How to win lane as Malphite against Vladimir · 50.25% win rate over 1,622 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vladimir | Vlad's E blood-pool burst and Q drain out-poke you, and you have zero trade pattern at level 1 to answer it. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | He still out-pokes you with E and Q sustain while your W armor does nothing against his pure AP. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Your W/E come online and Granite Shield lets you farm, but neither of you can commit a kill — it's even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | You stabilize and farm through his poke, but a pre-Rylai Vlad still pools and drains away any all-in you start. |
| Level 6 | Malphite | Unstoppable Force is your one real spike — R-knockup plus Q slow kills him while Sanguine Pool is down. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your item helps you shove and roam, but Rylai/Liandry Vlad kites your slow and outsustains your W splash to even. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | He out-scales hard — full-AP Vlad pools your R and bursts you through your armor; play for team, not the 1v1. |
Vlad owns the opening — your armor from W and E means nothing against his pure AP, so all your defensive stacking just doesn't matter here. He drains you with Q and zones you off the wave with E's delayed blood-pool burst while you have no trade button before W and E are online. Don't walk up to last-hit into a charged E; take CS with the tip of Q from max range and accept you're giving up the pre-6 window to a champion you can't punish.
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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