How to win lane as Darius against Vladimir · 51.82% win rate over 3,124 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Darius | Level 1 favours Darius — Vlad's health-cost Q and weak sustain lose the trade. |
| Level 2 | Darius | Level 2 favours Darius — Hemorrhage stacks out-damage his early Transfusion healing. |
| Level 3 | Darius | Level 3 favours Darius — E-pull into W burst is a real kill threat before Pool matters. |
| Levels 4-5 | Darius | Levels 4-5 favour Darius — you out-trade and zone him while his sustain lags. |
| Level 6 | Darius | Level 6 favours Darius — a Pool-baited all-in still beats his Hemoplague healing. |
| First item | Vladimir | First item favours Vladimir — Pool dodges your execute and his sustain outlasts your bleed. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Two-plus items favour Vladimir — he out-scales into an unkillable healing teamfighter. |
Darius rules levels 1-5. Vlad's early Q Transfusion sustain is weak and costs him health, so E-pull him whenever W Pool is down and stack Hemorrhage with W-empowered autos. Punish hard now — this is the window before his scaling makes him untouchable.
The full Darius 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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