How to win lane as Darius against Vayne · 50.66% win rate over 2,509 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | Level 1 favours Darius — Vayne has no trading power and your Q heal wins outright. |
| Level 2 | Darius | Level 2 favours Darius — Hemorrhage stacks and E-pull threat deny her farm. |
| Level 3 | Darius | Level 3 favours Darius — E-pull into W burst is a clean kill on a squishy target. |
| Levels 4-5 | Darius | Levels 4-5 favour Darius — you out-trade and zone her off CS with pull threat. |
| Level 6 | Darius | Level 6 favours Darius — even with Final Hour a landed E-pull all-in kills her. |
| First item | Darius | First item favours Darius — your lead holds before Silver Bolts truly scale. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Two-plus items favour Vayne — Silver Bolts true damage and Condemn kite melt and outrange you. |
Total Darius dominance. Vayne has no early trading tools — E-pull her out of a tumble or off a CS, then chunk with W-empowered autos and Q. She's squishy and short on range at melee distance, so every trade bleeds her and denies the farm she desperately needs.
The full Darius 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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