Vayne vs Warwick — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vayne against Warwick · 51.57% win rate over 989 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Vayne is favoured — Vayne owns 6 of the 7 game windows. Vayne wins 51.57% of games vs Warwick in top lane (989 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VayneLevel 1 favors you: Warwick's kit is weak before Q, and your Tumble trades win.
Level 2VayneLevel 2 stays yours as you kite his single slow gap-closer freely.
Level 3VayneLevel 3 you control with Condemn peeling his Q lunge.
Levels 4-5VayneLevels 4-5 remain yours — you space his walk-ups and deny Blood Hunt chase.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is skill-defined: Infinite Duress is his one kill path if you misplay E.
First itemVayneAt first item your true damage out-races his Q-and-passive healing.
Two+ itemsVayneTwo-plus items plus Final Hour let you outscale and dodge his R lock-on.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are yours — Warwick's early is weak without his Q ranked and his W passive only bites when you're already low. Tumble-auto and Condemn-poke freely, keep your HP topped so Blood Hunt never triggers, and deny him any reason to walk up.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vayne vs Warwick 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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