How to win lane as Azir against Vladimir · 42.5% win rate over 727 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Azir | Azir's soldier zoning and range dominate a Vladimir with no early engage or meaningful poke. |
| Level 2 | Azir | Continued wave control keeps starving Vladimir of the CS and XP he desperately needs to scale. |
| Level 3 | Azir | Same story — Azir's early kit advantage keeps compounding against a passive-scaling Vladimir. |
| Levels 4-5 | Azir | Azir's growing item and level lead widens the gap even further heading into Vladimir's one spike. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | Vladimir's Hemoplague finally gives him a real all-in tool, making this his best (though still risky) window. |
| First item | Azir | Azir's zone control and disengage return to dominating as Vladimir's ultimate cooldown passes. |
| Two+ items | Azir | Azir's soldier walls deny Vladimir the space to safely land Hemoplague in late-game fights, keeping Azir ahead. |
Vladimir has one of the weakest early games in the mid lane — no gap closer, weak poke, and no way to punish your soldier zoning, so you can freely shove waves and deny his farm from Level 1. He's forced to play a passive farming game while you build a substantial CS and XP lead, since he simply doesn't have the tools to contest you in lane.
The full Azir 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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