How to win lane as Kennen against Vladimir · 48.48% win rate over 396 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s, but your fragile caster body is too — neither of you commits, so it reads even. |
| Level 2 | Kennen | Your second Q plus Electrical Surge stacks three Marks of the Storm for a stun, and he has no Sanguine Pool yet to escape it. |
| Level 3 | Kennen | You own the wave and the mark-stun trade against a pre-pool Vlad whose only answer is to back off and Transfusion the chip. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vladimir | He hits his Transfusion-and-E rhythm and heals your poke, while you have no hard-commit window — it's his chip-and-respect stretch. |
| Level 6 | Kennen | Slicing Maelstrom into Q-W-E stun-locks him through pool's cooldown — your single cleanest kill window all game. |
| First item | Kennen | Hextech Alternator or Rocketbelt turns your R combo into a real kill, as long as you bait Sanguine Pool before committing. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Full-AP Vlad with Rylai's and Riftmaker out-sustains your burst and pools your stun — he out-scales you hard, so let your team handle him. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s in the game, but so is your fragile body, so neither of you commits — Q poke at max range and chip with Electrical Surge autos while you bank energy. Your real window is levels 2-3: a second Q point plus W on-hit lets you land three Marks of the Storm for the stun, and crucially he has no Sanguine Pool yet to dodge it. Punish every time he steps up to last-hit, but never dive past his Transfusion sustain — his Q heal eats your poke if you trade for free.
The full Kennen 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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