How to win lane as Vladimir against Vex · 54.65% win rate over 1,623 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vex | Vex's Doom-empowered Q and ranged poke beat your melee level-1 Transfusion. |
| Level 2 | Vex | At level 2 Personal Space plus Q out-trade and out-shove you. |
| Level 3 | Vex | Level 3 her poke and Doom procs keep you pinned and low. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vex | Levels 4-5 she still out-ranges your sustain and controls the wave. |
| Level 6 | Vex | At 6 Shadow Surge's long-range point-and-click follows your Pool and sets ganks. |
| First item | Vladimir | On first item her R plus fear still chains ganks better than your sustain answers. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With 2+ items your Zhonya's, Pool, and Hemoplague amp finally outscale her burst. |
Vex dominates the first levels: her Doom passive punishes every ability you cast, and Mistral Bolt plus Personal Space out-poke and out-shove your melee Transfusion start, so concede CS, dodge the empowered Q, and farm defensively.
The full Vladimir vs Vex 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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