How to win lane as Sylas against Vladimir · 50.9% win rate over 4,631 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sylas | Vladimir has no sustain level 1 and pays health for abilities, so you dominate. |
| Level 2 | Sylas | At level 2 he still cannot punish your Chain Lash trades. |
| Level 3 | Sylas | Level 3 short trades beat him before his Transfusion rhythm scales. |
| Levels 4-5 | Sylas | Through 4-5 he is at his weakest and your all-in threat rules the lane. |
| Level 6 | Sylas | At 6 your combo kills him once you bait Sanguine Pool. |
| First item | Sylas | First item, your tempo still leads his later component spikes. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Two-plus items, Vladimir becomes a healing raid boss and outscales your burst. |
You dominate levels 1-2 because Vladimir has no early sustain and pays health to use E Tides of Blood, so trade aggressively with Chain Lash and empowered autos. Deny his Transfusion rhythm by stepping up whenever it is on cooldown, and keep the wave from freezing so he cannot passively farm to his power spikes. He simply has no way to punish you back this early.
The full Sylas 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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