How to win lane as Sejuani against Vladimir · 51.19% win rate over 168 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vladimir's Transfusion Q is on a 9-second cooldown at level 1 and costs health — neither of you is threatening, so last-hit cleanly and deny his Q last-hits by standing in his path. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Sanguine Pool is online but he has no level-2 power spike to justify pooling yet — your Q Arctic Assault threatens a knock-up but save it, he will pool the charge on instinct if you show it. |
| Level 3 | Sejuani | Full Q-W-E combo stuns him inside the Frost stack he cannot pool away from — this is your first kill threat window and the whole early pattern is built around hitting it. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vladimir | Crimson Rush empowered Q Transfusion heals him for more than your poke trades can inflict and his E Tides of Blood strips your passive Permafrost armor — concede and farm. |
| Level 6 | Sejuani | Glacial Prison's ranged projectile stun lands before he can react with Sanguine Pool, giving you a clean Q-W-E follow-up chain — your biggest power spike in this specific matchup. |
| First item | Even / skill | First tank item (Sunfire Aegis or Heartsteel) tightens the durability gap and keeps trades roughly even, but full AP is still ahead of full tank at one item — force picks rather than extended lanes. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Full AP Vladimir with Rylai's slow and Sanguine Pool makes him nearly unkillable in a straight chase — your job is to land R to burn the Pool, then let your team clean up. |
At level 1 neither of you has teeth — Vladimir's Q Transfusion costs health and he cannot poke freely without his level 3 E, so match his passivity and last-hit cleanly. At level 2 your Q Arctic Assault threatens a knock-up but his W Sanguine Pool is already online, so hold it rather than blowing your one gap-close into a pool. Level 3 is your first real window: W twice to stack Frost, then E Permafrost for the stun — he cannot pool away from a stun he is already inside. Trade on this pattern and walk out before his Crimson Rush Q comes back up.
The full Sejuani 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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