Vayne's standard build mainly aims to give her a first real timing, then enough margin to survive short-range fights. The first items should help her win long duels without leaving her with no defensive answer.
Three builds, one right answer per draft. The advisor reads the five enemies (and your allies) and names who triggers what — the same rule as the Draft MVP sheet and Ask Nexus.
Best Vayne build (Dragon Lane): Kraken Slayer › Blade of the Ruined King › Runaan's Hurricane › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,300 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,000 total cost -300gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,400 total cost +100g
Scores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Draven
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Ziggs
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Miss Fortune
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Varus
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Best Vayne build (Baron Lane): Blade of the Ruined King › Kraken Slayer › Terminus › Runaan's Hurricane › Wit's End, boots Berserker's Greaves, keystone Lethal Tempo. Three variants and when to pick each are below.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,000 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,000 total costSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,400 total cost +400gScores out of 10: where this champion sits against the whole roster, phase by phase. The strip shows its own power ramp level by level — it does not compare across champions.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Yasuo
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Akali
Mercurial Scimitar
Magic damage
Teemo
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Yone
Guardian Angel
Physical damage
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Foundational item core, without recent situational additions — kept as a base for understanding the kit. For the up-to-date build, see the section above.
Vayne wins through repeated autos. The build accelerates attack cycles and ensures survival long enough to apply true damage.
Long Sword
True damage + the W Silver Bolts True Damage in combo
Double on-hit, W Silver Bolts procs in 2 AAs instead of 3
%HP on-hit, Vayne DPS tanks with W + BotRK
Gluttonous Greaves
Stasis
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his 3 autos to trigger Silver Bolts passive sont maximized by the speed of Lethal Tempo.
Strengthens trades in early before Silver Bolts is operational.
Stacked with silver bolts' max-HP damage, the healthy-target bonus makes you the ultimate tank shredder.
Attack speed to trigger Silver Bolts in 3 autos more quickly.
Reduces incoming damage during his Tumble E offensifs at short range.
Stasis
Quicksilver
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
The ultimate transforms Vayne: Tumble is no longer only an auto reset or dodge, it also becomes a short disappearance tool. This is the first window where an enemy engaging mechanically can lose target tracking.
This is the real unlock for her dueling pattern. The speed steal, single-target DPS, and synergy with Silver Bolts finally let her punish a target that stays in range instead of merely surviving lane.
