How to win lane as Singed against Vladimir · 52.65% win rate over 1,453 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Vladimir at level 1 has no pool and his Q Transfusion is on a long cooldown — proxy the wave and deny him free CS rather than standing in his E poke range. |
| Level 2 | Singed | Fling online means he has no answer to the W-root into Fling into Poison Trail combo — he cannot pool what he cannot see coming, and Sanguine Pool is not yet available. |
| Level 3 | Singed | Full kit running: your W-Fling-poison pattern deals significant damage to a champion with no early MR stacking, and he must pool or die every time you commit. |
| Levels 4-5 | Singed | Vladimir is farming for his first item spike and has to respect your proxy — every minute he cannot farm freely is gold lost from a champion whose strength is entirely item-dependent. |
| Level 6 | Singed | Insanity Potion floods you with armor, MR, move speed, and health regen simultaneously — a pre-item Vladimir literally cannot kill you inside the ult window and must cede tower control. |
| First item | Singed | Rylai's Crystal Scepter makes Poison Trail a perma-slow prison; Vladimir's Q sustain cannot keep pace with the damage he takes walking through the cloud with a 40% slow on him every second. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Full-AP Vladimir's Q heals for massive amounts and his pool dodges every Fling you throw — stop soloing him and instead use Insanity Potion to disrupt their backline in teamfights. |
Vladimir at levels 1-2 is one of the weakest early laners on the roster — his Q Transfusion has a long cooldown and his only safety valve is Sanguine Pool, which he does not have yet at level 1. Do not run at him mindlessly though: his E Tides of Blood stacks hurt if you stand still, and you are not looking for a brawl at level 1 anyway. Proxy the first wave or set up behind the minion wave and let him push to you. At level 2 your Fling comes online and the calculus shifts — he has no pool to dodge it yet, so W him the instant he steps up to Q you and hurl him into the trailing Poison Trail. This is your cheapest all-in window of the entire game and it costs him significant HP with zero counter-play available.
The full Singed 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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