How to win lane as Mordekaiser against Vladimir · 49.51% win rate (677 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His pool dodges your Q + he out-sustains — build MR, anti-heal, all-in early.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your damage. Bait it.
Read from Mordekaiser's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Mordekaiser's own plan; across 677 pooled games the lane is even.
| 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: Transfusion heals off every trade at a 4.6s cooldown and Pool eats your R on cast — 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.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Mordekaiser's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Nobody on paper — a 49.51% win rate over 677 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Mordekaiser vs Vladimir is a genuine skill matchup: 49.51% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Mordekaiser vs Vladimir win rate is 49.51%, an even lane decided by execution.
Mordekaiser takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Overgrowth) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion and back for Haunting Guise / Giant's Belt (≈900-1300g). Build Liandry's Torment (burn carries his extended trades) first, then Riftmaker (omnivamp turns the Realm 1v1 unloseable), with Mercury's Treads.
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