How to win lane as Vladimir against Annie · 51.99% win rate (2,193 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Her full combo meets a two-second pool — the whole lane is the timing war over one untargetable button.
Track: Annie's R — Summon: Tibbers (130–100s cooldown). Flash-Tibbers off a stocked passive stun is her whole threat — watch the glow under her feet.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Annie.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 2,193 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Annie's level-1 stun-into-Q burst out-trades your sustain-less lane. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 her Pyromania combo still threatens more than your heals cover. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 her Q-W stun burst beats your unstacked rotation. |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | By 4-5 she keeps kill pressure your sustain can't yet outrun. |
| Level 6 | Annie | At 6 Flash-R Tibbers on a stun can one-combo kill you before items. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first item's durability survives her burst and heals it back. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With 2+ items you outrange and outscale her single-target combo entirely. |
Levels 1-2 are Annie's: her Pyromania stun plus Q Disintegrate poke out-trades your unstacked Transfusion and threatens a burst you can't answer, so farm at max range and count her stacks. Track Annie Summon: Tibbers: 130/115/100s, matchup-defining — Flash-Tibbers off a stocked passive stun is her whole threat; watch the glow under her feet. Annie owns the trading phase: with a stun stacked on her passive Pyromania she can Q Disintegrate plus W Incinerate burst you, and your Q Transfusion sustain can't outpace a full stun combo, so track her stun stacks and never walk up on the fourth spell.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Annie 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 — a 51.99% win rate edge over 2,193 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (51.99% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (51.99% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Overgrowth) vs Annie.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Amplifying Tome + Boots (≈900g). Build Riftmaker first, then Cosmic Drive, with Mercury's Treads / Sorcerer's Shoes.
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