Smolder vs Vayne Counter Pick

With 1,808 games logged on patch 16.13.1, the 53.5% Smolder holds against Vayne is about as stable as matchup data gets. Both champions attack from 550 units and move at 330, so the exchange comes down to what each one needs before their damage works.

Vayne needs three consecutive attacks or ability hits on one target before Silver Bolts converts a percentage of maximum health into damage, and Tumble is how she buys those hits. Condemn knocks a target back and adds damage on terrain collision, and Final Hour grants attack damage, invisibility during Tumble and a shorter Tumble cooldown. Night Hunter grants her movement speed while she moves toward nearby enemy champions, which is why a retreat that starts late rarely finishes. That is a kit built on sustained contact. Smolder’s answer is that he never has to supply it: Super Scorcher Breath applies from range, Achooo! detonates on champion contact, and Flap, Flap, Flap flies over terrain to bombard the lowest health enemy. Vayne is frailer early at 550 base health against 575 and 23 armor against 24, and her 8 difficulty against his 6 means the harder champion is also the one obliged to close ground. Late game reverses part of that, 2,301 health and 101.2 armor against 2,275 and 92, but a fully stacked Smolder no longer needs a long fight.