How to win lane as Fiora against Vladimir · 51.75% win rate (657 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Vital true damage hurts him — build MR, burst before his pool.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your burst. Bait it.
Read from Fiora's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Fiora | Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s and his pool is not ranked yet — deny his Q last-hits and set up your first Vital proc. |
| Level 2 | Fiora | Your Q-Vital plus the E-Bladework crit out-trades his Q sustain, and he has no W yet to escape your Lunge chain. |
| Level 3 | Fiora | Each Vital cuts your Lunge cooldown, so you stick to a pre-Rylai Vlad and chain a full combo before he can scale. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Skill check at 6: his Sanguine Pool turns your Grand Challenge into a whiff unless you bait the pool out first. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | It reads even around first items — your Ravenous Hydra all-in still threatens him, but his pool can blank it, so the window is tight. |
| First item | Vladimir | Once Riftmaker and Rylai's come online Vlad pools your all-in and out-heals your Vitals — the late game is his. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | A full-build Vlad drain-tanks your burst and slow-kites you, so stop solo-diving him and let your team collapse instead. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s in the game, and Sanguine Pool is 28s at rank 1, so early it is rarely there to escape your Q-Lunge chain. At Levels 2-3 your Q-Vital poke plus the E-Bladework sequence (a guaranteed slow on the first auto, a guaranteed crit on the second) out-trades his Q sustain and E poke — strike the marked Vital for the max-HP true damage rather than trading raw chip, because his Q heals plain poke right back. Sidestep his E (the blood-pool swell takes a beat to land) and punish every window his W is down.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Fiora's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Fiora 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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Fiora, slightly — a 51.75% win rate edge over 657 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Fiora has a small statistical edge (51.75% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Fiora has a slight edge (51.75% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Fiora 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) — cuts his healing. Build Ravenous Hydra (sustain + tempo) first, then Trinity Force, with Mercury's Treads.
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