How to win lane as Yasuo against Vladimir · 44% win rate (12,165 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His kit is projectiles and yours is a wall — dash the gaps, wall the rotation, and bill the lane for every wave he can't contest.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Untargetable dodge — bait it before you spend your kill window.
Read from Yasuo's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Yasuo's own plan; across 12,165 pooled games the lane is Vladimir-favoured.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is yours since Vladimir is among the weakest early laners with no Pool. |
| Level 2 | Yasuo | Level 2 stays Yasuo-favoured as his long-cooldown Transfusion can't out-heal your Q trades. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is yours because your Sweeping Blade trades outpace his sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Yasuo | Levels 4-5 favour you: he still lacks reliable peel and you keep him low. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is a skill node where his Hemoplague and Pool timing turn the fight into a read. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is yours as Shieldbow bursts him under his Transfusion heal. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Two items goes to Vladimir: Crimson Pact stacks health and AP and he out-heals your string. |
Levels 1-2 are firmly yours: Vladimir is one of the weakest early laners, with a 9s Transfusion and no Pool yet, so walk up and Q-auto him relentlessly. Every trade you win is health he cannot heal back inside that cooldown, so establish a lead and deny him the passive farming start his whole game plan wants. Track Sanguine Pool: 28s at rank 1 down to 16s at rank 5, 2 seconds untargetable — bait it, then re-dash into the downtime.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Yasuo's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Yasuo vs Vladimir 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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Vladimir — Yasuo wins only 44% of 12,165 games, so Yasuo plays this as the disadvantaged side.
Not really — Vladimir holds a real statistical advantage (56% win rate), so Yasuo is the one working uphill.
No — Vladimir counters Yasuo (Yasuo wins only 44% of games). Play it as the disadvantaged side and lean on the windows in the plan.
Yasuo takes Lethal Tempo on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Bone Plating and Second Wind) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Blade + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his sustain. Build BotRK / Immortal Shieldbow first, then Infinity Edge, with Mercury's Treads / Berserker's.
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