How to win lane as Veigar against Vladimir · 48.05% win rate (3,850 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
A scaling race you win by definition — stack through his poke, cage his aggression, and let infinity argue the late game.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Untargetable dodge — bait it before you spend your kill window.
Read from Veigar's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Veigar's own plan; across 3,850 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Veigar | Vladimir is one of the weakest level-1 laners and your Q poke punishes his health-cost kit. |
| Level 2 | Veigar | At 2 he still can't answer your poke, and a cage means free W-auto trades. |
| Level 3 | Veigar | Level 3 with E up you chunk him hard every time he steps for Transfusion. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By 4-5 his sustain catches up and the lane evens into a skill trade. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 Sanguine Pool dodges your cage and Hemoplague tanks your combo — he takes over. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first item reopens a kill: E when Pool is down still one-combos him before his heal ramps. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With 2+ items his spellvamp, R amp, and Pool immunity make him unkillable for your burst. |
Levels 1-3 are firmly yours: Vladimir is one of the weakest early laners, paying health for every Transfusion (Q) and having no way to punish you back besides walking up. Poke with Baleful Strike (Q), and when he steps to last-hit, land Event Horizon (E) into W (Dark Matter) for a real chunk. Zone him off CS and stack your passive — this is the phase where you build the lead you'll need later.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Veigar's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Veigar 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, slightly — Veigar wins 48.05% of 3,850 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (51.95% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Vladimir has the slight edge (Veigar wins 48.05%), though it stays close.
Veigar takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his sustain. Build Luden's Companion first, then Seraph's / Zhonya's, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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