Vayne vs Urgot — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vayne against Urgot · 46.74% win rate (1,380 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Urgot is slightly favoured — Vayne wins 46.74% of 1,380 games. Play it patient and win your windows.

At a glance

His knees can't catch a tumble and silver bolts melt exactly the stats he stacks — kite the E, condemn the flip attempt, and never get fear-comboed at 6.

Track: Urgot's E — Disdain (16–14s cooldown). His engage flip. Condemn or dodge it.

Do

  • Dodge his E flip
  • Farm safe vs his range
  • W-shred when his W is down

Don't

  • Stand in his W shred
  • Get hit by his E flip
  • Fight his early aggressively

Runes & build vs Urgot

Start
Doran's Blade + Health Potion
First back
Core component + boots (≈1300g)
First item
Blade of the Ruined King (%HP duel spike)
Then
Phantom Dancer
Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Runes
Lethal Tempo (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Bone Plating, Unflinching · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Vayne's game plan

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

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

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VayneLevel 1 favors you: Urgot's Purge and leg shots are too weak to punish your early Tumble trades.
Level 2UrgotLevel 2 flips to Urgot as Purge shielding and autos start out-trading your squishy frame.
Level 3UrgotLevel 3 is firmly his — W plus Corrosive Charge poke beats you in extended trades.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 are skill-defined, decided by whether you dodge his Disdain flip and spacing.
Level 6UrgotLevel 6 returns the edge to Urgot with the Fear Beyond Death execute threat.
First itemVayneAt first item he still leads: Purge out-trades you until BORK is finished.
Two+ itemsVayneTwo-plus items plus Final Hour let you outscale and dodge his E-into-R engage.

How to beat Urgot as Vayne: the early game

Level 1-2 tilts your way before Urgot's kit comes online — you can Tumble-auto and Condemn-poke while his Purge and leg shots are still weak. Grab an early advantage now, because the moment he hits level 3 the trade math swings hard against you.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Vayne in top lane

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

Hardest

Easiest

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vayne vs Urgot 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 Vayne vs Urgot in top lane?

Urgot, slightly — Vayne wins 46.74% of 1,380 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Vayne vs Urgot 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 Vayne counter Urgot?

No — if anything Urgot has the slight edge (Vayne wins 46.74%), though it stays close.

What runes does Vayne take vs Urgot?

Vayne takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Unflinching) vs Urgot.

What should Vayne build vs Urgot?

Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Blade of the Ruined King (%HP duel spike) first, then Phantom Dancer, with Plated Steelcaps.

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