Urgot vs Vladimir — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Urgot against Vladimir · 52.4% win rate (1,189 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Urgot is slightly favoured — 52.4% win rate over 1,189 games, and Urgot's game plan below claims 6 of the 7 stage windows.

At a glance

Your shotguns shred his HP — build MR, anti-heal, poke him.

Track: Vladimir's W — Sanguine Pool (28–16s cooldown). Dodges your shred. Bait it.

Do

  • Build MR + anti-heal
  • Poke his HP with shotguns
  • W-shred when his pool is down

Don't

  • W-shred into his pool
  • Stack pure HP
  • Let him free-scale

Runes & build vs Vladimir

Start
Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke)
First back
Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing
First item
Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo)
Then
Sterak's Gage
Boots
Mercury's Treads
Runes
Press the Attack (Precision): Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand · Resolve: Second Wind, Bone Plating · Shards: Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Magic Resist

Favour timeline — the windows in Urgot's game plan

Read from Urgot's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Vladimir.

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1UrgotVladimir's low level-1 health lets your Q and Echoing Flames bully him freely.
Level 2UrgotAt level 2 he still only has Q to trade, so your poke keeps winning.
Level 3UrgotLevel 3 your full kit shreds his fragile early body and slows his Pool escape.
Levels 4-5UrgotAt 4-5 he has no CC to punish you and can't stop your repeated chunks.
Level 6UrgotYour level-6 R executes his low health before he can Pool to safety.
First itemUrgotWith your first item you keep denying CS so his item spikes never arrive.
Two+ itemsVladimirTwo items give Vlad bottomless healing and Hemoplague, flipping the 1v1.

How to beat Vladimir as Urgot: the early game

You dominate levels 1-2 — Vladimir's base health is low and his only trade tool early is Q, so your auto-plus-Q poke and Echoing Flames chunk him hard. Push the wave and force him to take damage or miss CS; he can't punish you back at this stage.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Urgot in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Urgot's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Easiest

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The full Urgot 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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Common questions

Who wins Urgot vs Vladimir in top lane?

Urgot, slightly — a 52.4% win rate edge over 1,189 games; execution can flip it.

Is Urgot vs Vladimir a skill matchup?

Mostly — Urgot has a small statistical edge (52.4% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Urgot counter Vladimir?

Not a hard counter — Urgot has a slight edge (52.4% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

What runes does Urgot take vs Vladimir?

Urgot takes Press the Attack on the Precision tree with Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Last Stand, and Resolve secondary (Second Wind and Bone Plating) vs Vladimir.

What should Urgot build vs Vladimir?

Start Doran's Shield + Health Potion (vs his poke) and back for Executioner's Calling (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Black Cleaver (shred + the leg tempo) first, then Sterak's Gage, with Mercury's Treads.

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