How to win lane as Master Yi against Vladimir · 46.06% win rate over 317 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vladimir | Vladimir's Transfusion sustain and poke out-trade you from level 1. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | At 2 his healing still beats Meditate and you can't punish him. |
| Level 3 | Vladimir | Level 3 Sanguine Pool dodges your Alpha Strike so you can't engage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vladimir | Level 4 he keeps poking and pooling any commit you attempt. |
| Level 6 | Master Yi | At 6 Highlander lets you dive and out-burst his Q healing. |
| First item | Master Yi | First item plus R drops him faster than Transfusion can heal. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Late his ballooning healing, Pool, and R burst out-scale you again. |
Vladimir out-lanes you 1-4: Transfusion (Q) pokes and heals him on a short cooldown, and Sanguine Pool (W) makes him untargetable so your Alpha Strike (Q) dash whiffs completely. His sustain beats your Meditate, you have no way to kill through his healing this early, and any all-in just gets Pooled. Farm safely and don't waste your dash into his W.
The full Master Yi 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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