Vladimir
Hardest matchups for Vladimir in Mid (Emerald, patch 16.20): 
Malzahar, 
Heimerdinger, 
Tryndamere. Easiest: 
Lucian, 
Smolder, 
Mel.
Try it in a draftCountersPower curvesIn the tier listWho wins into VladimirOn the pro tier list
Vladimir on patch 16.22
- Mid51.9%#7 of 91A8,861 games
- Top50.0%#56 of 103B2,893 games
- steady since 16.21
Vladimir’s main role on patch 16.22 is Mid: a 51.9% win rate across 8,861 Emerald games, #7 of 91 Mid champions on the tier list (grade A), picked in 3.6% of games. Vladimir is also played Top: a 50.0% win rate across 2,893 games, #56 of 103. Since patch 16.21, Vladimir Mid has not moved by more than chance explains: 0.1 points across 46,492 games in 8 ranks.
Emerald games from every region, as of Nov 9, 2026. The tables below load current numbers. Patch 16.22 tier list
Solo queue
Open in the tier listPatch 16.20, the current one
| Lane | Grade | Win rate | Games | Picked | Mains |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid68% of its games | A | 51.1%51.2% raw ±0.6 | 24,753 | 3.5%3.8% banned | 53.4%46.2% first time |
| Top24% of its games | B | 49.3%49.2% raw ±1.0 | 8,858 | 1.3%3.7% banned | 51.3%47.6% first time |
| Bot8% of its games | A | 51.4%51.8% raw ±1.8 | 2,909 | 0.4%3.7% banned | 52.4%48.6% first time |
| Support0% of its games | too few games | 48.7%22.2% raw ±14.6 | 45 | 0.0%3.8% banned | 50.6%47.0% first time |
| Jungle0% of its games | too few games | 49.6%11.1% raw ±32.7 | 9 | 0.0%3.8% banned | 51.3%47.0% first time |
Matchups
Every matchupHow to read this
Vladimir’s win rate against each champion picked into it in the lane opposite: its hardest matchups, then its easiest. The small number is the matchup’s own effect on Vladimir, the part not explained by either champion’s strength.
Hardest for Vladimir
Lane leads and team bans
What Vladimir’s team bans
Champions a team bans more often when it has Vladimir than the other team does in the same games (147,003 games). The other team banned before Vladimir was picked, so the gap is the ban spent because Vladimir was coming — a sign players see these as counters. Riot does not say which player cast a ban, so this is the team’s choice.
Builds
Every buildHow to read this
How Vladimir is built in this lane, most common first, with the items those builds finish and how they win.
- AP sustained
52.2%12,203 games - AP burst56.0%11,472 games
- Enchanter
53.7%22 games - Crit
53.9%1 games - Tank
53.9%1 games
Runes and summoner spells
How to read this
How Vladimir does with each summoner-spell pair, keystone and minor rune in this lane, at the rank and region above. These are the win rates of the players who made each choice, not the choice’s own effect: a page is recommended only when a real share of players runs it.
26,529 games · patches 16.20, 16.21 · Sep 10 – Oct 21
Flash + Ignite52.2% · 4,969 games
Deathfire TouchSorcery + Precision · 53.0%
Nimbus Cloak · Transcendence · Gathering Storm · Legend: Haste · Last StandShards: Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Start: Doran's Ring + Health Potion · 54.4%
Key items: Stormsurge → Rabadon's Deathcap · 54.2%
Boots: Sorcerer's Shoes · 55.2%Every option, with its numbers
Summoner spells
- Flash + Ignite52.2%4,969 games · 19% pick rate · same players: +0.7 pts vs the usualRecommended
Flash + Ghost51.0%20,780 games · 78% pick rate · the usual choice
Keystones
- Deathfire Touch + Precision53.0%5,851 games · 22% pick rate · same players: +2.4 pts vs the usualRecommended
Stormraider's Surge + Precision50.7%17,298 games · 65% pick rate · the usual choice
Summon Aery + Precision50.6%1,259 games · 4.8% pick rate · same players: −0.3 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Stormraider's Surge + Resolve47.7%538 games · 2.0% pick rate · same players: −1.1 pts vs the usualRare: not recommended
Minor runes with Deathfire Touch
- Nimbus Cloak52.8%98% take it
Axiom Arcanist52.8%2.4% take it
- Transcendence52.7%95% take it
Celerity55.1%5.2% take it
- Gathering Storm52.9%75% take it
Scorch52.4%25% take it
- Legend: Haste53.1%99% take it
- Last Stand53.3%85% take it
Cut Down51.8%14% take it
- Ability Haste51.1%95% take it
- Adaptive Force51.3%4.2% take it
- Adaptive Force51.1%90% take it
- Move Speed51.5%9.3% take it
- Health Scaling51.0%89% take it
- Health52.3%9.9% take it
These numbers describe, they do not prove. Each rate is Vladimir’s record when its player chose that option, pulled toward Vladimir’s own rate by 100 games of prior so a small sample cannot look like a discovery. An uncommon page often wins more because experts run it, and they would win on any page, so only a choice taken in at least 10% of games can be recommended, and spells and keystones are ranked by how the SAME players do with them against the usual choice, not by the raw rate; rarer ones are listed with their numbers and labeled. The build line (opening buy, the two key items in the order they are finished, boots or the support upgrade) is advice in the same sense: how Vladimir does when built that way.
The learning curve
Champion pool
On a first game Vladimir wins 45.5%; in the hands of players with the most mastery on it, 53.3%. That gap ranks it 28 of 173 for how much practice pays. It crosses 50% at about 68K mastery points.
Pro play
On the pro tier list
Vladimir in the major leagues and international events this season, across 3,434 games: its record, how often it is picked or banned, whether it is taken blind or saved as a counter, its lane at 15 minutes, and the best pro on it.
| Lane | Win rate | Priority | Blind / counter | Lane @15 | Best pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top | 50.0%3W 3L | 0%1% in any lane | 83% counter | +321 gold | — |
| Bot | 50.3%3W 1L | 0%1% in any lane | 100% counter | +129 gold | — |
| Mid | 49.7%0W 2L | 0%1% in any lane | 50% counter | +860 gold | — |
How much knowing Vladimir pays
Players on their Mastery band win 7.8 points more on Vladimir than first-timers do: #28 of 173 champions for how much mastery pays.
At 300k+ mastery points, Vladimir players win 53.3%: #19 of 173 champions for where mastery ends up. The curve is still rising there: its fitted ceiling of about 54.5% lies beyond the data and is an estimate, not a measurement.
VladimirDots are the six mastery bands, placed at their mastery points. The line is the best-fitting curve that rises and levels off.
This is not a promise about your next game. Players do not reach a mastery band in a random order, and a champion someone loses on tends to get dropped before it reaches the high bands — so the right-hand side of every curve is partly survivors, not only practice.
Text summary of this page as it stood on Nov 9, 2026. The live tables on this page are current.
Vladimir ranked-play summary
Most similar champions: Kassadin, Twisted Fate, Aurora.
Anonymous public figures recorded on Nov 9, 2026, when this page was built. The interactive tables on this page load current data.