How to win lane as Vayne against Master Yi · 48.75% win rate (480 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Vayne's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.
This is Vayne's own plan; across 480 pooled games the lane is leaning Master Yi.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vayne | Tumble kiting and true-damage bolts out-trade him from level 1. |
| Level 2 | Vayne | At 2 Condemn cancels Meditate — a 10s heal channel. |
| Level 3 | Vayne | Level 3 wall-stuns and Silver Bolts keep him off you entirely. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vayne | Level 4-5 you still kite his dash and chunk him with true damage. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 Highlander lets him stick through Tumble and catch you. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item plus R lets his true damage burst you down before your bolts stack. |
| Two+ items | Vayne | Late, your Silver Bolts and Final Hour invisibility out-melt him and win the duel again. |
Levels 1-4 you own him: Tumble keeps you outside his melee reach and Silver Bolts' true damage ignores whatever he builds. Alpha Strike is 20s at rank 1 and he is untargetable during it, so do not spend Condemn into the dash — spend it on the landing, or to cancel Meditate's 10s heal channel.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vayne's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vayne vs Master Yi 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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Master Yi, slightly — Vayne wins 48.75% of 480 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Master Yi has a small statistical edge (51.25% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Master Yi has the slight edge (Vayne wins 48.75%), though it stays close.
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