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How to Win Vayne vs Taliyah Counter MatchupVayne is in the s tier of champions

Vayne vs Taliyah

How to Beat Taliyah as Vayne in LoLVayne is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Taliyah as Vayne

based on 2,231 Vayne vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
1.92
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League matches every week. In our database, Vayne battled Taliyah 2231 times. Having so many matchups for Vayne vs Taliyah provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide informative stats and a supported build to crush your foe. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Vayne encounters Taliyah in only 1.1% of her games.

Vayne vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Vayne does a below average job of beating Taliyah. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Vayne vs Taliyah rounds, Vayne’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Taliyah.

Best Vayne vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
Wit's EndGuinsoo's RagebladeTerminus

Optional Items

Essence ReaverStormrazorExperimental HexplateTrinity Force

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vayne to level upq
>
Second ability for Vayne to level upw
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Last skill for Vayne to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Vayne

Tips for Playing as Vayne against Taliyah

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

Advice to Win Against Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Vayne vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Taliyah Image
7.1
< Kills >
6.3
6.4
< Deaths >
6.3
5.2
< Assists >
8.6
1.66
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
168
< Minions Killed >
125
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.58
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
14,349
< Physical Damage >
770
1,451
< Magic Damage >
21,219
4,067
< True Damage >
1,104
19,869
< Damage Dealt >
23,094
21,635
< Damage Taken >
20,983
12,024
< Gold Earned >
12,207
2.19
< Towers >
1.83
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.16
5,989
< Total Healing >
4,321
12,868
< Experience >
14,313
18
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
9
66
< Time Dealing CC >
549

How to Counter Taliyah with Vayne in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Vayne against Taliyah matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Taliyah..

Vayne typically has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Vayne and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Vayne
Taliyah

Who is Better, Vayne or Taliyah?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vayne usually loses when facing off against Taliyah, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Vayne makes a bad counter for Taliyah.

While Vayne does have a lower winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Vayne also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vayne into Taliyahas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Vayne has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Vayne is a somewhat poor counter to Taliyah. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vayne against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Vayne, we analyzed 2,231 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Taliyah as Vayne comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vayne in order to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Vayne typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to have in your Vayne versus Taliyah build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Vayne bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Taliyah than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vayne boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Taliyah with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of beating Taliyah as Vayne, Vayne players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Vayne vs Taliyah counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taliyah as Vayne are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.