How to win lane as Vladimir against Zed · 53.52% win rate over 4,497 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zed | win[0]=Zed: at level 1 Zed's auto and Q poke beat Vlad, who has no damage or sustain payoff yet. |
| Level 2 | Zed | win[1]=Zed: through levels 2-3 Zed's shuriken trades keep Vlad shoved in and chunked before W exists. |
| Level 3 | Zed | win[2]=Zed: pre-6 Zed controls the lane tempo and CS lead; Vlad's Q heal can't match the poke rate. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zed | win[3]=Zed: at 6 Death Mark is a real solo-kill on the still-squishy Vlad, so Zed holds the edge. |
| Level 6 | Zed | win[4]=Zed: on his first lethality item Zed can one-combo delete Vlad before scaling arrives. |
| First item | Zed | win[5]=Zed: even into Vlad's early items Zed's mid-game burst and roam pressure still favor him. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | win[6]=Vladimir: at full build Vlad's HP-AP scaling, W dodge on the ult and R teamfight amp finally flip it. |
Zed hard-bullies Vlad levels 1-5. His Q shuriken poke and auto-attack trades chunk Vlad far faster than Q Transfusion can heal back, and Vlad has no escape until W at level 4. Focus purely on last-hitting, take Q max for sustain, and expect to give up CS rather than trade into an unfavorable exchange.
The full Vladimir vs Zed 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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