Xayah vs Vayne — Bot Lane (ADC) Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Xayah against Vayne · 54.53% win rate over 2,525 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Xayah is favoured — Xayah owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Xayah wins 54.53% of games vs Vayne in bot lane (adc) (2,525 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1XayahVayne has no level-1 poke or waveclear so you freely control the wave and last-hits.
Level 2XayahAt 2 you out-trade her with Q blades while she can only tumble-auto.
Level 3XayahLevel 3 you have blade detonation pressure and she still can't answer your shove.
Levels 4-5XayahThrough 4-5 you deny the farm she needs and punish every Tumble-forward.
Level 6XayahAt 6 Featherstorm dodges Condemn and beats an under-itemized Final Hour duel.
First itemXayahYour first crit item spikes before her Blade of the Ruined King power comes online.
Two+ itemsXayahYour two-item lead plus grouped R positioning denies her the isolation she needs to scale-win.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You crush levels 1-5: Vayne has no waveclear or poke, so push with Q, deny her last-hits under tower, and detonate blades with E every time she Tumbles up to farm.

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The full Xayah 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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