
Armor 38 of 60 deal physical damage only
Assassins
Anti-heal 24 of 45 heal or sustain
Armor 22 of 45 deal physical damage only
Mages
Magic resist 53 of 75 deal magic damage only
Anti-heal 30 of 75 heal or sustain
Marksmen
Armor 13 of 32 deal physical damage only
Supports
Magic resist 36 of 43 deal magic damage only
Anti-heal 19 of 43 heal or sustain
Counted from the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. These are counts of champions, not win rates.
Rune trees
Lit runes: their official text matches something Vayne's kit does (Analysis). Select a rune to read why.
Precision4 lit
Domination3 lit
Sorcery7 lit
Resolve4 lit
Inspiration4 lit
Matchups by class
Vayne against each class of champion, counted from the official ability text. Choose a class or a lane to narrow it down.
Against all 172 champions: 54 ahead, 62 even, 56 behind. Each class is read against that, so check the best and toughest tags too.
Against Tanks
WeakToughest class
5 ahead · 9 even · 32 behind of 46
- They cut your attack speed, which weakens auto-attack builds.
- Your damage is physical only, so they can stack armor against you.
What to do: A risky pick into tanks. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.
Against Fighters
Even18 ahead · 20 even · 22 behind of 60
- True or percent-health damage cuts through their armor and magic resist.
- Their healing or shields outlast your poke.
What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over fighters. Execution and the team around you decide it.
Against Assassins
StrongBest class
24 ahead · 17 even · 4 behind of 45
- Your hard crowd control stops their dashes.
- You out-range them and they have no healing to recover.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several assassins. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Mages
Even26 ahead · 31 even · 18 behind of 75
- You can lock down squishy targets that have few escapes.
- They cut your attack speed, which weakens auto-attack builds.
What to do: Neither side has a clear edge over mages. Execution and the team around you decide it.
Against Marksmen
Strong17 ahead · 11 even · 4 behind of 32
- You have early pressure while they need time to scale.
- You can dive onto their squishy back line.
What to do: A good pick when the enemy has several marksmen. Play for the fights where your edge shows.
Against Supports
Weak6 ahead · 18 even · 19 behind of 43
- Their silence shuts down your dash-based kit.
- Your damage is physical only, so they can stack armor against you.
What to do: A risky pick into supports. Wait for the enemy draft before you lock it, or pick it with a team that covers the gap.
Source: Nexus Lab rules over the official ability text, League of Legends patch 16.21.1. Each champion of the class is compared with Vayne one by one; the counts come from those rules, not from match results, so they are not win rates. Strong, even and weak compare the number of champions ahead and behind. Lanes are the lanes each class usually plays (Riot ships no lane data per champion), not play rates.
Building against Vayne
Analysis: answers to what Vayne's own kit does.
Vayne deals physical damage only, so armor pays off. Marksman role
Picks that can punish Vayne
Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text.
Maokai
Counters youMaokai has hard CC (Bramble Smash: "Maokai knocks back nearby") that can stop Vayne's dashes (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles").
2 more reasons
Vayne deals only physical damage (Marksman role), so Maokai can stack armor (Tank role) against it.
Maokai can avoid damage for a moment (Twisted Advance: "becoming untargetable and dashing"), and Vayne relies on burst (Assassin role).
Watch out: Vayne deals true damage (Silver Bolts: "as bonus true damage"), which ignores the resistances that Maokai relies on (Tank role).
Taric
Counters youVayne deals only physical damage (Marksman role), so Taric can stack armor (Bastion: "Passively increase the Armor of Taric") against it.
2 more reasons
Taric has hard CC (Dazzle: "damage and stuns enemies") that can stop Vayne's dashes (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles").
Taric can avoid damage for a moment (Cosmic Radiance: "making them invulnerable for a"), and Vayne relies on burst (Assassin role).
Watch out: Vayne deals true damage (Silver Bolts: "as bonus true damage"), which ignores the resistances that Taric relies on (Support role).
Lissandra
Counters youLissandra has hard CC (Ring of Frost: "damage and rooting them") that can stop Vayne's dashes (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles").
2 more reasons
Lissandra can avoid damage for a moment (Frozen Tomb: "while becoming untargetable and invulnerable"), and Vayne relies on burst (Assassin role).
Lissandra clears waves more easily (Iceborn Subjugation: "Thralls slow nearby enemies and then") and can push the lane against Vayne.
Watch out: Vayne has burst or execute damage (Assassin role) that can kill before Lissandra's healing (Frozen Tomb: "healing herself while") matters.
Thresh
Counters youThresh has hard CC (Death Sentence: "Thresh binds an enemy") that can stop Vayne's dashes (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles").
