Darius vs Vayne in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: once Final Hour is up you can't touch her — her true damage and Shieldbow mean you won't kill her in time. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPDARIUSthe Hand of Noxus

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPVAYNEthe Night Hunter

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ghost

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect Final Hour

With her ult active you can't kill her in time — her true damage and Shieldbow outlast your all-in.

Punish her missteps

Your only real kill is on a misstep — pull her and run her down the moment she's out of position.

Farm and wait

You'll hold the wave at your tower most of the game — afk farm until your jungler arrives, since you can't kill her alone.

✕ DON'T

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Never solo-fight her in the side lane unless you're clearly ahead — she runs you down and you can't kill her in time.

Runes

PRECISION

SORCERYuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

GHOST

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 54% WR - 1.1k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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