How to win lane as Pantheon against Vladimir · 49.57% win rate over 1,523 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Pantheon | Vlad is one of the weakest level 1s, but so are you — your point-and-click W-stun damage edges the level-1 trade and denies his Q last-hits. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | He has no Sanguine Pool yet to escape your W-stun — your level-2 all-in with W+Q is a clean kill window. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | With all three basics you W in, E-block his E poke, and Q-burst him before the pool's long cooldown is back up. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | He stabilizes with Q drain healing your chip — your empowered-Q poke still pressures, but raw kill threat dips to even. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Grand Starfall roams cross-map, but he pools your R and W-stun 1v1 — strong for map pressure, even in lane. |
| First item | Even / skill | Your first-item tempo still matches a pre-Rylai's Vlad, but his sustain answers your poke — press leads, not even trades. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | He out-scales hard: Rylai's/Riftmaker Vlad kites your gap-close and drains through your shields — play safe and let your team handle him. |
Vlad is one of the weakest level 1s in the game and so are you — but you spike harder and faster. At level 2 your W-stun into a Q gives you a real all-in he cannot answer because Sanguine Pool isn't trained yet. At 3, W in, E-block his E poke as you close, and burst him; his only out is the pool, and once you've baited it the long cooldown leaves him defenseless. Don't waste your W-gap into a pool — wait for it, or feint it out first.
The full Pantheon 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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