Lillia vs Vladimir — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Lillia against Vladimir · 47.99% win rate (448 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: A close lane that leans Vladimir on paper (Lillia wins 47.99%), but Lillia's plan below claims 4 of the 7 windows: convert them and the stats catch up to you.

At a glance

He pokes, you jog through it — close the gap diagonally and make every trade end on your Q ring.

Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Untargetable dodge — bait it before you spend your kill window.

Do

  • Approach at angles behind your speed
  • End every trade on the Q outer ring
  • Dodge Sanguine Pool — it's his whole reset button

Don't

  • Walk straight lines into poke
  • Trade without passive speed stacked
  • Force the W sweetspot on a kiting target

Runes & build vs Vladimir

Start
Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions
First back
Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Liandry's Torment
Then
Riftmaker / Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Boots
Mercury's Treads / Swifties
Runes
Grasp of the Undying (Resolve): Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth · Sorcery: Transcendence, Celerity · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

Favour timeline — the windows in Lillia's game plan

Read from Lillia's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.

This is Lillia's own plan; across 448 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillVlad is one of the weakest level-1s, but so are you with only Q — deny his last-hits and set up the lane.
Level 2LilliaYour Q sweetspot plus E slow starts the Dream Dust burn and your move-speed stacks keep you out of his E range.
Level 3LilliaLayered Q-E burn ticks faster than his level-3 Q can heal — he bleeds every time he steps up.
Levels 4-5LilliaFull Q rank is your peak: the compounding DoT grinds down a Vlad who has no Rylai sustain yet.
Level 6Even / skillYour sleep is real but he can Sanguine Pool it, so the level-6 window is a coin-flip — save R for a missed pool or a gank.
First itemLilliaLiandry's/Riftmaker makes your W and passive deal percent-HP damage that beats his first AP item — force the skirmish.
Two+ itemsVladimirFull-AP Vlad pools your CC, out-sustains your burn, and bursts you down — his scaling hard-reclaims the late game.

How to beat Vladimir as Lillia: the early game

Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s, but so are you — you only have Q, so just last-hit from range with the sweetspot and don't trade into his E poke for nothing. By 2-3 you layer Q sweetspot with the E slow and start the Dream Dust burn, and your stacking Q move speed plus passive means he can never walk away from the DoT. Watch his health bar, not his autos — every step he takes to E you costs him HP he has to Q back.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Lillia in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Lillia's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Lillia 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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Common questions

Who wins Lillia vs Vladimir in top lane?

Vladimir, slightly — Lillia wins 47.99% of 448 games; winnable with the right plan.

Is Lillia vs Vladimir a skill matchup?

Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (52.01% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Lillia counter Vladimir?

No — if anything Vladimir has the slight edge (Lillia wins 47.99%), though it stays close.

What runes does Lillia take vs Vladimir?

Lillia takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Sorcery secondary (Transcendence and Celerity) vs Vladimir.

What should Lillia build vs Vladimir?

Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Liandry's Torment first, then Riftmaker / Rylai's Crystal Scepter, with Mercury's Treads / Swifties.

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