As a Fan of Duelists, Is Vayne Good?

OblongOtter·4/21/2014, 1:25:49 PM·4 votes·7,497 views

I like the champs who are just like "fight me" or "2v1 me, bro" and can just go into a skirmish and wreck everyone's day. People like Jax, Gangplank, Akali, Fiora, Darius, Olaf, etc. So with the SKT T1 skins coming out, I know for certain that I'm getting the Jax one. But the main question is: As someone who likes duelists, would buying Vayne be worth it for her SKT T1 skin? Or should I just get her later whenever I feel like it and just get her Dragon Slayer skin, I mean if I do that I can make Fairy Tail references I guess, plus it's equally as good of a skin IMO, it's just that the SKT T1 skin is a limited edition thing. One last note is that I've been somewhat interested in Vayne for a long time.

13 Comments

Water of Eden4/21/2014, 5:14:21 PM4 votes

Vayne is good, but she suffers from a rough early game as she can be bullied hard by champions like Caitlyn, Lucian, and Varus. I have the Dragonslayer skin and I love it. A lot of good Vayne plays come from very sharp instincts and a lot of practice on Vayne, so she's not a champion you can just pick up and play and expect to do well. I've definitely had those games where I kited the enemy until I could use Condemn, then I killed them 1v1 or even 2v1. I've gotten random quadras and triples on her, but she can be fairly hard to play in regular games. I definitely wouldn't blind pick her given the popularity of Caitlyn and Lucian. If you buy her, and I hope you do as she is a great and fun champion, don't expect to go 12/0 with her your first game. That's just unrealistic.

Frayace4/21/2014, 5:09:57 PM3 votes

Vayne is the best marksman duelist in the game (followed by quinn probly), if you like duelists, you should get her.

Rhyto4/21/2014, 2:14:55 PM2 votes

Vayne is a good champion to combat with other champions if of course is a 2v1 situation. Depending on where you are at, your Q is definitely necessary with your Silver bolt procs and you can use her E to knock another into a wall to finish off the one your targeting along with her Ultimate really stresses how you Q in which can give you a brief moment of relief. Her DS skin is great and its best to get the SKT skin if you can for the sake of limited edition purposes because Riot did comment that PAX skins are not being released at all. I am not entirely sure about the TPA skins though but its best to get them before they are gone for seasons to come. I've been in the PBE and the skins are quite good the animations may need some tweaking but that's fine for me since almost all of the champions are ones I main. Jax, Zyra, and Vayne. I haven't played Lee Sin and Zed much I'm afraid but I might just buy the whole pack to save on a bit of RP for the upcoming sales and the All-Stars skins coming up soon.

MiyokoShadow4/21/2014, 6:06:08 PM1 votes

Vayne is one of my favourite champions. I usually don't soloQ with her unless I have a support or jungler that I can trust who will 'babysit' me until I get my BoRK, level 6 and beserker's greaves. But mid to late game her burst and damage is so high that the early game terribleness can usually be forgiven.

SkiOwlish4/21/2014, 10:42:40 PM1 votes

She is a god late game she can practically 1v1 anyone if u know how to play her and know what to build

PirSultanAbdal4/21/2014, 11:13:32 PM1 votes

Dragon Slayer Vayne is the best Vayne skin, w/o any doubt. Best Vayne players use this skin, both in their streams and in competitive. It feels like it's her default costume. It should be the default skin.

Heartseeker also looks appealing. But skt skins (except zed) are not likable in my opinion. I mean c'mon, who the hell would buy that Zyra skin against Haunted Zyra? Also nemesis, hockey skin (mighty) and angler jax are best. No needed for additional jax skins. It feels like Ryze skins after some point. So many options already.

I get that it had to be done to honour their success. But they look ugly with one exception. So if you are going to buy Vayne, i recommend not to buy SKT skin.

CravingDrugs4/21/2014, 5:08:10 PM1 votes

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It's just a game.

Keikomatsui 4/21/2014, 6:05:30 PM1 votes

I personally love vayne and she is excellent mid-late game when she gets there. Her early gamee in bot lane suffers from any kind of major harass lane (Cait, her true mortal nemesis, is the worst) but there are some people who play and believe in vayne top. I'd say if you can get to mid/late game, she can 2 v 1 depending on the opponents and is an awesome duelist. But, especially pre 6, she loses trades hard versus a skilled opponent.