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
  真紅の盟約

  増加体力を30得るたび魔力が1増加する。また、魔力1につき体力が1.6増加する(この固有スキル自身の効果とは重複しない)。

  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
  吸血

  指定した敵ユニットから血を吸い取り、体力を吸収する。リソースが溜まっている状態の時、「吸血」のダメージと回復量が一定時間大幅に増加する。

  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
  紅血の沼

  2秒間血の池に潜り、敵に対象指定されなくなる。また、池に接触した敵にスロウとダメージを与え、与えたダメージに応じた体力を吸収する。

  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
  血液奔流

  自分の体力を消費して血液をチャージし、解放した時に自分の周囲にダメージを与える。この攻撃は敵ユニットを貫通せず、遮られる。

  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
  呪血の渦

  指定範囲に急速に進行する疫病をばら撒き、感染した敵は一定時間、あらゆる被ダメージが増加する。さらに数秒後爆発が起こり、感染した敵は魔法ダメージを受け、さらにブラッドミアは感染させた敵チャンピオンの数に応じて体力を回復する。

  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.