How to win lane as Vayne against Kalista · 53.24% win rate over 1,326 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as both poke and farm without a committal threat. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays a skill lane before Rend stacks or items come online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains even with neither holding a decisive all-in. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even until her Rend stacks and DPS fully ramp. |
| Level 6 | Kalista | At Level 5-6 window her Rend execute and Fate's Call give her the trading edge. |
| First item | Kalista | At first item her spear DPS and Rend spike out-trade a still-ramping Vayne. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | By two-plus items Silver Bolts and a Condemn on Fate's Call flip the duel to Vayne. |
Levels 1-4 are an even skill lane: Kalista pokes with spears and kites, but without full Rend stacks or an item she can't hard-commit, so match her CS and dodge Pierce.
The full Vayne vs Kalista 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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