2 more reasons
Vayne deals only physical damage (Marksman role), so Thresh can stack armor (Damnation: "permanently granting him Armor and Ability") against it.
Thresh can outlast poke with healing or shields (Dark Passage: "lantern that shields nearby allied") against Vayne's ranged skillshots (Silver Bolts: "tips her bolts with a").
Watch out: Vayne deals true damage (Silver Bolts: "as bonus true damage"), which ignores the resistances that Thresh relies on (Support role).
Xayah
Counters youXayah has hard CC (Bladecaller: "damage and rooting enemies") that can stop Vayne's dashes (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles").
2 more reasons
Xayah can avoid damage for a moment (Featherstorm: "air becoming untargetable and throwing"), and Vayne relies on burst (Assassin role).
Vayne needs time to scale (Marksman role) and Xayah has early pressure (Bladecaller: "damage and rooting enemies") to punish that.
Watch out: Xayah needs time to scale (Marksman role) and Vayne has early pressure (Condemn: "damage and stunning them") to punish that.
Xin Zhao
Counters youXin Zhao has hard CC (Three Talon Strike: "third attack knocking an opponent") that can stop Vayne's dashes (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles").
2 more reasons
Xin Zhao can avoid damage for a moment (Crescent Guard: "becoming impervious to damage"), and Vayne relies on burst (Assassin role).
Xin Zhao can outlast poke with healing or shields (Determination: "damage and heals Xin Zhao") against Vayne's ranged skillshots (Silver Bolts: "tips her bolts with a").
Watch out: Vayne deals true damage (Silver Bolts: "as bonus true damage"), which ignores the resistances that Xin Zhao relies on (Fighter role).
Who Vayne is good against
The same rules, read the other way.
Quinn
You pressureVayne can dive in (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles") on Quinn, a squishy ranged champion with no hard CC to stop it (Marksman role).
Locke
You pressureVayne has hard CC (Condemn: "damage and stunning them") that can stop Locke's dashes (Ashen Pursuit: "location before dashing to attack").
Graves
You pressureVayne can dive in (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles") on Graves, a squishy ranged champion with no hard CC to stop it (Marksman role).
Karthus
You pressureVayne can dive in (Tumble: "Vayne tumbles") on Karthus, a squishy ranged champion with no hard CC to stop it (Mage role).
Kassadin
You pressureVayne has hard CC (Condemn: "damage and stunning them") that can stop Kassadin's dashes (Riftwalk: "Kassadin teleports to a").
Counter picks are Analysis: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on. They are not win rates, and no League of Legends matchup list has been reviewed by hand yet.
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Measured numbers
Numbers published or counted by a named source. Each row names the source and the patch.
| Stat | Level 1 | Per level | Level 18 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 580 | +98 | 2246 |
| Mana | 232 | +35 | 827 |
| Armor | 23 | +4.6 | 101.2 |
| Magic resist | 33 | +1.1 | 51.7 |
| Attack damage | 60 | - | 60 |
| Attack speed | 0.658 | +2.8% | 0.971 |
| Attack range | 550 | - | 550 |
| Move speed | 330 | - | 330 |
| Health regen per 5 seconds | 5.5 | +0.4 | 12.3 |
| Mana regen per 5 seconds | 7 | +0.4 | 13.8 |
Riot data Riot's Data Dragon, patch 16.21.1. Level 18 is calculated from Riot's growth formula on the same numbers.
Editorial estimates
Our reading of the data. These are not measured rates and they change when the rules or the data change.
- Counter picks
- 6 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
- Good against
- 5 Editorial estimateNexus Lab rules over Riot's ability text, patch 16.21.1
- Typical lanes
- Jungle, Mid, Bot Editorial estimateLanes of the class; Riot ships no lane data per champion
- Best class (relative)
- Assassins Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
- Toughest class (relative)
- Tanks Editorial estimateWins minus losses over the class, compared with the other classes; counts of champions, patch 16.21.1
What no source gives us
- Win rate, pick rate and ban rate. Riot publishes none we may print (the Riot API cards are switched off) and no third-party statistics site is read, so none is shown.
- Popular builds. Riot publishes no builds: the items and runes in Build & Runes are a fit to the kit, not a popularity ranking.
Sources
- Riot Games Data DragonOpen
Names, ratings, base stats, ability text, cooldowns, costs, range, items, runes and art.
Patch 16.21.1, file generated 2026-10-26 - Riot ability preview clips
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Each clip checked with a request before it is offered - League of Legends WikiOpen
Release dates and skin prices in RP (CC BY-SA).
Committed data, see the skins page - Nexus Lab rules
Counters, matchups by class, item and rune fit: rules over Riot's ability text, each with the words it rests on.
Patch 16.21.1 - Riot UniverseOpen
The official story of Vayne (a link, nothing copied).
