How to win lane as Vladimir against Brand · 54.81% win rate (2,142 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His full combo meets a two-second pool — the whole lane is the timing war over one untargetable button.
Track: Brand's Q — Sear (Stun, 8–6s cooldown). Q only stuns when you are ablaze — after eating W or E, the stun line is the dodge that matters.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Brand.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 2,142 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Brand | Brand's Q Sear stun and W burst blow you up before Transfusion is ready. |
| Level 2 | Brand | At level 2 his W-Q combo chunks you and the passive DoT keeps ticking. |
| Level 3 | Brand | Level 3 his full combo plus Pillar zoning owns every trade. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By level 4 your Q sustain heals the chip and lets you contest the wave. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 his Pyroclasm plus stun setup is a lethal burst you can't out-trade. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item Liandry's DoT and haste poke still edge through your heal. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Two items in your sustain and Hemoplague finally out-value his poke. |
Brand owns the early lane: his Q Sear stuns anything ablaze, so a W-into-Q or Q-into-W-E combo can delete a third of your health before your Transfusion even comes off cooldown. Levels 1-3 you cannot trade into him, you eat too much burst and his passive DoT keeps ticking after you disengage. Stand behind minions to break his Q line and never let him set up a stun on a stationary target. Give up CS if you must, because a single stun chain here can end with you dead or blown up by a gank.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Brand 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 54.81% win rate edge over 2,142 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (54.81% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (54.81% 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 Brand.
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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