Vayne vs Vladimir — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vayne against Vladimir · 45.62% win rate over 1,234 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Vladimir is favoured — Vladimir owns 6 of the 7 game windows to Vayne's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Vayne wins 45.62% of games vs Vladimir in top lane (1,234 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VladimirLevel 1 is Vladimir's — Transfusion sustains through any trade you attempt.
Level 2VladimirLevel 2 stays his as his Q healing snowballs the poke war.
Level 3VladimirLevel 3 favors Vladimir: Sanguine Pool dodges your Condemn engage entirely.
Levels 4-5VladimirLevels 4-5 remain red because his sustain out-heals your early burst.
Level 6VladimirLevel 6 is firmly his with the Hemoplague amp-and-heal all-in.
First itemVladimirAt first item his stacking HP and Q still out-heal your Silver Bolts.
Two+ itemsVayneOnly at two-plus items do Final Hour and percent-HP true damage finally outscale him.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Levels 1-2 are already Vladimir's: Transfusion heals him through anything you throw, and you have no way to punish a champion who out-sustains your entire trade pattern. Concede the poke war, focus CS, and don't hand him kill pressure into his scaling.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vayne 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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