Vladimir vs Yone — Mid Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Yone · 53.68% win rate over 3,901 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Yone 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 53.68% of games vs Yone in mid lane (3,901 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1YoneYone's level-1 Q poke and E windup beat your feeble early Transfusion trades.
Level 2YoneAt 2 he still out-damages you and you have no W to escape a setup.
Level 3YoneYone hits 3 with Q3 knock-up plus E, a burst combo you cannot answer yet.
Levels 4-5YoneThrough 4-5 Yone's empowered Q3 into E all-in outraces your Transfusion heals.
Level 6VladimirAt 6 Hemoplague plus full E lets you flip the fight and W pools his knock-up.
First itemYoneOn his first mythic Yone's Q3 gap-close and dive reliability outpace your single-item spike.
Two+ itemsVladimirWith two items your kiting, pool timing, and Hemoplague team amp outscale his single-target dive.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 belong to Yone: his Q poke and E windup out-trade your weak early Transfusion, and with no W yet you have no escape from a Q3 setup, so last-hit safe and do not contest the first two waves.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vladimir vs Yone 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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