How to win lane as Vayne against Kog'Maw · 51.01% win rate over 1,184 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a mutual scaling farm lane where neither ADC has a kill pattern. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as both of you prioritize CS over a risky first trade. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is skill-based since your Tumble kiting and his W poke roughly cancel out. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain a coin-flip decided by support CC, not ADC strength. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is even because his Living Artillery and your Final Hour arrive together with no clear duel winner yet. |
| First item | Vayne | First item favors you: Final Hour's stealth and MS let you close on and burst the immobile Kog'Maw before he ramps. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | At 2+ items it swings back to skill as a peeled Kog'Maw's max-range W and R DPS offsets your dive threat. |
Level 1-2 is a pure farm standoff: Kog'Maw wants to hit level 6 and items untouched, you want to scale safely, so play behind minions and only trade autos when his support is out of CC range.
The full Vayne vs Kog'Maw 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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