How to win lane as Vladimir against Aurelion Sol · 52.35% win rate (1,702 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He pokes a champion whose poke heals — survive the early tax bracket and the sustain math forecloses on him.
Track: Aurelion Sol's W — Astral Flight (22–16s cooldown). His reposition and escape — he is a stationary battery while it is down.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Aurelion Sol.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Aurelion Sol | Aurelion Sol's level-1 Q beam pokes you with no sustain to answer. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At 2 his ambient Q chip keeps zoning you off CS. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 his extended Q range still out-trades your unstacked rotation. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By 4-5 your Q+E sustain outheals his poke and you shove him off farm. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 Hemoplague plus a baited Falling Star gives you a clean all-in. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first item out-damages his stack-scaling before he powers up. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With 2+ items you're a beam-closing drain he can't escape or burst. |
Levels 1-2 go to Aurelion Sol: his Q Breath of Light beam chips you whenever you step up and your unstacked Transfusion can't trade back, so soak XP and let him show his early passivity. Track Aurelion Sol Astral Flight (W): 22s at rank 1, matchup-defining — his reposition and escape; he is a stationary battery while it is down. Aurelion Sol's Q Breath of Light chunks you while you're in range and his early stack lead is his whole game, but once your Q+E sustain is online at 4-5 you outheal his ambient poke and can shove him off farm before he snowballs stacks.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Aurelion Sol 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 52.35% win rate edge over 1,702 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (52.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (52.35% 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 Aurelion Sol.
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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