How to win lane as Vladimir against Fizz · 50.7% win rate (6,444 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He dives a champion who becomes a puddle — pool the burst, drain the confusion, and out-scale the frustration.
Track: Fizz's E — Playful / Trickster (16–8s cooldown). The untargetable hop dodges your whole combo — bait it before spending your burst.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Fizz.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Fizz's E untargetability dodges your Q and his W DoT out-trades you at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Fizz | At level 2 his auto-reset W and E mobility win the early skirmishes. |
| Level 3 | Fizz | Level 3 his W-Q burst chunks you faster than your heal recovers. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By level 4 your Q sustain heals through his poke and steadies the lane. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 you pool his Chum the Waters shark and out-value his all-in. |
| First item | Even / skill | First-item Lich Bane lets his E-W-Q rotation reclaim kill pressure. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Two items in your sustain and amp out-heal his burst and win the duel. |
Fizz wins the early skirmishes: his E untargetability dodges your Transfusion and Tides mid-cast, and his Seastone Trident W shreds your health with the passive DoT. Levels 1-3 he can trickster-pole away from a gank or dive in for a W-Q burst that your heal can't yet answer. Don't waste Q or E while he can E out of it, and respect that his E resets his auto for extra on-hit damage. Farm behind minions, hold your cooldowns, and don't over-extend where his E mobility sets up a jungle kill.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Fizz 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.7% win rate over 6,444 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Vladimir vs Fizz is a genuine skill matchup: 50.7% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Vladimir vs Fizz win rate is 50.7%, an even lane decided by execution.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Overgrowth) vs Fizz.
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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