How to win lane as Darius against Vayne · 44.5% win rate (2,789 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her condemn and %-true kite your E-pull all game. Build armor, freeze the wave, and gank-pressure her off the lane.
Track: Vayne's E — Condemn (20–12s cooldown). Wall-stun. Position so she can’t pin you.
Read from Darius's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vayne.
This is Darius's own plan; across 2,789 pooled games the lane is Vayne-favoured.
| 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Darius's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Vayne — Darius wins only 44.5% of 2,789 games, so Darius plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Vayne holds a real statistical advantage (55.5% win rate), so Darius is the one working uphill.
No — Vayne counters Darius (Darius wins only 44.5% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Darius takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vayne.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Tiamat / Phage + boots (≈1300g). Build Stridebreaker (the stickiness fix — run-downs become lethal) first, then Sterak's Gage / Dead Man's Plate, with Plated Steelcaps.
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