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Vayne vs Smolder

Vayne
vs
Not enough games
Smolder
Analyze a draft with Vayne
Heavy AD damageHigh burstHeavy pokeSustained DPS

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Smolder

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Vayne: Blade of The Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, Berserker's Greaves, Experimental Hexplate, Stormrazor, Kraken Slayer, Fiendhunter Bolts.

Starting items

Doran's Bow
Health Potion
x2

Core build

Blade of The Ruined King
1
Guinsoo's Rageblade
2
Terminus
3

Standard

Berserker's Greaves
4AS
Experimental Hexplate
5

Summoner spells

FlashHaste46%
FlashBarrier31%

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Experimental Hexplate
Stormrazor
Kraken Slayer
Fiendhunter Bolts
Essence Reaver
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Infinity Edge
Mercurial Scimitar
Guardian Angel
Phantom Dancer
PrecisionPrecision
Lethal TempoLethal Tempo
TriumphTriumph
Legend: AlacrityLegend: Alacrity
Coup de GraceCoup de Grace
ResolveResolve
ConditioningConditioning
OvergrowthOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Smolder's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Dragon Practice (P)

Hitting champions with Abilities and killing enemies with Super Scorcher Breath grants a stack of Dragon Practice. Stacks increase the damage of Smolders basic Abilities.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
35.5s14s24s–
64.5s14s24s2m
93.5s13s24s2m
113.5s12s24s1m50
163.5s10s20s1m40
183.5s10s16s1m40

Playing as Vayne

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Three hits on the same target

    Hit the same target three times in a row, with autos or spells: on the third hit, Silver Bolts (W) adds true damage based on their max health.

  2. Tumble between autos

    Slip a Tumble (Q) between two autos: you reposition, and your next attack deals bonus damage. Its cooldown drops from 6 to 2 seconds.

  3. Pin your target to a wall

    Position yourself so that Condemn (E) pushes your target into a wall: if they hit terrain, they're stunned and take more damage.

  4. Be patient before your items

    Play safe while you're missing your first items: Vayne mostly shines later, when Silver Bolts (W) cuts through big health pools.

  5. Tumble unseen during your ult

    During Final Hour (R), each Tumble (Q) makes you invisible for a moment and comes back faster: tumble to reposition while the enemy can't target you.

Playing against Smolder

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Trade early

    Take your trades early: his basic spells only gain damage with the Dragon Practice (passive) stacks he builds over the game.

  2. Save your CC for his flight

    If you have hard CC, save it for Flap, Flap, Flap (E): it's his only way to escape, and hard CC interrupts his flight.

  3. Don't stay grouped

    Don't stay grouped with your allies against him: empowered, Super Scorcher Breath (Q) also damages around its target and behind it.

  4. Leave the center of the breath

    Get out of the center of MMOOOMMMM! (R): that's where the breath hits hardest and slows.

Other Vayne matchups

Patch 16.21.1