How to beat Vladimir

Common role: Mid / Top

A sustain mage who is helpless early and unkillable late.

What makes Vladimir dangerous

Vladimir harasses with Q at no mana cost, pools (W) to become untargetable and dodge everything, and scales into a teamfight monster whose ultimate amplifies all damage on your team. If he survives laning, he wins the game by simply outlasting you.

How to play against Vladimir

• 1Punish him hard levels 1–6 — he is one of the weakest early laners in the game.
• 2Bring Grievous Wounds early; it cripples his sustain and teamfight healing.
• 3Bait his pool (W) before you commit your combo — he wastes it and is then exposed.
• 4All-in before he hits 2 items; every minute you wait he gets stronger.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Extremely weak first six levels — his worst point in the game.
• ✓Has zero hard CC, so he relies entirely on health and healing.
• ✓Low mobility outside of pool; lock him down before it comes up.
• ✓Health-cost abilities let you race him down when he is low.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Vladimir's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  Pacto carmesí

  Cada 30 puntos de vida adicional, Vladimir recibe 1 punto de poder de habilidad, y cada punto de poder de habilidad le proporciona 1,6 de vida adicional (no se acumulan entre sí).

  Strong: converts bonus health into AP and vice versa, so he scales in both. Weak: this makes him weak early with neither stat — punish levels 1-6.

• Q
  Transfusión

  Vladimir le roba vida al enemigo objetivo. Cuando los recursos de Vladimir estén al máximo, durante un breve periodo Transfusión inflige mucho más daño y cura mucho más.

  Strong: no-cost heal-and-poke that sustains him through harass. Weak: on cooldown he has no sustain — trade in the gap and bring Grievous Wounds.

• W
  Estanque sangriento

  Vladimir se sumerge en un estanque de sangre, por lo que no se lo puede seleccionar como objetivo durante 2 s. Además, ralentiza a los enemigos que estén dentro y Vladimir les absorbe vida.

  Strong: pool makes him untargetable, dodging any ability or ult. Weak: costs a chunk of health and roots him in place — bait it, then all-in.

• E
  Mareas de sangre

  Vladimir paga con su propia vida para cargar una reserva de sangre que, una vez liberada, inflige daño en el área circundante. Este ataque puede ser bloqueado por las unidades enemigas.

  Strong: a charged AoE that shreds waves and pokes hard when empowered. Weak: the empowered version is slow — step out of the circle before it lands.

• R
  Hemoplaga

  Vladimir infecta una zona con una plaga virulenta. Los enemigos afectados reciben más daño mientras dura el efecto. Pasados unos segundos, Hemoplaga inflige daño mágico a los enemigos infectados y cura a Vladimir por cada campeón enemigo golpeado.

  Strong: amplifies all damage on the enemies hit — a game-winning teamfight ult. Weak: it does little burst by itself; if his team can't follow up, it's wasted.

Itemization

Grievous Wounds is mandatory (Executioner's, Morellonomicon, Mortal Reminder). Magic resist and burst outrace his healing before he scales.

This guide covers Vladimir's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.