How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Vladimir · 49.51% win rate over 677 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s, but so are you with no Darkness Rise aura yet — just deny his Q last-hits and farm even. |
| Level 2 | Mordekaiser | Q + Indestructible come online and you out-poke a Pool-less Vlad whose E drain can't keep pace with your banked shield. |
| Level 3 | Mordekaiser | With Q, W, and the start of your E-pull you grind Darkness Rise faster than his Q heals — trade before he levels Sanguine Pool. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | He starts poking safely with E and healing it back with Q, so this evens out — only force the trade when his Pool is down. |
| Level 6 | Mordekaiser | Realm of Death banishes him where Sanguine Pool can't dodge once it lands — ult on Pool cooldown for a near-guaranteed solo kill. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your magic-item spike with Darkness Rise still edges his first AP item, but he can Pool the all-in — coinflip, so commit only on a burned W. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | He out-scales hard: Rylai's + percent-HP drain kites and out-sustains you while Pool eats your R — build MR, anti-heal, and let your team handle him. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s in the game — but with only Q and no Darkness Rise aura yet, so are you, so just deny his Q last-hits and farm even. Your real window opens at 2-3: once Obliterate and Indestructible are up, your delayed single-target Q smash plus a banked shield out-trades his E poke, because he can't drain it back with Q faster than Darkness Rise grinds him down. He has no Sanguine Pool until he levels W, so punish any step-up before he gets his escape.
The full Mordekaiser 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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