How to win lane as Vladimir against Qiyana · 52.37% win rate (2,742 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: Qiyana's E — Audacity (11–7s cooldown). Her stick dash — once spent she cannot reach you; kite the cooldown.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Qiyana.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 2,742 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Qiyana's Elemental Wrath (Q) outranges and out-trades your level 1 Transfusion. |
| Level 2 | Qiyana | At 2 her Edge of Ixtal mobility lets her pick trades you can't answer. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 gives her a full burst combo that beats your heal-back sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 her assassin damage still deletes you before Pool saves you. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 Supreme Display of Talent against a wall is a guaranteed one-shot. |
| First item | Even / skill | Her first-item spike keeps her burst lethal while your single item lacks bulk. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | At two items your drain-tank scaling finally outheals and outlasts her burst. |
Qiyana dominates levels 1-3: her elemental Q and W mobility let her poke and threaten all-ins your Transfusion heals can't offset, so hug the wave center and farm safely. Track Audacity cycles every 11-7s — her only dash to you; once spent she cannot reach you, so kite that window. Qiyana owns this window: her Elemental Wrath (Q) empowered off river or brush plus the Terrashape (W) and Audacity (E) dashes gives her burst and reset potential that deletes you before your heals return.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Qiyana 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 52.37% win rate edge over 2,742 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (52.37% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (52.37% 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 Qiyana.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Amplifying Tome + Boots (≈900g). Build Riftmaker first, then Cosmic Drive, with Plated Steelcaps / Sorcerer's Shoes.
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