How to win lane as Azir against Vladimir · 41.46% win rate (1,611 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Soldier range vs spell range — poke through the wave he has to stand in, and dodge the answer he throws back.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Untargetable dodge — bait it before you spend your kill window.
Read from Azir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
| 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 | Even / skill | 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 | Vladimir | Crimson Pact turns his items into AP and health at once, out-sustaining Azir's soldier chip damage. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Hemoplague amplifies his team's damage and heals him per champion hit, and a pool-flank ignores Azir's soldier walls. |
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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Azir's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Vladimir — Azir wins only 41.46% of 1,611 games, so Azir plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Vladimir holds a real statistical advantage (58.54% win rate), so Azir is the one working uphill.
No — Vladimir counters Azir (Azir wins only 41.46% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Azir takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace, and Sorcery secondary (Manaflow Band and Transcendence) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his sustain. Build Nashor's Tooth first, then Liandry's Torment, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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