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Vayne vs Swain

How often does Vayne beat Swain in Top?

Vayne into Swain in Top: 45% observed win rate across 122 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Vayne behind by 224 gold.

Vayne at 15:00

Typical gap to Swain, from 120 games that reached 15:00.

Does Vayne counter Swain?

No counter here: Vayne sits at 45% over 122 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Swain: the Vayne game plan

A gold lead at 10:00 puts Vayne at 57% across 56 games. Flip the lead and Vayne falls to 35% across 66.

The spotWin rateGames
Ahead in gold at 10:0057%56
Behind in gold at 10:0035%66
First blood54%54
+kills at 10:0056%43
+CS at 10:0060%60

Someone usually dies here around 4:12 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:44. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Vayne's Top build, with receipts

The most-finished Vayne core is Blade of The Ruined King, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Experimental Hexplate: 58.0% across 1,282 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Blade of The Ruined King (8,972 games).

Skill plan: Vayne players max Q first and take Q at level 1.

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