Vladimir vs Yasuo — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Yasuo · 58.16% win rate over 6,126 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Yasuo owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Vladimir's 2, yet the win rate favours Vladimir: survive their windows and the game is yours. Vladimir wins 58.16% of games vs Yasuo in mid lane (6,126 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YasuoYasuo's Steel Tempest poke and Wind Wall beat your melee level-1 Transfusion.
Level 2YasuoAt level 2 his Q poke and dash pressure keep you pinned and low.
Level 3YasuoLevel 3 Sweeping Blade all-in through the wave out-trades your sustain.
Levels 4-5YasuoLevels 4-5 he still out-trades before your Transfusion fully stacks.
Level 6VladimirAt 6 Sanguine Pool dodges his knock-up-R combo and you out-sustain his all-in.
First itemYasuoOn first item his Shieldbow/crit spike restores burst before your sustain ticks.
Two+ itemsVladimirWith 2+ items Zhonya's, Rylai's, and your amp hard-outscale a squishy Yasuo.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Yasuo controls the first four levels: Steel Tempest poke, Wind Wall blocking your Tides of Blood and Transfusion, and Sweeping Blade dashes let him all-in through the wave before your sustain matters, so farm defensively and never feed his E resets.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vladimir vs Yasuo 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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