Let's talk about Vayne

As most threads I tend to write here, this one isn't about balance, but about theme. So if you just want to bitch about % max-health true damage, please do so in another thread.

Ok, let's get started.

I know Vayne is a fairly old champ - yet for some reason I never see any rework ideas or anything on the boards. Only hate or fanboys trying to go against it, wich kinda surprises me, since, if we take a honest look at her kit it's really outdated - and thematically outclassed. I know, she's still viable and all, no doubt on that. But if your only strenght on the champ is that it deals the hardest-to-counter damage in game you've kinda missed the point of healthy design (especially since changes of attack speed rarely feel like a powerful tool - even if they are.) On top of that her kit has like... first of all only three active abilities. One is a boring ass steroid. The other two are a bit interesting, but nothing really cool or complex either. Apart from the Q maybe.

But honestly, if I want a demon hating night hunter dashing around the teamfight with small repositioning moves while gunning the enemy down, I'd rather play Lucian who actually feels and looks awesome to play. Also his ultimate is more satisifing to use since it actually DOES something. Vayne just gets a random power boost out of nowhere which has no actual thematic basis. So you mena her ult is "she's trying a little harder now"? Oh comeon, that's just lame. You would expect someone like Vayne to have an actually impressive ULTIMATE move. There's a reason it's called that...

Let me just compare the feelings when using the two ultimates: BÄM! Ok, I'm a little bit stronger now...

deep breath DIE YOU MOTHERFU***** DEMONS! EAT THIS!

Ähem... back to topic, no?

So, now thematically, what is the difference in between Lucian and Vayne?

• Hates demons? Check.

• Allinged to demacia? Check.

• Lost important person(s) to dark creatures/demons? Check.

• Trained hunter and demon-exterminator? Check.

• Dark and brooding personality? Check.

But there's one. important. difference:

Vayne is THE GODDAMN BATMAN!

Think about it: young child from rich family gets its parents murdered by a criminal (or evil dark magics in this case, since criminals in a fantasy world obviously use dark magic). Then swears revenge and hunts all those down who are like the one who murdered her parents.

Lucian on the other hand is a trained soldier and gunman. His entire kit revolves around his weapons - and this is where the difference should be.

So, what are the most important things about being THE GODDAMN BATMAN?

• Material Artist (and with that I mean more than just rolling around - how about giving an ADC some Melee moves? This idea would be worth looking into!)

• Psychological Warfare (using darkness, not just some tiny stealth thing that just causes frustration!)

• TOOLS! GODDAM TOOLS! HOOKS! BOOMERANGS! EXPLOSIVES! HIGH TECH! (The massive crossbow on her back is a good start for this - but why stop there?! Stuff her full with gadets that are fun to use AND fun to play against! )

• No super powers! I think that's a no brainer - suddenly giving her magic powers would kinda screw with her theme. Instead, her tools and skills should be enough to keep up with magic users - simply BECAUSE SHE'S THE GODDAMN VANYE!

There's so much potential in what Vayne could be, but her current kit isn't delivering that. Sure the tumble-and-E-someone-into-a-wall is neat, but that's literally THE ONLY THING you can do. Well, sucks to have only two actual abilities while the rest of your power budget is wasted in hidden power factors.

Now I ask you, usually salty board community who will downvote this because you think I want to ruin your champ, to help me come up with awesome stuff to make our Night Hunter an unique and actually awesome champion! Modify the current kit, completly scrap it, I DON'T CARE, JUST MAKE THE RESULT LOOK AWESOME! I wonder what kind of crazy stuff you guys will come up with!