How to win lane as Brand against Vladimir · 49.1% win rate over 501 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Level 1: his early Transfusion sustain keeps trades close, making this an even skill matchup. |
| Level 2 | Brand | Level 2: still balanced — neither side has a clear damage edge yet at this stage. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3: your Pillar poke starts outpacing his sustain since he hasn't stacked bonus HP, tipping lane your way. |
| Levels 4-5 | Brand | Levels 4-5: your combo and Ablaze stacking chunk him faster than Transfusion can heal back, keeping you ahead. |
| Level 6 | Brand | Level 6: Sanguine Pool only avoids part of your Pyroclasm threat, so your all-in window remains stronger. |
| First item | Brand | 1st item: your burst still out-trades his healing and poke at this stage of itemization. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | 2+ items: his Crimson Pact bonus HP and Hemoplague-amplified burst finally scale past your damage output, flipping the late-game favor to Vladimir. |
Levels 1-2 are close since Vlad's Transfusion sustain offsets some early poke damage, but by levels 3-5 you clearly pull ahead — his bonus HP from items hasn't scaled yet, so Pillar of Flame plus Ablaze stacking chunks him faster than his passive lifesteal can recover. He's forced into a defensive farming pattern.
The full Brand 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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