Irelia vs Vladimir — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Irelia against Vladimir · 48.81% win rate over 1,260 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Irelia owns 7 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Vladimir: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Irelia wins 48.81% of games vs Vladimir in mid lane (1,260 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1IreliaNo Sanguine Pool yet means your early all-ins land clean, favour is yours
Level 2IreliaLevels 3-5 continue in your favor as long as you don't waste the dash into a bait
Level 3IreliaItem and level power let you punish his still-thin early HP pool before pool comes online
Levels 4-5IreliaLevels 4-5 hold as your dive still outpaces his poke-only kit pre-6
Level 6IreliaPool lets him escape once, but baiting it first still gives you the win on the real engage
First itemIreliaFirst item burst kills him before his HP-scaling kit and Hemoplague matter
Two+ itemsIreliaLate-game HP-stack Vlad poke is real, but decisive short all-ins keep this favor yours

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 favor you clearly — Vlad has no pool yet, so every all-in where you close the gap with Bladesurge wins outright since his only tool is Transfusion poke.

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The full Irelia 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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