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
  Pacte de sang

  Vladimir gagne 1 pt de puissance tous les 30 PV bonus, et 1.6 PV bonus tous les 1 pt de puissance (ces effets ne se cumulent pas entre eux).

  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
  Transfusion

  Vladimir vole les PV de l'ennemi ciblé. Quand la jauge de ressource de Vladimir est pleine, Transfusion infligera beaucoup plus de dégâts et rendra beaucoup plus de PV pendant un court instant.

  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
  Bain de sang

  Vladimir plonge dans une flaque de sang, devenant impossible à cibler pendant 2 sec. Les ennemis dans la flaque sont ralentis et Vladimir peut aspirer leur vie.

  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
  Vagues de sang

  Vladimir dépense ses propres PV pour charger un orbe de sang qui, une fois lâché, infligera des dégâts de zone autour de lui. Les Vagues de sang peuvent être bloquées par les unités ennemies.

  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
  Peste sanguine

  Vladimir contamine une zone avec une peste virulente. Les ennemis infectés subissent plus de dégâts pendant la durée de la compétence. Après quelques secondes, Peste sanguine inflige des dégâts magiques aux ennemis infectés et rend des PV à Vladimir pour chaque champion ennemi touché.

  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.