Aphelios vs Vayne — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Aphelios against Vayne · 55.45% win rate over 3,522 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Aphelios is favoured — Aphelios owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Vayne's 1. Aphelios wins 55.45% of games vs Vayne in bot lane (adc) (3,522 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1ApheliosVayne's 550 range and lack of a poke tool let your Calibrum bully her at level 1.
Level 2ApheliosAt level 2 you still outrange and out-trade every step-up she makes for CS.
Level 3ApheliosLevel 3 marked follow-up autos punish her with no way to trade back.
Levels 4-5ApheliosThrough levels 4-5 you keep the range and CS lead she cannot contest.
Level 6ApheliosYour level 6 ult is a kill threat on shieldless low-base Vayne, keeping the edge yours.
First itemApheliosAt one item you spike first while Vayne is still stacking and building Botrk.
Two+ itemsVayneBy two-plus items Vayne's Silver Bolts true damage and stealth finally scale past you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You dominate levels 1-2: Vayne's 550 range and Q-only kit give her no way to trade into your Calibrum poke, so free-poke her and shove her under tower to deny CS.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Aphelios vs Vayne report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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