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
  血色契约

  每30生命值加成给予弗拉基米尔1法术强度，每1法术强度给予弗拉基米尔1.6生命值（不会自我循环叠加）。

  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
  鲜血转换

  弗拉基米尔从目标敌人身上偷取生命值。当弗拉基米尔的资源槽攒满后，鲜血转换将暂时获得增益，提升伤害和治疗效果。

  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
  血红之池

  弗拉基米尔潜入血泊之中，变得不可被选取，持续2秒。血泊上的敌人被减速，同时弗拉基米尔会从他们身上吸取生命。

  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
  血之潮汐

  弗拉基米尔消耗他的生命值来持续灌注一个蓄血库，蓄血库在释放时会对他身边的敌人造成伤害，但会被敌方单位所阻挡。

  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
  血之瘟疫

  弗拉基米尔令一片区域感染上剧毒瘟疫，增加受感染敌人所受的伤害。在几秒后，血之瘟疫会对被感染的敌人造成魔法伤害，并根据命中的敌方英雄数来治疗弗拉基米尔。

  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.