CHAMPIONSVayne
Vayne
CHAMPION · ADC

Vayne

Verified across 3 sourcesLast updated · 2026-05-26
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01

Overview

last updated 2026-05-26
Editor's pick · most-quoted
She does really well into tanky teams as well, you know, if you have like an enemy Nautilus that is engaging your team, as a Zeri, you can just attack the Nautilus with your ultimate and it's going to shoot the lightning to his team and you're going to be able to do massive total damage to Lucian is good, nothing special, just good. Vayne is good, also nothing special. And then the A tier, which is A for average.
hellsdevil · patch 7.1 · (23:09)
Open questions (4)
  1. 01~~Build path~~ — answered for 7.1e in [[#Build (WR Meta, 7.1e)]] (2026-05-26)
  2. 02~~Rune setup~~ — answered alongside builds above (2026-05-26)
  3. 03Power-spike timings
  4. 04Specific matchups
02

Tier history

5 entries · 3 sources · 3 patches
PatchSourceRoleTierΔDateNotes
7.1ehellsdeviladcS=2026-05-19
7.1eroyaladcA=2026-05-17
7.1ditzstu4rtadcS·2026-05-08
7.1droyaladcA·2026-05-08
7.1hellsdeviladcS·2026-05-08
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Builds

1 source
WR Metaaggregator statspatch 7.1e
WR50.45%PR10.08%BR12.56%
Items (in order)
Kraken Slayer
Kraken SlayerDeal bonus physical damage
  • +40 Attack Damage
  • +30% Attack Speed

Cloud Stride: +5% Move Speed.

Bring it Down: Every third attack deals 120-160 () bonus physical damage (110-150 () for ranged champions), increased by 1% per 1% Health the target is missing, up to an increase of 70%.

2800 gold
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous GreavesAttack Damage, Omnivamp
  • +10 Attack Damage
  • +45 Move Speed.

Conversion: +7% Omnivamp.

900 gold
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's RagebladeApplies on-hit effects
  • +30% Attack Speed

Surge: Gain 5% Move Speed.

Chaos: Gain 25 Attack Damage or 50 Ability Power (Adaptive).

Wrath: Attacks deal 30 magic damage but no longer Critical Strike. Fore every 1% Critical Strike Rate gained from items, your magic damage increases by 1.5, up to a max increase of 75 (reached at 50% Critical Rate).

Seething Strike: Attacks grant 8% Attack Speed, staking up to 4 times for a maximum of 32% Attack Speed). While fully stacked, every 3 attacks applies on-hit effects an additional 1 times.

3100 gold
Blade of the Ruined King
Blade of the Ruined KingAttacks deal bonus damage
  • +25 Attack Damage
  • +35% Attack Speed

Thirst: +10% Omni Vamp.

Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 8.5% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 10%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.

Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown)

3000 gold
Terminus
TerminusIncreases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist
  • +40 Attack Damage
  • +30% Attack Speed

Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.

Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Pen and 11% Magic Pen for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. While you have this item, bonus Armor Pen and Magic Pen granted by it is capped at 40%.

3300 gold
Amaranth's Twinguard
Amaranth's TwinguardIn-combat durability
  • +60 Armor
  • +60 Magic Resistance

Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion.

3100 gold
Runes
Lethal Tempo
KeystoneLethal Tempo
Lethal TempoKeystone

Gain stackable Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed your Attack Speed cap. Each stack increases Attack Speed by 8 – 16% (melee) or 3 – 10% (ranged) for 6 seconds. At max stacks, gain 50 (melee) or 75 (ranged) Attack Distance.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Brutal
BrutalMinor · Precision

Attacks deal 6 (+ 8% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus adaptive damage to enemy champions.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Coup de Grace
Coup de GraceMinor · Precision

When an enemy has less than 40% health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Legend: Alacrity
Legend: AlacrityMinor · Precision

Gain 3% bonus attack speed when engaging in taking down monsters, enemy champions and minions, up to 20% at maximum stacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Bone Plating
Bone PlatingMinor · Resolve

Blocks damage from the next triggering champion attack and 2 more attacks.

Source: wildriftfire.com/rune-list (maintained by iTzSTU4RT, scraped 2026-05-18)

Skill priority
QWE
Spells
FlashFlashCCleanse

Source: [[Sources/web-pages/2026-05-26-wrmeta-vayne-build-7.1e|WR Meta]] · sampling: Diamond / Master / Challenger (Legendary tier).

Situational item swaps (explicit):

  • Mortal Reminder — when enemy healing is high
  • Berserker's Greaves instead of Gluttonous Greaves — depending on situation
  • Quicksilver Enchant instead of Stasis Enchant — depends on playstyle and battlefield

Counters / threats: Caitlyn, Draven, Nilah

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Commentary

verbatim creator quotes
hellsdevilauto· Auto-extracted commentary (HellsDevil, 7.1)
patch 7.1

Generated by /wr-extract from HellsDevil's patch 7.1 video transcript. Re-running this skill OVERWRITES this section. Promote keepers into your hand-written ## Patch 7.1 analysis (HellsDevil) sections above. Adc "She does really well into tanky teams as well, you know, if you have like an enemy Nautilus that is engaging your team, as a Zeri, you can just attack the Nautilus with your ultimate and it's going to shoot the lightning to his team and you're going to be able to do massive total damage to Lucian is good, nothing special, just good. Vayne is good, also nothing special. And then the A tier, which is A for average." (23:09)

hellsdevilauto· Adc
patch 7.1·adc

She does really well into tanky teams as well, you know, if you have like an enemy Nautilus that is engaging your team, as a Zeri, you can just attack the Nautilus with your ultimate and it's going to shoot the lightning to his team and you're going to be able to do massive total damage to Lucian is good, nothing special, just good. Vayne is good, also nothing special. And then the A tier, which is A for average.(23:09)

06

Patch notes

mentions of Vayne
Patch 7.1d
  • listedVayne · included in this patch's champion changes