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Vladimir Counter Stats

Vladimir Counters
Discover all champions who counter Vladimir. Use our statistics and learn how to counter Vladimir in League of Legends and win in Champion Select!
1,347 Tips for countering Vladimir below

Mid Lane
51.71% Win Rate69% Pick Rate Vladimir Mid Lane Counters: 41 counter champions

Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.

Tips Against Vladimir in Mid Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors

twin7zz says “Q max in this matchup is very important, (3 points, more if YOU have to.) Q his Q, dont let him get fully charged Q onto you even if you Q it the healing he gets is just not worth. you outscale if you go even.”
Amothertruckingunicorn says “Take D helm and go unsealed spellbook+ignite rather than barrier, you are not poking him out. ”
16.10 Malphite Mid Off Tank by Amothertruckingunicorn | Malphite Player
Soul0fghost says “You can normally out poke and win lane. Dont trade when he has empowered Q and space him.”
Viktor by Soul0fghost | Viktor Player
uramakyo says “W makes him completely untargetable on demand — he can dodge your poison, your R, and all your damage on a low cooldown. You simply can't kill him and he out-sustains you over time.”
Fangs of Du Couteau: The Complete Cassiopeia Guide by uramakyo | Cassiopeia Player
L0ganJG says “Can be tough if you do not create your own opportunities. E start to conserve health. Q second, if you get a free Q auto trade it's good. W1 towards Vlad, and go for a decent trade. Figure out his timing, if he W's immediately on the start of your W, save your Q, use it immediately after he comes out of pool for a Q>auto>W2. You won't lose Frenzy as long as there are minions. If he doesn't W early, get as many autos as possible and W2 right as your Q stun is about to end. BotRK is insane in this matchup ”
V222 says “This is a very volatile matchup. Level one you don't have enough damage to start breaking him and if you E on him you will take a lot of caster aggro which will lead to you pushing the wave into him, making him heal up eventually and making the trade not worth. Only start E vs Vlad if he starts zoning you, pushes the wave or already wasted Q on the wave. It is very important to keep the wave on your side so you can keep jumping on him. This is why starting Q and letting him push while trimming the wave is usually safer and superior. The most common mistake people do versus vlad is spacing his Q bad by being too far away to punish once he goes to Q cs to heal. You want to imagine a circle around his Q range and instantly jump on him once he uses it. When you EQ into vlad it is very important to not be in range for him to pool in a way where he can damage you and heal off it. Trading your EQ for his pool is always worth it. One trick you can abuse vs vlad pool is that as long as you keep walking forward your E2 will outlast his W, meaning that you can jump on him after it expires. The only way vlad can outtrade you earlygame is if you tank his charged up E, it will slow you a lot and do a lot of damage so try to stand inside your minions and trade on his lasthits when he has his Q down. Otherwise only ignore this rule if you have your W shield. If you think vlad is going to pool your combo you can also EQ W. If he gets hit by your Q as he is in his W he will be extremely slowed so hitting your W stun is extremely easy. Once Vlad gets his second base and around lv7 in his Q points it is no longer worth to keep permanently trading with him as you won't break him unless you are extremely ahead and still have your ignite up and the wave is still on your side. Most Vlads will instantly ult you and the wave once they hit lv6 so watch out that you don't trade too much. If you jump on Vlad in a long lane when he has both summs up and he ults you with red Q up, don't try to statcheck and kite him and just ult out as he can easily outspace you and deny you from proccing your passive and just ult out instantly if you are anywhere near lethal. Your ult is much lower CD anyways so it is completely worth it. He will beat you for a while until you have your dusk and dawn, so plaiying the map vs Vlad who has no waveclear and no useful abilities in a skirmish is a very good way to win the game. Once you have your dusk and dawn laning against vladimir becomes manageable. As long as you use your W shield and don't jump into him fully charging his E you should win for a long time. One important interaction vs Vlad with dnd is that your E will go through his W once you start the animation https://app.tryascent.gg/clips/ArKt5aeAbXr Since he builds a lot of HP your W% + dnd double proc will do a lot of damage to him once he is low. ”
V222 says “Grasp Ignite D shield Second wind E start lvl1, get grasp proc, u out heal him with this setup, constantly harras him and don't let him heal up for free, and deny him cs, don't push the wave, and u can run him down, Bork/ Berserker/ Shieldbow/ Doms build is really strong into him, u can kill him on sidelane.”
[26.8] Challenger Yasuo Guide by V222 | Yasuo Player
Soul0fghost says “If you can space him and take trades with his q down, you can win lane. Don't try to gank him and just play to scale.”
Azir Midlane 2026 by Soul0fghost | Azir Player
Makilov says “You don't come across [[Vladimir]] too much, but with his consistent healing, I'd recommend building [[Chempunk Chainsword]] and using the bruiser build.”
26.08 Naafiri Mid Guide by Makilov | Naafiri Player
Soul0fghost says “Depends alot on the Vlad. Dont trade when Q is up and you can win. Shove him in over and over and look for roams.”
Ahri Midlane 2026 by Soul0fghost | Ahri Player
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Top Lane
49.27% Win Rate21% Pick Rate Vladimir Top Lane Counters: 31 counter champions

Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.
Counter Rating Counter rating is an expression of how strong or weak a counter is based on win rate, kills, and deaths, as well as early laning advantages or disadvantages. A higher number means an easier laning phase against that champion.

