How to win lane as Vladimir against Veigar · 53.69% win rate over 1,978 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Veigar | Veigar's ranged Q poke and Baleful Strike out-trade your melee level-1 start. |
| Level 2 | Veigar | At level 2 his Q-W poke chips you while he farms free stacks. |
| Level 3 | Veigar | Level 3 Event Horizon plus Dark Matter gives him a kill threat you can't match. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vladimir | Levels 4-5 your Transfusion sustain out-heals his poke and stabilizes the lane. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 Sanguine Pool dodges his cage combo and Primordial Burst, flipping the all-in. |
| First item | Vladimir | On first item your Rylai's/Riftmaker sustain out-heals his poke and you walk him down. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With 2+ items your durability and dive outscale an immobile self-peel-only Veigar. |
Veigar owns the first three levels through Baleful Strike stack-farming and Dark Matter plus Q poke that out-ranges you, so give up contested CS, sidestep his Dark Matter, and absolutely never get clipped by the Event Horizon cage.
The full Vladimir vs Veigar 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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