How to win lane as Renekton against Vladimir · 48.73% win rate (2,526 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
All-in him early — build MR, anti-heal, snowball.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your burst. Bait it.
Read from Renekton's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Renekton's own plan; across 2,526 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vladimir's level 1 Q harass is reliable but your Q sustain blunts it — Transfusion is a 9s cooldown at rank 1, so step up and trade in the window right after he casts it. |
| Level 2 | Renekton | E-W-Q is fully loaded and he has no pool yet at level 2 — this is your first clean kill window. Bank Fury, slice in, land the empowered stun immediately. |
| Level 3 | Renekton | All three abilities online means you can E-in, W-stun, Q-heal, and E back out in a single trade sequence he cannot escape without Flash. |
| Levels 4-5 | Renekton | He starts itemising into AP sustain and the Sanguine Pool cooldown becomes a core skill-check — time every engage around the 28-second rank-1 window, not your Fury. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Dominus accelerates Fury generation so you can land back-to-back empowered W-stuns; bait the first pool then immediately re-engage before it recharges. |
| First item | Renekton | Sundered Sky's crit-heal keeps your health topped between trades, but Rocketbelt gives him a dash to pair with pool — test his W cooldown with a fake approach before going all-in. |
| Two+ items | Renekton | Full AP Vladimir's Q drain, W untargetability, and Zhonya's stasis completely neutralize your burst-and-bail pattern — group for objectives and stop trading him solo. |
Level 1 is genuinely even — Vladimir's Q harass hurts but your Q sustain nearly keeps pace, and neither of you has a real kill threat without his W or your E up. At level 2 you spike hard: E in, land the empowered W-stun before he can react, Q for the heal, then E back out. The goal is not an instant kill — it is banking a health deficit that forces him out of lane or a Flash. He will start baiting your E approach from level 3 onward to time his W pool; fake the engage, let him ghost-W into nothing, then immediately slice in on his 28-second cooldown and run the full pattern.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Renekton's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Renekton 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 — Renekton wins 48.73% of 2,526 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (51.27% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Vladimir has the slight edge (Renekton wins 48.73%), though it stays close.
Renekton takes Conqueror on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vladimir.
Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Eclipse (burst + early bully curve) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.
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