Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.
Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.
If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.
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 stats shown on this page clarify several significant Pantheon vs. Vladimir matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vladimir..
Pantheon typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Pantheon usually fairs equally well when facing off against Vladimir, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Pantheon makes an ok counter for Vladimir.
While Pantheon does have a lower win rate than Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Pantheon also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Pantheon into Vladimir.
Additionally, Pantheon also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Vladimir matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Pantheon is a somewhat poor counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Pantheon against Vladimir.
If you would like to truly master Pantheon to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pantheon on average gets less CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Pantheon versus Vladimir build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Pantheon included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Vladimir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Pantheon had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Vladimir with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Vladimir as Pantheon, Pantheon players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Pantheon vs Vladimir counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Pantheon are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.