How to win lane as Darius against Vladimir · 51.82% win rate (3,124 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His pool dodges your execute — anti-heal hard, all-in early.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your execute. Bait it.
Read from Darius's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Darius's own plan; across 3,124 pooled games the lane is leaning Darius.
| 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Darius's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Darius, slightly — a 51.82% win rate edge over 3,124 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Darius has a small statistical edge (51.82% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Darius has a slight edge (51.82% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Darius takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — protects your execute math. Build Stridebreaker (the stickiness fix — run-downs become lethal) first, then Sterak's Gage (Maw of Malmortius if his burst is magic), with Mercury's Treads.
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