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
  Patto cremisi

  Vladimir guadagna 1 punto di potere magico ogni 30 punti di salute bonus e 1,6 di salute bonus per ogni punto di potere magico (non cumulabili fra loro).

  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
  Trasfusione

  Vladimir ruba vita dal nemico bersaglio. Quando la riserva di Vladimir è piena, danni e cure di Trasfusione aumenteranno di molto per un breve periodo.

  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
  Lago di sangue

  Vladimir si scioglie in una pozza di sangue, diventando non bersagliabile per 2 secondi. In più, i nemici sulla pozza sono rallentati e Vladimir ne assorbe la vita.

  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
  Maree di sangue

  Vladimir utilizza la sua salute per caricare una riserva di sangue che, una volta rilasciata, infligge danni nell'area che lo circonda, ma che può essere anche bloccata dalle unità nemiche.

  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
  Emopiaga

  Vladimir infetta un'area con una piaga virulenta. I nemici colpiti subiscono danni aumentati per la durata. Dopo alcuni secondi, Emopiaga infligge danni magici ai nemici infettati e cura Vladimir per ogni campione nemico colpito.

  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.