How to win lane as Vladimir against Kayle · 46.65% win rate (806 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Both scale — Q-poke her off CS, win the race.
Track: Kayle's R — Divine Judgment (160–80s cooldown). Her get-out at 6. Bait it.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Kayle.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vladimir | Level 1 is yours since Kayle is a famously weak early laner and your Transfusion poke dominates. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is even as she farms safely and neither champ commits. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 stays skill-based with cautious trading before her range spike. |
| Levels 4-5 | Kayle | Levels 4-5 favour Kayle as her Q slow and empowered E poke come online. |
| Level 6 | Kayle | Level 6 swings back to you — Hemoplague gives you an all-in window while she's still short-range. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is even as her scaling and your sustain roughly offset each other. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With two-plus items Kayle's ranged hypercarry form and Divine Judgment outscale you. |
Level 1 is yours — Kayle is one of the weakest early champs, so Transfusion poke and an aggressive first-wave shove put her behind immediately.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Kayle 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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Kayle, slightly — Vladimir wins 46.65% of 806 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Kayle has a small statistical edge (53.35% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Kayle has the slight edge (Vladimir wins 46.65%), though it stays close.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Kayle.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts her healing. Build Riftmaker (drain scaling) first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Mercury's Treads.
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