How to win lane as Vladimir against Illaoi · 54.61% win rate over 304 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is an even skill trade before her passive comes online. |
| Level 2 | Illaoi | At 2 her tentacle slaps and Harsh Lesson punish your approaches. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is even as long as you dodge her Test of Spirit. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Through 4-5 it stays skill-based around her E landing. |
| Level 6 | Illaoi | At 6 Leap of Faith's tentacle field is her hard power peak. |
| First item | Vladimir | First-item sustain and pool let you punish her long cooldowns. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | You out-scale her single-target sidelane kit in teamfights. |
Level 1 is even, but at 2 Illaoi tilts it — her Tentacle (P) passive slaps and Harsh Lesson (W) punish you if you step up, and a landed Test of Spirit (E) turns any trade heavily in her favor.
The full Vladimir vs Illaoi 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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