Talk:Vayne/@comment-7511479-20130723122326/@comment-6029866-20130724061641

You'll almost always want to max Q first - it scales off AD, gives you true much needed mobility for a single-target damage dealer and lets you chain AAs faster. Therefore, it allows you to scale much faster in the early to mid stages of the game.

W is good, but it scales slower than Q, plus it requires you to chain 3 attacks for it to do any damage. Also, since most tanks/bruisers only start to stack considerable amounts of health in the mid to late stages of the game, you'll be missing a lot of early power Q gives you.

Generally Q will almost always be better than W early, but if (for some strange reason) the whole enemy team starts stacking HP, then maxing W first may not be such a bad idea.