How to win lane as Vayne against Graves · 51.7% win rate over 3,420 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Graves | Graves out-trades Vayne at Level 1 with double-shot autos plus Buckshot burst. |
| Level 2 | Graves | Smoke Screen blinds Vayne's autos and Silver Bolts, keeping the Level 2 trade Graves's. |
| Level 3 | Graves | Quickdraw armour stacks and his burst combo keep Level 3 firmly in Graves's favour. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By Levels 4-5 it's even skill — Vayne can dodge his lines and punish the cooldown gaps between his bursts. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At Level 6 it's still even: Collateral Damage threatens a one-shot, but a healthy Vayne can break line-of-sight with Tumble. |
| First item | Vayne | With her first item Vayne's Blade and Silver Bolts start winning even trades as Graves's burst sits on cooldown. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | With 2+ items Vayne's Final Hour kiting and %-health Silver Bolts hard out-scale Graves's front-loaded burst. |
Graves owns Levels 1-2 — his double-shot autos plus Buckshot (Q) out-trade you hard and Smoke Screen (W) blinds your autos and Silver Bolts to nothing. Sit at range and just farm.
The full Vayne vs Graves 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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