How to win lane as Kled against Vladimir · 53.62% win rate (442 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Q-pull him — build MR, anti-heal, out-aggro early.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your burst. Bait it.
Read from Kled's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vlad is a terrible level 1 — but so are you, with no poke and mount health to protect, so just deny his Q farm and wait for your spike. |
| Level 2 | Kled | Your W on-hit shotgun shots come online and out-damage his Q drain — start trading the moment it is up. |
| Level 3 | Kled | Your full E-W-E re-dash burst kills a pre-pool Vlad; bait the W and commit once it is on its long cooldown. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kled | You out-trade a pre-Rylai Vlad — E in, W procs, Q trap percent-HP, and remount sustain beat his drain. |
| Level 6 | Kled | R Chaaaaaaaaarge!!! knocks him out of position and extends ganks; force the pool first so he cannot dodge it. |
| First item | Kled | Your Eclipse/Trinity proc plus percent-max-HP Q shreds him faster than his pre-item drain heals — close the lane now. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | He out-scales hard: W Sanguine Pool dodges your R, Q, and re-E, and his AP burst kites your dismount — play safe and let your team handle him. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level 1s in the game, but you are too — you have no spammable poke and want to preserve Skaarl's mount health, so just deny his Q last-hits and set the lane up. Everything flips at 2: your W gives you the rapid on-hit shotgun shots, and at 3 your full E-W-E re-dash combo comes online and bursts a pre-pool Vlad off the map. The key is his W Sanguine Pool — it makes him untargetable and dodges your Q yank and your re-E return strike, so bait it out or trade hard while it is on its long early cooldown.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Kled's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Kled 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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Kled, slightly — a 53.62% win rate edge over 442 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Kled has a small statistical edge (53.62% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Kled has a slight edge (53.62% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Kled 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 Eclipse (burst + all-in sustain) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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