Vayne is an absolute disgusting example for a tank killing adc and should get a rework...
has always, ALWAYS been an issue. Her outrageously horrid kit and disgusting damage makes her one of the most hated champs in the game for a reason. Let's look at some of vaynes perks as a late game, assassin, tank killing ADC and some of her downfalls.
Pros:
- Can assassinate tanks as if they had no armor
- Can assassinate squishies as if they had no armor
- Can peel for herself
- Wonderful Late game
- Wonderful Teamfight
- Wonderful 1v1 potential
- Has a reposition on a 2 second cooldown with an invisibility
Cons:
- Mediocre early game
- "short" range
- High skill cap
- Fairly squishy compared to other ADCs
Now that I've stated most of the pros and cons of
, I'm going to tell you why I believe she needs a rework.
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Vayne provides 2 things that were supposed to be essential for her: Tank killing, and a good late game. These things were intended to be her main perks at the cost of her "very bad" early game. The problem with this is that having to sacrifice early game for late is very very dangerous. A good example of a bad early good late game would be
. She provides good CC and wave clear that requires her to SCALE, I repeat, SCALE into the late game. Vayne on the other hand has 2 things that completely block out this whole "bad early game" that vayne mains keep rambling on about. 1 being that Vayne does not solo lane at all. There will always be another person in that lane, the support, which can sway the tide of the bot lane just as much as an ADC. Pairing vayne up with a offensive peel champion like
or a poke heavy support like
that allow her to farm or either pop off in lane is just what Vayne wants to get into that great late game that she really likes. Riot made a huge mistake with vayne by giving her THE BEST LATE GAME OF ANY ADC to date. "But hey who cares if she gets paired up with an offensive support, that's a 1 time thing not every support wants to do that!" That my friend brings me into my next point. -
Vayne has a huge, almost scary amount of ways to keep her safe in lane even if she doesn't get the support that enables her. Vayne has an E that peels for herself and protects her from dangerous assassins that attempt to assassinate her. Now it's not new having abilities on ADCs that peel for them,
has his E and
has her R but these champions both lack effective, CONSISTANT re-positioning tools. Vayne has a Q that, at max rank, has a under a 2 second cooldown. That's like, old Lucian type of positioning. It doesn't even matter if her range is bad because she has 2 tools that enable her, not to even mention her ult that makes her Invisible. No not the
type of invisible, where you can see if they are near you, PURE INVISIBILITY. This bad early game ADC SURE AS HELL HAS TONS OF TOOLS TO MAKE HER GOOD EARLY GAME. Unless you have 200 IQ you won't know where to land your skillshots. This allows her to stay safe in laning phase and avoid damage from even jungle ganks. Why makes cons on a champion if it doesn't matter because her pros cover those cons? It's like Jhin being immobile but having the range of 2 screens. It doesn't matter if he has no mobility if nobody will ever reach him, just like it doesn't matter if her laning phase is garbage if she has 3 tools that can keep her safe from early game pressure. It makes no sense. -
On to my final point, late game is subjective to items and leveling, not time. People forget that late game for a champion is based on items, not once you hit the 30 minute mark. Just because it hit 40 minutes doesn't mean you instantly get powerful, if you are fed that late game goes from 20 minutes. Vayne is what I would call
in the ADC role. They both have vast kits that cover their bad early game to make them really strong overall. Just like any other champion, Vayne will be strong if fed. Vaynes late game is wayyyyyyy too strong considering the fact that, like I stated earlier, her early game isn't based solely on her but on the support as well. This also brings up a small point I would like to make as to why champions like
need lethality to assassinate while vayne is sitting here pretty with
and assassinating just like them while still doing consistant damage in teamfights as a tank killer? That makes no sense, she either assassinates or is a tank killer, but she shouldn't get to be both.
In Conclusion, Vayne provides so much compared to her cons that they literally mean nothing. Vaynes kit allows her to fufill multiple roles like assassinating, tank killing and 1v1ing that she is basically a jack of all trades. What do you guys think about Vayne? Do you think I did well explaining? Tell me what you guys think cause I would love to know.
and to lesser extent 