Talk:Vayne/@comment-5266525-20130720001647/@comment-6029866-20130721163054

It's not just a poor laning phase, it's the fact that she's reliant on using her stealth/Condemn to stay alive and proc Silver Bolts. Yes, Vayne has really high damage output, but it's also really conditional - you have to hit the same target 3 times in a row.

Very few ADCs (maybe even none) have such conditions to fufill in order to dish out their base kit damage: MF and Graves (as I've said before) can just unload their base kit damage much more easily; Ezreal and Cait are able to dish out their kit damage from longer ranges. Even Quinn has an easier time unloading her damage onto enemies.

I respect your opinion though, and I agree that Vayne is really strong if played right (perhaps even more so than all the other ADCs), which is why pros tend to use her. But her really conditional damage output plus her innate squishiness makes Vayne a really dangerous champion to play as due to how easy it is to screw up - which, in my opinion, validates her power.