How to win lane as Vladimir against Gwen · 54.22% win rate over 308 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is an even skill trade before her tools come online. |
| Level 2 | Gwen | At 2 her Snip Snip! poke plus Hallowed Mist safety put her ahead. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 evens out — you can punish her when Mist is down. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 it stays skill-based around her Mist cooldown. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 the ult trade is even, decided by her Mist uptime. |
| First item | Gwen | Her first-item on-hit spike out-trades you in lane. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | You out-scale her Mist-dependent kit in grouped fights. |
The first level is a skill matchup on trades, but Gwen edges ahead at 2 with Snip Snip! (Q) poke and, once she has Hallowed Mist (W), a get-out-of-jail cloud that makes your Transfusion useless whenever she stands in it.
The full Vladimir vs Gwen 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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