Vladimir vs Dr. Mundo — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Dr. Mundo · 49.44% win rate over 629 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Closer than it looks — Vladimir owns 6 of the 7 game windows, but the win rate still favours Dr. Mundo: you have to convert those windows or the game slips away. Vladimir wins 49.44% of games vs Dr. Mundo in top lane (629 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even before your Transfusion sustain outpaces his cleaver poke.
Level 2VladimirLevel 2 favours you as you heal through Bonesaw and punish its HP cost.
Level 3VladimirLevel 3 stays yours — your poke and sustain beat his self-damaging cleavers.
Levels 4-5VladimirThrough levels 4-5 you free-farm since he can't punish your sustained lane.
Level 6VladimirLevel 6 is still yours — Maximum Dosage saves him but can't turn a trade.
First itemVladimirFirst item favours you as Hemoplague amp starts shredding his HP bar.
Two+ itemsVladimirWith two-plus items your %-amp and DPS out-scale his tanky stacking entirely.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is roughly even, but from level 2 on this lane is yours: Mundo's only real poke is Infected Bonesaw (Q), and every cleaver costs him max HP that your Transfusion (Q) simply heals back. Dodge the cleavers, don't get greedy walking into his slow, and you win the sustain war outright.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vladimir vs Dr. Mundo 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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