Talk:Vayne/@comment-7511479-20130902154422/@comment-8506165-20130911043005

Dyomaeth is right - BotRK was and still is the reason Vayne is problematic at the moment. She was always meant to do a ridiculous amount of damage lategame. The problem is, her early-mid was supposed to be bad compared to other ADCs to make up for it. BotRK though... it gives Vayne literally everything she needs in terms of stats and more when it comes to the active. She no longer needs to balance between early game sustain for her ludicrous squishiness, attack speed for her W and raw damage. BotRK gives all of them. So now she can just start killing things as soon as she gets that, even if she's a little behind.

Seriously, try a Vayne game without rushing it. Her power's incredibly diminished by it early. Doesn't matter whether you go for IE, BT or PD early - you won't get the same results. And if you're not doing well enough early, you end up a squishy, underfed ADC, or a liability as they're otherwise known.

The only real other problem was that several of her counters in lane got nerfed - Draven, MF, Corki... it's now harder to shut her down early, and more necessary to do so since the Blade changes.