How to win lane as Annie against Vladimir · 48.01% win rate (2,193 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He out-ranges you — but a stocked stun makes every step into your Flash radius a coin he can't afford to flip.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Untargetable dodge — bait it before you spend your kill window.
Read from Annie's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Annie's own plan; across 2,193 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Levels 1-2 are an even skill matchup as both champions trade via landed pokes and passive sustain, no clear edge |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even for the same reasoning |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 remains a skill check since Vladimir still lacks a hard punish for Annie's early positioning |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | Annie's stun-Tibbers combo outpaces Vladimir's sustain and forces good all-ins by mid lane |
| Level 6 | Annie | Tibbers at 6 lets Annie commit to trades that generally outrace Vladimir's healing before Hemoplague scales up |
| First item | Even / skill | Annie's first-item burst threatens to kill Vladimir before Sanguine Pool can fully mitigate the damage |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | Annie's combo advantage still holds late relative to Vladimir, though his own scaling narrows the gap |
Levels 1-2 come down to landing your stun cleanly against his passive-fueled sustain trades — neither side has a decisive damage edge yet, so it's mostly a matter of who plays the poke pattern better. Track Vladimir Sanguine Pool: 28s at rank 1 — two seconds untargetable erases the back half of your combo, so bait it and commit on its cooldown.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Annie's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Annie vs Vladimir report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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Vladimir, slightly — Annie wins 48.01% of 2,193 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (51.99% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Vladimir has the slight edge (Annie wins 48.01%), though it stays close.
Annie takes Electrocute on the Domination tree with Cheap Shot, Grisly Mementos and Ultimate Hunter, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Scorch) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his sustain. Build Stormsurge / Luden's first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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