First Thoughts on Vayne

Vayne, the Night Hunter, has just been released and already the LOL community is in an uproar about her supposed OP-ness. I've only played a couple games with her, and while she feels strong, she is definitely not OP. Let's do a quick review of her skills quick.

Her passive is a MS buff, making her into the fantastic chaser that she is. Nothing special about it, the only thing being that you have to be running towards the target and must also see the target. I would assume this does not work with TF's ultimate, but that might be something to be tested.

Her Q is a blink/nuke. Tumble powers up her next regular autoattack and resets the autoattack timer. An interesting thing to note that if you use it to flee, the cooldown will not start again until the proc wears off. This means if you run away and don't autoattack you have a five second period before the cooldown starts. So it gives her a lot of maneuverability, but not crazy amount of escape.

Her W gives her the punch against tanky DPS. It makes her third autoattack on the same target deal percent based true damage. This makes her an extremely good 1v1 character, but switching targets gives her a problem.

Her E is a knockback/stun. The stun is only activated when the target is knocked into a wall or similar object. A nice addition to her kit as it allows her a greater escape ability and/or a way to get someone out from under their turret. The stun is very useful and it is quite easy to get into position for this with Tumble.

Her ultimate is just a steriod. Increased MS, AD, and stealth when she Tumbles. Not much more to say on this. It just makes her into a godly chaser/ganker.

So why do people say she is OP? Well, it boils down to, 1) being new, and 2) dealing true damage. What people don't realize about that true damage is that is really is mainly a counter to tanky DPS. Sure she can burst down a squishy quickly, but the true damage really doesn't have the same impact as against a tanky DPS. 10% of 3K health is a lot different than 10% of 2K health.

So how does one beat Vayne?

1. CC. Stuns, suppresses, and other hard CC will end her quickly. She is extremely squishy, so stopping her in her tracks means she can be focused down in no time.

2. Don't run away from her. She is an amazing chaser and running away from her just allows her to kill you quickly. Like above, she is very squishy, so standing your ground and actually attacking her is extremely effective.

3. Lane with intelligence. Send a champion with CC to lane against her. Shutting down her laning phase keeps her contained and not fed, keeping her late game from being overwhelming.

Those are just my immediate thoughts, I may post a guide later on in the week, once I've played her a bit more.

C&C always welcome!