Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Corki versus Vladimir counter stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s ratio of NaN, showing that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vladimir..
Corki usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Corki usually loses when taking on Vladimir, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Corki makes a poor counter to Vladimir.
While Corki does have a much lower winrate than Vladimir, when facing one another, Corki also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Corki into Vladimir.
Moreover, Corki also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Corki vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Corki is a terribly counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Corki against Vladimir.
If you would like to truly master Corki in order to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Vladimir. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Corki versus Vladimir build include Muramana, Malignance, and Spear of Shojin. When Corki bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Corki had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing against Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Vladimir as Corki, Corki players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Corki vs Vladimir counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.9% win rate overall.
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