How to win lane as Talon against Vladimir · 50.65% win rate over 1,076 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Talon | Level 1 is Talon's: Vladimir is squishy with weak early trades and no answer to poke. |
| Level 2 | Talon | Level 2 is Talon's: your W+Q spike hits before he has HP or sustain to matter. |
| Level 3 | Talon | Level 3 is Talon's: WQ plus bleed out-damages his Transfusion healing. |
| Levels 4-5 | Talon | Levels 4-5 are Talon's: pool-down windows give you repeated free all-ins. |
| Level 6 | Talon | Level 6 is Talon's: Bladeflurry kills him before he can build the HP to survive. |
| First item | Talon | First item is Talon's: lethality one-shots an un-stacked Vladimir. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | 2+ items are Vladimir's: stacked HP and healing let him pool your R and outscale. |
Vladimir has one of the worst early games in the mid pool — low health, weak trades, and a single long-cooldown escape. Levels 1-2 poke him off Q Transfusion with Rake, and remember his Sanguine Pool is his only out, so track it.
The full Talon 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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