Urgot vs Vayne — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Vayne · 53.26% win rate (1,380 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Urgot is slightly favoured — 53.26% win rate over 1,380 games.

At a glance

She kites your range and true-damages you — save E, all-in early.

Track: Vayne's E — Condemn (20–12s cooldown). Wall-stun. Flip her with your E first.

Do

  • Save E to flip her
  • All-in early before she scales
  • Build resists, not raw HP

Don't

  • Chase her tumbles
  • Get condemned into a wall
  • Let her free-farm to 2 items

Runes & build vs Vayne

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke)
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Urgot's game plan

Read from Urgot's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vayne.

This is Urgot's own plan; across 1,380 pooled games the lane is leaning Urgot.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VayneVayne kites your slow level-1 autos with Tumble before you can gap-close.
Level 2UrgotAt level 2 your E-flip catches her Tumble spacing and swings trades your way.
Level 3UrgotLevel 3 your full Q-W-E kit shreds her squishy body with no escape for her.
Levels 4-5UrgotAt 4-5 she still has no sustain or waveclear to answer your repeated chunks.
Level 6UrgotYour level-6 R executes her low health bar before Final Hour can save her.
First itemUrgotWith your first item P plus W lock takes massive percentages off her health.
Two+ itemsUrgotLate your resists and engage beat her kite if you fight before Final Hour.

How to beat Vayne as Urgot: the early game

Level 1 belongs to Vayne — she has Tumble to reposition and her passive move-speed to kite your slow autos before you have E to catch her. Respect her early auto-Tumble poke and just farm; don't chase her into a Condemn against the wall.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Urgot in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Urgot's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Urgot 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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Common questions

Who wins Urgot vs Vayne in top lane?

Urgot, slightly — a 53.26% win rate edge over 1,380 games; execution can flip it.

Is Urgot vs Vayne a skill matchup?

Mostly — Urgot has a small statistical edge (53.26% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Urgot counter Vayne?

Not a hard counter — Urgot has a slight edge (53.26% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Urgot take vs Vayne?

Urgot takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vayne.

What should Urgot build vs Vayne?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs her poke) and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Plated Steelcaps.

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