Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several significant Vladimir against Xayah counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xayah..
Vladimir usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually wins when trying to fight Xayah, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Vladimir makes a great counter to Xayah.
While Vladimir does have a much higher win rate compared to Xayah, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Vladimir into Xayahas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Xayah matchups, Vladimir is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vladimir is a great counter to Xayah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Vladimir against Xayah.
To truly master Vladimir to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Xayah. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Vladimir versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Cosmic Drive. When Vladimir bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Xayah than with most other common builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 54.0% battling Xayah with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xayah as Vladimir, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Vladimir vs Xayah face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.0% win rate overall.
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