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League of Legends Champion VladimirVladimir is in the a tier of champions

Vladimir

Mage
Vladimir is a mageRolemage
DifficultyAverage
Power SpikeLate-Game
Crimson Pact abilityp
Transfusion abilityq
Sanguine Pool abilityw
Tides of Blood abilitye
Hemoplague abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
middle

Vladimir Build

based on 58,684 matches
Win Rate
49.6 %
Pick Rate
4.2 %
Ban Rate
3.5 %

How We Come Up with Our Vladimir Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Vladimir build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Vladimir builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Vladimir core items and runes for any situation.

Vladimir Build Summary

Vladimir is a a decent middle lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Sorcery Precision. Adding the highlighted runes shown below in your Vladimir build will give you the additional bonuses to help him play well through the laning phase of the match and into the late game. Vladimir players should start by leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Vladimir

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Dark SealRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexHextech Alternator

Core Vladimir Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltRabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveSorcerer's Shoes

Optional Items

Void StaffHorizon FocusZhonya's HourglassShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vladimir to level upq
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Second ability for Vladimir to level upe
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Last skill for Vladimir to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
PrecisionTriumphLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vladimir's passive ability p
Vladimir's q ability q
Vladimir's w ability w
Vladimir's e ability e
Vladimir's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Q
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E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Vladimir Matchups Overview

Vladimir is Weak Against

MalzaharMalzahar40.3% winrateZoeZoe44.7% winrateCassiopeiaCassiopeia45.2% winrateSyndraSyndra46.1% winrate

Vladimir is Strong Against

KennenKennen57% winrateQiyanaQiyana56.7% winrateKatarinaKatarina55.3% winrateZiggsZiggs53.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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More Gameplay Tips for Vladimir Players

Tips and Tricks

Vladimir's ultimate, Hemoplague, is most effective when cast during teamfights on as many enemy champions as possible.

When you anticipate an engagement with your enemy lane partner, keep one stack of Bloodthirst so that you get the empowered Transfusion when you cast it.

Additional Vladimir Build Insights

League of Legends Vladimir players could find him to be a challenging champion to build out properly. You'll notice that his build changes when he is fighting either generic or highly focused team compositions, indicating you should not take the same Vladimir build every game of League of Legends

The best items to incorporate into your champion's build are: Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Cosmic Drive. Those who included these items in their kits had a much better winrate than those who utilized other Vladimir builds. Moreover, if you are trying to beat a well-mixed enemy team composition, you should really consider grabbing yourself the Sorcery, and Precision runes. In recent matches, he won the greatest fraction of his rounds when using these runes.

We calculated our Vladimir build suggestions by analyzing 58,684 recently ranked League of Legends matches with him in them. We only propose the top winrate Vladimir builds that were used by ranked League players enough times for us to reccomend them. With so many games in our dataset, we are confident in our suggested builds.