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R04R
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1631 Posts
June 17 2011 00:08 GMT
#61
sos necessary? I'd rather go 9/0/21 3 crit 1 exhaust 4 aspd 1 arpen
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Ryuu314
Profile Joined October 2009
United States12679 Posts
June 17 2011 01:53 GMT
#62
On June 17 2011 09:08 R04R wrote:
sos necessary? I'd rather go 9/0/21 3 crit 1 exhaust 4 aspd 1 arpen

it's probably not necessary, but it does let you play a little more aggressively as you can regen much faster, shrug off harass and counter-harass, and stay in lane longer.
BlackHat
Profile Joined April 2010
United States264 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-25 11:38:50
June 25 2011 11:38 GMT
#63
After the nerf I am not having much success with AD builds, seeing as rank 5 tumble is now equal to old rank 2. Combined with lower e damage and not as much ad on ult, it seems w is her only strong point now.

I've been doing pretty well with Philo>boots>Wits>Madreds/Banshee's>SotD. Not too often you get all the way to SotD, but she can put out a lot of damage still with all that as, procs, and w.

I don't think she's a top tier character anymore, but definitely still very fun.
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R04R
Profile Joined March 2009
United States1631 Posts
June 25 2011 11:56 GMT
#64
The dmg nerf isn't that bad. Her dmg is still on par with other carries. Her utility kit is what really makes her OP with being able to target anyone she wants and chasing at 500+ ms
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Flicky
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
England2670 Posts
June 25 2011 13:02 GMT
#65
On June 25 2011 20:56 R04R wrote:
The dmg nerf isn't that bad. Her dmg is still on par with other carries. Her utility kit is what really makes her OP with being able to target anyone she wants and chasing at 500+ ms


You can still tumble out invisible into a lane and E someone into a wall.

She's still decent.
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BlackHat
Profile Joined April 2010
United States264 Posts
June 26 2011 01:38 GMT
#66
Lol not saying she isn't decent, just not as op as before, much easier to play as AS Vayne for me.
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GhostOwl
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
766 Posts
July 08 2011 23:55 GMT
#67
Vayne is currently incredibly broken at the moment, and I enjoy abusing the hell out of her

This is my current build on her (not in order):

Mercury Treads
Phantom Dancer
Bloodthirster
IE or Madreds (If enemy team is squishy, I go IE. If they are rather tanky/beefy, I go Madreds)
Guardian Angel or Banshee (Depending on enemy team composition)
Black Clever

This leaves her with AT least 65% IAS, and lots of AD, and good Crit.

Red Buff for Slow (So I dont have to get Frozen Mallet)

I play her rather squishy but this gives her insane damage output, and she can melt enemy tanks like nothing. I have dodge seals and magic resist blue runes, so by late game, with mercury treads, she usually has about 90 magic resist even without Banshee's. I have about 100 armor with Madreds late game. Sometimes I try putting a Warmogs or Frozen Mallet for the health that she lacks)

I put 2 defensive summoner spells on her because she's so squishy and I make sure to use her skills to escape.

I've been experimenting with SotD and Last Whisper but I feel like armor penetration will not really affect her that much due to her W and her ability to melt even armor-stacking enemies late game.
GhostOwl
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
766 Posts
July 08 2011 23:56 GMT
#68
On June 25 2011 20:38 BlackHat wrote:
After the nerf I am not having much success with AD builds, seeing as rank 5 tumble is now equal to old rank 2. Combined with lower e damage and not as much ad on ult, it seems w is her only strong point now.

I've been doing pretty well with Philo>boots>Wits>Madreds/Banshee's>SotD. Not too often you get all the way to SotD, but she can put out a lot of damage still with all that as, procs, and w.

I don't think she's a top tier character anymore, but definitely still very fun.



You're exaggerating her nerf. Her "nerf" was barely a nerf. A few damage decrease on her E, 5 mana cost increase, some MS decrease and small range decrease. She's still incredibly overpowered
r.Evo
Profile Joined August 2006
Germany14080 Posts
July 09 2011 16:16 GMT
#69
Erh, she's "okay".

Raw damage stuff like MF/trist/Corki can now keep up with her in that category, also she doesn't dominate lanes hardcore anymore.

The main pro of vayne is that you can go 1-10 in lane and still carry later on due to trollololol W.
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Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
July 09 2011 17:44 GMT
#70
Not to mention she is the best counter to alistar atm.
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Advocado
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Denmark994 Posts
July 17 2011 11:06 GMT
#71
Out of curiosity what do you guys open with in vayne/support bot lane?
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dismiss
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United Kingdom3341 Posts
July 17 2011 11:44 GMT
#72
On July 17 2011 20:06 Advocado wrote:
Out of curiosity what do you guys open with in vayne/support bot lane?

D-blade or boots+3 depending on your support and their lane.
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OscarN
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Cape Verde292 Posts
July 17 2011 12:54 GMT
#73
Yeah i dunno if i agree with this build, u need some damage, ur true damage will only do so much, all u need is more AS then AD, but u still need a bloodthister or something.

like real dumb if just doing R.

