How to win lane as Vex against Vladimir · 48.72% win rate over 1,599 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vex | You dominate level 1 — his sustain is on cooldown and E costs him health to poke. |
| Level 2 | Vex | Charged Q punishes his weak early trades and denies his farm at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Vex | At 3 you out-trade him before his Transfusion sustain comes online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vex | Levels 4-5 you keep shoving and winning trades while he's forced to bleed health. |
| Level 6 | Vex | Shadow Surge lets you all-in once you bait his Sanguine Pool escape. |
| First item | Vex | One item chunks him past his sustain when you land E-Q on a Gloom target. |
| Two+ items | Vex | Late your pick pressure and roams close the game before his Hemoplague scaling wins fights. |
Levels 1-2 you dominate: his Transfusion cooldown is long and E costs health, so poke him with charged Q and force him to bleed CS he can't recover.
The full Vex 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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