How to win lane as Annie against Vladimir · 49.8% win rate over 1,016 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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 | Annie | Annie's first-item burst threatens to kill Vladimir before Sanguine Pool can fully mitigate the damage |
| Two+ items | Annie | 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.
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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