Vayne

Vayne’s second ability was overly strong against high-health champions in the early stages of the game (looking at you, top lane Vayne). To address this, we’ve adjusted the mechanics of her second ability, making its activation less punishing and more forgiving in terms of timing.

Some Vayne players found a method of playing her that does not suit her role, and it creates a negative experience for both her enemies and her teammates. We adjusted some of her abilities and attributes, so she will perform better in her traditional duo lane role.

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Marksmen rely heavily on attack speed, and since all of our adjustments to the runes and boots systems, Vayne has gained too many benefits. We’re slightly adjusting her attack speed per level and lowering some of her survivability so that if you pick Vayne in the Baron Lane you’ll face more risks in the earlier stages of the game.

Vayne loves to daringly dance on the edge of fights, so we’re fine-tuning her skills to resonate with that high-risk, high-reward heroic gameplay she likes to lean on. In the earlier stages of the game, she should be honing her hunting skills and relying on her support, rather than venturing out alone.

Vayne doesn’t rely on crit as much as other marksmen do, so she didn’t benefit much from our changes last patch. And since the strength of marksmen have increased overall, we’re going to give some buffs to Vayne’s stats to put her on the same level as everyone else.

The Night Hunter has been hunting a little too well during her Final Hour, so we’re cutting down on both the movement speed bonus and the extra damage she gains during her ultimate.

Vayne has been dominating in high level play recently. We’re cutting back on some of her sustain to give her opponents some room to punish her during the laning phase.

Vayne is slightly underperforming, so we are bumping up her ability to duel squishier targets. This should help the Night Hunter stay on her feet in general, but especially early in Dragon lane.

Vayne’s ultimate, while strong overall, is pretty weak in the early game. We’re making Final Hour a reasonable option for her to help her in lane duels.

Vayne is a bit weaker in the duo lane than we’d like and is at risk for being the most affected by the Blade of the Ruined King changes (see below). Doing some preemptive light buffs that we think make her stronger when sharing lane with a partner than by herself.

Vayne in the Duo lane seems legit, but Vayne in the Solo lane is simply not fun to play against. We’re making her more vulnerable by reducing her movespeed. (2) Silver Bolts is also taking a large hit, since she seemed to be doing way too much true damage, which has little counterplay.

Vayne added to Wild Rift

Vayne’s mobility and kiting, as well as her late-game damage, was making her scarier than intended. We still think Vayne’s identity as a late-game carry is important to her playstyle, but she should probably have to work harder to get there.