How to win lane as Neeko against Vladimir · 45.1% win rate (286 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Poke war with a twist — your clone and disguise create trades he literally cannot read.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Untargetable dodge — bait it before you spend your kill window.
Read from Neeko's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Neeko's own plan; across 286 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s, but so are you with only single-target Q value — just deny his Transfusion last-hits and set up the lane. |
| Level 2 | Neeko | Your second Q point gives you poke a no-escape Vlad cannot answer, but you still cannot all-in without your combo, so you only edge it. |
| Level 3 | Neeko | Q + E online means a landed Tangle-Barbs into a re-bloomed Blooming Burst chunks him before Sanguine Pool exists to dodge it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Neeko | You out-trade a pre-Rylai Vlad — bait Sanguine Pool, then E-root and Q-poke through its 28s gap; buy anti-heal early. |
| Level 6 | Neeko | Pop Blossom turns a landed E into a kill combo, and ulting disguised or invisible means he cannot pool the channel in time. |
| First item | Neeko | Your first-item burst and waveclear outpace his thin early sustain — force every pick and roam before Rylai's lands. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | He out-scales hard: post-Rylai Vlad pools your R, drain-tanks your rotation, and bursts you back — let your team handle him. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level-1s in the game and so are you, so contest nothing at level 1 and just deny his Q (Transfusion) last-hits. He has no Sanguine Pool escape until he points W, so once you hit 3 your Tangle-Barbs (E) into Blooming Burst (Q) re-bloom is a clean chunk he can only heal slowly. Throw E at the angle he last-hits from and chase it with Q the instant the root lands — but never dump your combo into a Vlad who is holding pool, because he will just dip under it and drain it back.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Neeko's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Neeko 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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Vladimir, slightly — Neeko wins 45.1% of 286 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (54.9% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Vladimir has the slight edge (Neeko wins 45.1%), though it stays close.
Neeko takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Overgrowth) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Stormsurge first, then Shadowflame, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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