How do you fight draven? It seems impossible.

If you are going to counter every suggestion with "BUT NUMBERS!" then there really isn't anything we can do to help you.

Yes, Draven has ridiculously high damage output, but it is circumstantial. You have to consider things like lane comp, CC, positioning, etc - because that is all part of the game, its all part of the strategy.

Yes, some champions will be innately stronger or weaker against Draven. There are counterpicks - I'm not saying you have to pick those Champions but you must be aware of how you play based on who you are against. For example, Caitlyn vs Sivir. Normally, Cait can lay down traps at will, but usually puts them in common choke points like in the brush. But against Sivir, you are just giving her free mana to let her constantly spam her skills, because she can just spell shield your traps at will. So Sivir is considered to counter Cait (especially since she can also shield her ult and Q, which are huge parts of her early-mid damage). Instead of saying, "Don't pick Cait", you have to just play smarter. Cait can put her trap in an open, vulnerable area - if Sivir goes to Shield it for mana, you've now created a window where you can target her freely because her shield is on CD. But you have to know how to play against them.

So, you want to be Vayne against Draven? You must consider her advantages or weaknesses. Vayne has weaker early game damage, so you can't just straight up trade. That said, it may be that you need to force the engage instead of letting Draven engage. Call for a gank, and as the jungler is coming in, wait for Draven to pick up on Axe, then Condemn him away from it so he can't pick it up. This will hamstring his damage output. If you can flash/tumble so you can Condemn towards your support or your jungler who is ganking, then all the better.

Hopefully, you have a CC strong support, like Morgana or Janna who can keep zoning him off of his axes. Morgana can snare him before he picks them up, or put her Soil down where he is going so he gets burned while getting his axe, forcing him to back off or get whittled down until you can go in.

I'm not saying this will always work, but there ARE things you can do. Summoner Skill will always trump Champion Select. And since you cannot just stand there and right click each other, you have to get creative.

If you're playing a draft mode, try to ask your support to be someone who can protect you during short, burst engages. Draven does a ton of damage in a short period, so someone like Braum who can stand between you two and soak the damage will help you survive the encounter. Someone like Bard, however, who is more about long-term sustain, may not be a good pick since Draven doesn't poke, he bursts you down with "Tons of Damage (TM)"

If you're playing blind normals, then you may just have to accept bad team comps. Stay safe - save your tumbles and condemns to disengage. Farm under your tower, call for ganks if you can, and just hang back and try to outscale him in the late game.

I did that. I did exactly that; know what he did in retaliation? He threw his ult at me while I had full health, killed me immediately, then walked away with about 5 hp remaining. Vayne, in concept, cannot out trade him in lane because of her lack of early damage and her range; not only that, but having to be reliant on her condemn to kill him means that she isn't a good matchup against him at all. Maybe later on, maybe, but early on? No way in hell will she out trade and/or kill him unless he is hard cc'd for about 6 seconds.

You didn't answer my question about his weaknesses, you only said to farm safely, don't feed and counterpick him. I was hoping for some answer that tells me how to actually out trade him...unless the game doesn't work that way at all and you need to counterpick for some champions "just because."