Tips Against Vladimir in Top Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors

Sekirooo says “♡ Dracula insane ap and don't have any antiheal MR for him is disgusting but he won't be strong early so try to always make short trades with him getting hexdrinker is good or mercs and some MR early will help if you can try to waste his W you can win against him mostly not always if he have his Q almost powered he will just shrug the damage off best to always fight when his W is down and you can also do a combo on him when he about to power Q and you now stacked your passive is E + R will prevent his healing ”
♡ Become The Hand Of Noxus ♡ by Sekirooo | Darius Player
LoucasTitan says “Try not to get poke early, you win once you have maiden”
RAVYFY says “wait for him to use W. once he's out he has no escape.”
Tryndamere Guide (Patch 26.05) by RAVYFY | Tryndamere Player
TheMild1 says “Won't do enough damage to kill you and can't stop you from doing what you want. Just try to avoid taking his empowered Q. ”
My Sion Guide 2026 by TheMild1 | Sion Player
Dragonlord1022 says “Fleet Footwork Bone Plating D Shield → Refillable → Mercs/Swifties/Tri Force → Tri Force/Streaks If you're playing vs ignite Vlad or enemy has a very aggressive jg, you need to stay as healthy as possible early. Vlad with ignite can straight up tower dive you level 3; if that's coming, make sure you have Bone Plating up or a mega timer. You can kill Vladimir by baiting out his pool, then hitting him with Mega W. Typically this looks like, after level 6, with mega, jump on his head and just don't use any abilities right away to bait pool. In an even lane, once Vladimir has his first item, he will most likely win the 1v1. ”
[26.04] Wyvern's Gnar by Dragonlord1022 | Gnar Player
Saneryus says “In low elo, he isn't much of a threat since people don't know how to pilot him as well. Once you get into high elo, a good vlad will perma tower dive you and force you to base or ult. This is just a statcheck match up where you'll mostly lose pre-6 unless he somehow lets you walk up in melee range at max passive stacks. Once 6, you will only engage short trades against him when he uses his Q on minion, OR he doesn't have empowered Q. You'll win the short trades with PTA and you just rinse and repeat. Once level 11, it will still be hard. Once level 16, you will beat him automatically you're the first to engage on him (preferrable from FoG). If he engages on you first, you'll have to time your ult to negate his E and Q damage (his ult does less damage). The 1 tech that will guarentee let you beat vladimir in a 1v1 late game is going to be Kaenic Rookern. Vladimir falls in the category of a burst mage as he doesn't have consistent damage like you with autos. If you can prevent him from bursting you down level 16+, you will win the 1v1s. Teamfighting is a different story though since you can't all build kaenic rookern. If you need, you can build an early negatron cloak to survive the early laning phase if needed. Standard PTA DShield TP/Exhaust or TP/Flash I havn't tried gunblade in this match up to see if it's enough for vlad's poke. For now, standard build. I'll see if gunblade is good for his poke in lane”
PokeRoyal2007 says “Quite even, but the match-up favors you. His early is pretty bad, however don´t be overconfident because he has a lot of lifesteal. Anyways you should be fine against him.”
Meta Irelia Top Guide by PokeRoyal2007 | Irelia Player
TENSION019 says “Grasp, Doran Shield, Ghost and Ignite. Vladimir is basically a big minion for us in this matchup. Grab Swifties and just run him down without mercy.”
The River King by TENSION019 | Tahm Kench Player
zwartebliksem says “Flash + Ignite Another scaling champion and wannabe toplaner. Vladimir really wants to scale, where he starts getting strong around level 13. You can punish him before this, where most toplaners couldn't. When you go in on Vladimir, he will typically use his W to disengage. But there is a trick with Kled that most Vladimir players don't know. When you land your Q, it will remain stuck onto the Vladimir, even if he goes into his pool. That means that the damage, pullback and the slow will all go though as well. Because of this, trading is very easy.”
The Holy Scripts of Kled Toplane by zwartebliksem | Kled Player
G Experience Requem says “"Vladik" is so annoyng, he outheals 80% of traids BUT! If you somehow push the wave while trading with this goddamn buddy you will win the traid and zone out from farm -> after one lvl gap between thats it, you are unstoppable. Honestly do not overextend, you are squishy remebmer it.”
[25.24] Sylas Toplane guide by G.E.R. by G Experience Requem | Sylas Player
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