How to win lane as Malphite against Vladimir · 50.25% win rate (1,622 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
He’s AP — build MR, your armor is useless.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your combo. Bait it.
Read from Malphite's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vladimir | Charged Tides of Blood and Transfusion out-poke you, and you have no trade pattern at level 1 to answer either. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | He still out-pokes you while your armour does nothing against a kit that is entirely magic damage. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your W and E come online and Granite Shield holds, but Sanguine Pool means you cannot commit a kill. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You farm through the poke by hugging your minions, which block Tides of Blood — but he still pools out of any all-in. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is your one spike — R plus Q's speed steal kills him inside Sanguine Pool's 28s window. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your item helps you shove and roam, but Rylai/Liandry Vlad kites the slow and Transfusion heals through the chip. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Crimson Pact makes him durable and his burst still goes through armour — play for the team, not the 1v1. |
Vlad owns the opening — his kit is entirely magic, so the armour Thunderclap and Ground Slam give you defends nothing. But Tides of Blood (E) is answerable: he charges it, it costs him his own health, and it is blocked by enemy units, so keeping minions between you takes the poke off the table. Transfusion (Q) is the free heal on 9s at rank 1 that undoes your chip. Take CS with the tip of Seismic Shard and concede the pre-6 window to a champion you cannot punish yet.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Malphite's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Malphite 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.25% win rate over 1,622 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Malphite vs Vladimir is a genuine skill matchup: 50.25% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Malphite vs Vladimir win rate is 50.25%, an even lane decided by execution.
Malphite takes Grasp of the Undying on the Resolve tree with Demolish, Second Wind and Overgrowth, and Precision secondary (Triumph and Legend: Haste) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Iceborn Gauntlet / Frozen Heart first, then Thornmail / Abyssal Mask, with Mercury's Treads.
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