How to win lane as Trundle against Vladimir · 51.36% win rate (294 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His pool + sustain beat your W — build MR, anti-heal, duel early.
Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your damage. Bait it.
Read from Trundle's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.
This is Trundle's own plan; across 294 pooled games the lane is leaning Trundle.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Trundle | Chomp at level 1 immediately steals his Attack Damage and heals you from nearby minion deaths — he has no escape and no answer to the first trade. |
| Level 2 | Trundle | With W and Frozen Domain both available you can run him down after any trade he tries to walk away from; his pool is not yet leveled enough to matter. |
| Level 3 | Trundle | Your full Q-W-E kit lets you Pillar his retreat, keep him inside Frozen Domain, and stack three Chomps before his Q sustain can offset the damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Transfusion starts keeping pace with your Chomp trades — free to cast and 5.7s at rank 4 — so you win inside Frozen Domain but he resets between skirmishes. |
| Level 6 | Trundle | Subjugate takes 40% of his MR and armour plus a fifth of his max health, doubling over 4 seconds — there is only one cast, so land it before the pool, not after it. |
| First item | Even / skill | Riftmaker's omnivamp means Chomp exchanges stop opening a kill window unless Grievous Wounds is already on him and the Pillar is already set behind him. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Full-AP Vladimir out-damages your healing in one rotation and opens it with Hemoplague's damage amplification — respect the 120-second ultimate and play around objectives. |
Short trades are yours every time — one Chomp saps his Attack Damage and King's Tribute heals you off the minions Transfusion is trying to farm. Step up as he last-hits, bite, and leave before Transfusion is back: it costs him no mana and it is 9s at rank 1. Keep the wave between the two of you where you can, because Riot's text says Tides of Blood can be blocked by enemy units. Do not burn Pillar chasing him to tower; save it to cut the walk home after a losing trade. Sanguine Pool is 28s at rank 1, so he will not spend it on poke and these levels are free.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Trundle's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Trundle 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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Trundle, slightly — a 51.36% win rate edge over 294 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Trundle has a small statistical edge (51.36% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Trundle has a slight edge (51.36% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Trundle 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 Trinity Force (the duel spike) first, then Sterak's Gage / Spirit Visage, with Mercury's Treads.
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