How to win lane as Vladimir against Naafiri · 53.05% win rate (5,120 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
She dives a champion who becomes a puddle — pool the burst, drain the confusion, and out-scale the frustration.
Track: Naafiri's W — Hounds' Pursuit (26–18s cooldown). The lock-on pack dash starts her dive — stand near minions to body-block the hounds.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Naafiri.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 5,120 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Naafiri | Level 1 favours Naafiri — her dagger and packmates win early trades. |
| Level 2 | Naafiri | Level 2 stays hers; stacked daggers punish any step-up. |
| Level 3 | Naafiri | Level 3 remains Naafiri's with her full early all-in online. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | By levels 4-5 your sustain overtakes a single dagger rotation and flips it. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Hounds' Pursuit's dash and recast shield outrace your heal, back to her. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item lets you facetank her combo and walk her down. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | At 2+ items your AoE and durability outscale her single-target dive. |
Levels 1-3 favour Naafiri — her dagger poke and packmate damage make short trades and all-ins lopsided, so freeze slightly toward you, dodge her Q recast with pool, and never get caught in the open. Track Hounds’ Pursuit is 110s at rank 1, 80 at rank 3 — the lock-on pack dash starts her dive; stand near minions to body-block the daggers.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Naafiri 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 53.05% win rate edge over 5,120 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (53.05% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (53.05% 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 Naafiri.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts her sustain. Build Riftmaker first, then Cosmic Drive, with Plated Steelcaps / Sorcerer's Shoes.
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