Season 3 Vamana Solo Lane Conquest

Use teleport early on to hurry back to lane to not miss exp and avoid tower damage. Also if you are ahead and recall the same time as your opponent or kill them you can rotate to help your jungler steal camps or help mid lane. Then you can use your teleport to come back to save tower when needed. I don't see many people do this and I thought its worth mentioning.

Curse can be bought first if you want to get a kill early. This is great to counter a Guan Yu or Chacc who depends on healing when trading and you can catch them off guard and go all in on them. Later in the game make sure to use this right before you Ult so you chase your target.

This guide was created because I really enjoy planning Vamana, but it was difficult to find a right build since all other guides on the site are currently very old. I hope to help new players learn how to play Vamana and discuss with other Vamana players what builds work for them. Everyone has a different play style so no one play style is the correct one.


I highly recommend getting the Lil Mana Skin and voice Pack for this God. It has some funny lines/taunts to use in lane and a Baseball Bat is more fun to smack gods with than an umbrella

MY BLUE BUFF!: Your blue buff is yours and belongs to you and no one else. Fight your jungler for that blue if they try to take it. And while your at it take the enemy Blue buff too. Only if its safe of course. If you force your enemy out of lane take their blue buff and run like hell. Vamana's abilities cost a large amount of mana as you continue to level them. You need mana to clear the minion wave and fight your opponent. When you are around 200 mana you should conserve it. With recent jungle changes you can have blue buff quite often, every 3 mins.

Basically your ult will last longer the more damage you take while using it(min 6/max 16 seconds)
Also 20% of your Physical Protections into Damage. This is why I recommend building tanky.


Charges/Knocks up your enemy into the air. Its best you save this to chase someone for a solo kill and using Umbrellarang to slow them first to engage instead. Also great to disrupt enemy to save teammates. When chasing cancel this ability after you charge through them turnaround and start smacking them.


Your strongest one hit reliable ability, Just got nerfed a bit but it not a big deal and I still max it first. Standing to the side on the minion wave and the using Armored Umbrella is how you should clear the wave with ease and also make sure to harass your enemy.


3 Second Slow! This is maxed first This can be used to clear you minion wave if you hit them in a straight line at max rank. Also its great to bully your enemy in lane. Make sure to try to hit them on your return and align yourself to get max damage.


Basically Massive Health Regen, Damage increase and Protection increase. AND CC IMMUNE!
Timing is Key: Learning when to ult is the only difficult part to mastering Vamana. It will take time and experience to learn when its a good time to ult. Generally you will ult during a large teamfight when you are at about half health. It takes about a full second for him to grow so don't hesitate. Ulting too early will make the enemy retreat and have you looking like a fool. You will always focus their carry or mage, whichever doesn't have a dash or jump. If they do get away just focus someone nearby at least. Cancel the ult if needed to use Clear The Path to catch the carry/mage. All other abilities are disabled during your ULT so use them all if you can before you do. Also its OK to ult early if you are trying to avoid CC to reach the back line.

Gives more Dmg for your Abilities and speed to dodge skills. This is better then Ninja Tabi IMO because this adds 40 damage to Armored Umbrella and you can clear the wave with ease after getting just boots.
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Great first item to buy after boots in most cases. When laning against an enemy warrior or any physical God this is a great item because you get armor to protect yourself, CDR so you can use your abilities a bit sooner, and Mana which helps because Armored Umbrella cost 100 mana at max rank. Also thanks to your passive, Sleeping Giant, you also get 15 physical power from this item.


I really like this item right now since many of the Defensive items were nerfed in Season 3. We get some health, Mana, and 30 physical/magical protections. Also we invest in this item to get 30 more extra physical/magical protections as we get stacks from getting kill or assists. Totaling to 60 physical/magical protections at max(10) stacks. The only time I dont build this is when I am extremely behind or my team fed everywhere else and I need something more instant protections wise. This should usually be built 3rd and no later then fourth so you can get those stack ASAP.


Some more health and a lot of magical protections to survive that mage in mid lane. The passive on this item is just sooo good we cannot past it up. The extra shield will help you stay alive if you waited too long to use your Ult or maybe your ult is on CD and this shield may just save your life. Also it can catch your opponent off guard when trading with them and you can go in for the kill knowing your shield will pop to help you out. Always pay attention if your opponent is also building this so you don't over extend and take into account that they will have a shield too.


I highly recommend you do not build this early unless you are just dominating your lane. This will give you some extra damage and Health to stay alive, but we build this because the passive will reduce the amount of damage hunters do to you since you reduce their attack speed and it will help you stick on them every time you hit them with a basic attack. This is extremely helpful for when you Ult because you cannot use any abilities or relics when you are Big. Also combined with Hastened Fatalis it makes it very easy to stick to your opponent and maximize the damage you can do when you Ult.


I find this item to still be very good on Vamana in most cases. The movement speed buff Vamana got in Season 3 makes him the fastest Warrior in the game and this item pushes him towards Mercury territory. Attk Spd is good to help you get more smacks in when you are in your Ult and combined with Frostbound Hammer you can stick to people like glue.


A bit more armor and a lot more health to help your regen when you ult. If you are being chased this can slow your enemy if they basic attack you 30% of time. Also a great buy if you see the enemy Hunter building a lot of attk speed. Also great when you are going against Warriors like Bellona or Ravana who depend on getting basic attacks on you to maximize their damage. Hunters may try to kite and life steal off of you while you focus them and when they get slowed this is when you can close the gap if you missed your Umbrellarang.


This item is very cheap and gives Vamana a lot things he needs. Health helps his Ult's regen and you stay alive.Movement speed makes him even faster to chase people, especially when he is in his Ult. Some extra attack speed to get some more smacks in and CCR which will max you out at 40% combined with Bulwark of Hope. Great item versus an enemy team with several slows and also good to get get if your behind because you cannot afford to buy much else.


Relics are free and it is better to get curse to counter healing then this, but is worth getting if they have multiple healers on their team or if your Mage refuses to buy Divine Ruin


With hunters building high attack speed this will help you survive them. A situational item to be bought versus more then one basic attack focused Gods

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