Is Vayne good in Patch 26.13?

Vayne is B tier Top in Patch 26.13 with a 49.7% win rate, 2.9% pick rate, and 11.0% ban rate over merged Emerald+ data from u.gg and op.gg. MOBA Trainer rescored Vayne Top after Patch 26.13 using win rate, pick rate, and ban rate within the Top role.

What is the best build for Vayne Top?

The best Vayne Top build in Patch 26.13 uses Experimental Hexplate, Essence Reaver, Stormrazor with the Lethal Tempo keystone from op.gg build data merged into MOBA Trainer. Vayne Top is B tier with 49.7% win rate this patch.

Champions that counter Vayne in Patch 26.13 include Malphite (39.3% Vayne win rate), Teemo (40.6% Vayne win rate), Jayce (46.8% Vayne win rate), based on matchup win rates from merged Emerald+ data. See the counters section for full matchup stats.

What should I practice to climb with Vayne?

To climb with Vayne Top in Patch 26.13, focus on the core patterns MOBA Trainer drills for this champion — Positioning and Target prioritisation. Positioning: Positioning is all about finding the balance between safety and damage output in a given situation. Target prioritisation: Target prioritization is all about choosing the right victim in a teamfight.

TOP · EMERALD+ · RANKED SOLO

How to Play VayneTop Build, Emerald+Patch 26.13

The recommended Vayne Top build for LoL Patch 26.13, from rune set to skill order to item path, based on MOBA Trainer's merged Emerald+ data.

In Patch 26.13, Vayne is B tier Top with 49.7% win rate over merged Emerald+ data. Best build: Lethal Tempo + Experimental Hexplate, Essence Reaver. Hardest matchup: Malphite (39.3% win rate for Vayne). Key patterns to practice: Positioning and Target prioritisation.

Patch 26.13 · Emerald+ · Ranked Solo

TierNo tier changeB#32of 47 Top champions

Win rate49.7%vs 50.1% role avg

Pick rate2.9%28th most picked Top

Ban rate11.0%

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Vayne Top Build (Patch 26.13)

Highest win rate build path (3.0% pick rate, 49.8% win rate). Stats aggregated from Emerald+ ranked.

Runes

49.8% WR

PrecisionPRIMARY

Lethal TempoKEYSTONE

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Coup de Grace

ResolveSECONDARY

Conditioning

Overgrowth

SHARDS

Lethal Tempo · Triumph · Legend: Alacrity · Coup de Grace + Conditioning · Overgrowth

Summoner spells

Flash

Ghost

Skill order

EMax Q first

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28101213

31415

611

Item build

3.0% pick

Starting

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion

Core build

Experimental Hexplate

Essence Reaver

Stormrazor

Boots

Berserker's Greaves

Situational

Experimental Hexplate

Blade of The Ruined King

Guinsoo's Rageblade

Essence Reaver

Stormrazor

Trinity Force

Vayne Top meta analysis (Patch 26.13)

Vayne holds a 49.7% win rate in the Top role on Patch 26.13, 0.4 points below the Top role average of 50.1%. That is the 32nd highest win rate of 47 Top champions tracked at Emerald+ this patch. With a 2.9% pick rate (28th most played in the role) and a 11.0% ban rate, Vayne gets banned regularly, so it helps to have a second comfort pick.

Vayne Top held steady at B tier through Patch 26.13, with no tier movement since the previous data merge. Stable ratings are a good sign for one-tricks: the play patterns you practice now should keep working next patch. At B tier, Vayne works best as a counter pick or comfort pick rather than a blind pick.

Champion select decides a lot of Vayne Top games. The hardest matchups this patch are Malphite (39.3% win rate for Vayne) and Teemo (40.6% win rate for Vayne): consider banning one or holding your pick until the opponent locks in. On the other side, KSante (57.5%) and Darius (54.9%) are the matchups to look for, where Vayne wins the lane more often than not at Emerald+.

How to play Vayne Top

Pick Vayne Top in patch 26.13 as a counter pick or comfort pick rather than a blind pick.

Vayne Top guide

Vayne top asks a single laner to survive the same three-hit chain a bot-lane target would face: land Tumble (Q), Silver Bolts (W), and Condemn (E) in sequence, and Night Hunter (passive) supplies the Move Speed needed to keep chasing a melee opponent down first.

The build

Experimental Hexplate, Essence Reaver, and Stormrazor form the core, with Blade of The Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Trinity Force in reserve for later. Before that, she still starts Doran's Bow with two Health Potions into Berserker's Greaves. Runes match the bot-lane page — Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace (Precision) alongside Conditioning and Overgrowth (Resolve) — but Ghost replaces Barrier next to Flash for the extra gap-close on a single opponent. Leveling is identical too: Tumble (Q) and Silver Bolts (W) get maxed first and second, Condemn (E) opened but left last.

Ability mechanics

Landing three consecutive attacks or abilities on one target is what matters most, since that is when Silver Bolts (W) detonates true damage scaled off the target's max health. Tumble (Q) is the setup before that — a reposition that also loads bonus damage onto the following attack. Condemn (E) punishes anyone caught against a wall: the shot knocks the target back and, on a terrain collision, impales and stuns them for extra damage. Final Hour (R) is the payoff, stacking bonus Attack Damage, a shorter Tumble (Q) cooldown, Invisibility during that Tumble, and extra Night Hunter (passive) Move Speed together.

Matchups

Malphite, Teemo, and Jayce give her the most trouble, with Aatrox and Sion rounding out the toughest lane opponents. K'Sante, Darius, and Garen, by contrast, are the favorable matchups for this build.

Other Top champions at a similar power level in Patch 26.13:

View Vayne counters · LoL tier list

Frequently asked questions

Is Vayne good in Patch 26.13?: Vayne is B tier Top in Patch 26.13 with a 49.7% win rate, 2.9% pick rate, and 11.0% ban rate over merged Emerald+ data from u.gg and op.gg. MOBA Trainer rescored Vayne Top after Patch 26.13 using win rate, pick rate, and ban rate within the Top role.
What is the best build for Vayne Top?: The best Vayne Top build in Patch 26.13 uses Experimental Hexplate, Essence Reaver, Stormrazor with the Lethal Tempo keystone from op.gg build data merged into MOBA Trainer. Vayne Top is B tier with 49.7% win rate this patch.
Who counters Vayne?: Champions that counter Vayne in Patch 26.13 include Malphite (39.3% Vayne win rate), Teemo (40.6% Vayne win rate), Jayce (46.8% Vayne win rate), based on matchup win rates from merged Emerald+ data. See the counters section for full matchup stats.
What should I practice to climb with Vayne?: To climb with Vayne Top in Patch 26.13, focus on the core patterns MOBA Trainer drills for this champion — Positioning and Target prioritisation. Positioning: Positioning is all about finding the balance between safety and damage output in a given situation. Target prioritisation: Target prioritization is all about choosing the right victim in a teamfight.