How to win lane as Vladimir against Akshan · 56.24% win rate over 2,109 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Akshan | Akshan's level-1 Q Avengerang and passive out-poke your sustain-less lane. |
| Level 2 | Akshan | At 2 his range and Dirty Fighting stacks keep zoning you off CS. |
| Level 3 | Akshan | Level 3 adds E Heroic Swing mobility so he pokes and dashes free. |
| Levels 4-5 | Akshan | At 4 he still out-trades before your sustain fully scales. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | By 5-6 your stacked sustain and Hemoplague all-in flip the trades. |
| First item | Vladimir | Your first item makes empowered E/Q out-sustain his poke and reset math. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With 2+ items you're an unkitable, R-amplifying drain his revive can't stop. |
Levels 1-2 are Akshan's cleanly: Q Avengerang out-ranges you and his passive Dirty Fighting adds burst you cannot answer with an unstacked Transfusion, so soak XP and do not walk up.
The full Vladimir vs Akshan 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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