But what do i know
GhostOwl
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
766 Posts
July 19 2011 00:23 GMT
#74
^ Agree with the guy up there. You still need some damage items


On July 17 2011 20:44 dismiss wrote:
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On July 17 2011 20:06 Advocado wrote:
Out of curiosity what do you guys open with in vayne/support bot lane?

D-blade or boots+3 depending on your support and their lane.


I feel Doran's blade is a bad choice on Vayne. The extra health might be helpful but the life leech is negligent...especially because she has low damage / low AS at the beginning. I usually take a dagger (15% AS) with a health potion.

The initial AS boost affects her a lot, and makes her much stronger at level 1 than she would be otherwise.
Navi
Profile Joined November 2009
5286 Posts
July 19 2011 00:26 GMT
#75
extra health, damage (and negligable lifesteal) is much more useful in lane than dagger. 15% aspd won't outdo the damage and health boost even if both of you (1 guy with dagger +pot vs guy with dblade) stand and shoot each other. the difference is even huger if one side has a support with a stun or a ad with a aspd steroid (trist mf etc.). esp since vayne has a autoattack reset which also allows you to get into position for a quick poke esp if they're going for a lasthit or w/e, dblade >> dagger
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NightWalks
Profile Joined May 2011
Latvia252 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-07-19 06:16:46
July 19 2011 06:14 GMT
#76
Get Ad marks and Ad quints and flat armour seals
Buy boots1 +3 pots
Q -> auto attack -> E retreat
Boots provide great mobilty to perform a/m combo and get out of creeps to take less dmg in process + Arm seals further reduce dmg. Also boots opening helps vs ganks and pots are always welcome.

PS: Nerfs realy hit Vayne hard in early game .... with agressive play she runs out of mana zzzzz
while dmg nerfs on Q / E made gain from wasting mana just not worthwhile. Saving grace is W and if game goes on long enough even bad vayne can kill stuff.
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GhostOwl
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
766 Posts
July 19 2011 20:19 GMT
#77
On July 19 2011 09:26 Navi wrote:
extra health, damage (and negligable lifesteal) is much more useful in lane than dagger. 15% aspd won't outdo the damage and health boost even if both of you (1 guy with dagger +pot vs guy with dblade) stand and shoot each other. the difference is even huger if one side has a support with a stun or a ad with a aspd steroid (trist mf etc.). esp since vayne has a autoattack reset which also allows you to get into position for a quick poke esp if they're going for a lasthit or w/e, dblade >> dagger


Look at it this way.

Doran's blade offers 3 things.

100 Health, 10 Damage, and 3% Life Leech

Dagger offers 15% AS. Health potion heals 200 health.

The 15% AS makes level 1 Vayne much stronger than the 10 Damage ever will.

We both agreed the 3% LL is negligent.

The 100 health is really important on Vayne, and is pretty forgiving but the health potion also forgiving.


Now, an early "complete" item Vayne's should build beside boots is an item that gives attack speed, like Zeal, Phantom Dancer, or Black Clever, etc.

Going with Dagger first means that your first complete item will cost 420 gold less than it would have. Going with D-blade first means that (since you don't sell your D-blade until you try to get your 6th item), you'll be 420 gold late than Dagger-first Vayne's in building your first AS complete item.

That's just how I see it.
TieN.nS)
Profile Joined August 2003
United States2131 Posts
July 19 2011 23:23 GMT
#78
Nobody's just going to sit there and let you auto them. Rushing those items without a few d-blades means you're ridiculously squishy as well, and maybe you don't realize what a great value Doran Blades are. Sure, they don't build into anything, but they are well over-itemized to compensate. Every single stat is good for a physical DPS character, and the flat hp is incredibly valuable early on.
little fancy
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany2504 Posts
September 03 2011 01:08 GMT
#79
So, anything new here regarding Vayne? I'm enjoying playing her right now as I have forgotten about her insane mobility and chasing power that satisfies my greed lol (in addition, her Aristocrat skin's prize got reduced to 520 RP so I just gave her a try again).

Looks like there is common sense about how to build her now:

D-Blade
Boots
1-2 extra D-Blade
Zerk Boots
Blood Thirster
Phantom Dancer
BV / GA depending on enemy damage diversification
IE + LW

I really like BT over IE for the first big damage item since life steal gives Vayne so much in the mid game IMO.

For masteries I'm running standard (?) 21/9/0. Summoner's Flash / Exhaust ofc.


Only thing I don't have a clue yet are my yellow runes.


AD Quints, ArPen Reds and flat MR blues are set for me so far but what to run on yellows? I've been testing pretty much every option and currently go with AD yellows to complete the Quints for a nice +11 AD bonus. With D-Blade opening I start with 77 AD on lvl 1.

Add to this Havoc and last hit mastery and I usually come out ahead CS wise in those boring 15 minute farm bot lane games while being able to instagib the opponent with R -> Exhaust -> Q -> E -> AA combo anytime when there is a strong ganker like Lee Sin or Mummy.

Armor yellows were a nice option tho but I felt like I had more succes with extreme AD opening.


Going to sleep, have a good night everybody.

NonY
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
8751 Posts
September 03 2011 01:36 GMT
#80
First BF Sword item is really between BT and BC, never IE.
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