How to win lane as Zed against Vladimir · 49.93% win rate over 4,490 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Zed | Vlad's weak early laning and health-cost Q let your level 1 poke dominate. |
| Level 2 | Zed | At level 2 he still can't punish you and pays health for every trade. |
| Level 3 | Zed | Level 3 you control the lane since his only peel is a baitable pool. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zed | Levels 4-5 you dictate trades and force pool cooldowns to all-in. |
| Level 6 | Zed | Death Mark bursts him at 6 once you bait the pool out first. |
| First item | Zed | Youmuu's lets you dive and out-tempo his sustain before he scales. |
| Two+ items | Zed | You win every early duel; only his late scaling threatens you, so you end fast. |
Level 1-2 you dominate: Vladimir's early laning is notoriously weak, his Transfusion costs health, and he has no way to punish your Q poke. Step up and chunk him repeatedly so his self-sustain can't keep pace, and deny his CS to slow his scaling. Every health bar you take early is a health bar he pays for in tempo.
The full Zed 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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