How to win lane as Garen against Vladimir · 51.54% win rate over 3,143 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Garen | At level 1 Garen out-trades a spell-vamp-less Vladimir with the Q-silence combo. |
| Level 2 | Garen | At level 2 your W soaks his Transfusion and you keep winning short trades. |
| Level 3 | Garen | At level 3 the full Q-W-E all-in still beats his thin early sustain. |
| Levels 4-5 | Garen | Through level 4 you can still snowball before his healing scales. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 5 his Transfusion sustain out-heals your poke and turns the tide. |
| First item | Vladimir | With Sanguine Pool and Hemoplague at 6 he dodges your commit and amps damage. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With a first item his spell vamp and pool make him the stronger scaler. |
The opening levels favour you; Vladimir has to build up spell vamp before Transfusion can out-sustain, so a level 1-4 Q-silence all-in with W soaking his poke reliably chunks and can kill him.
The full Garen 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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