Vladimir vs Master Yi — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Master Yi · 53.94% win rate (317 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15

Verdict: Vladimir is slightly favoured — 53.94% win rate over 317 games, and Vladimir's game plan below claims 5 of the 7 stage windows.

Favour timeline — the windows in Vladimir's game plan

Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Master Yi.

Stage	Favoured	Why
Level 1	Vladimir	Your Transfusion sustain and range out-trade him from level 1.
Level 2	Vladimir	At 2 your healing beats Meditate and he has no way to punish you.
Level 3	Vladimir	Level 3 Sanguine Pool dodges Alpha Strike so he can never engage cleanly.
Levels 4-5	Vladimir	Level 4 you keep poking and pooling every commit he attempts.
Level 6	Master Yi	At 6 Highlander lets him dive and out-burst your Q healing.
First item	Master Yi	His first item plus R drops you faster than Transfusion can heal.
Two+ items	Vladimir	Late, your ballooning healing, Pool and Hemoplague burst out-scale him again.

How to beat Master Yi as Vladimir: the early game

Levels 1-4 are free: Transfusion out-trades anything Meditate gives back, and you cannot interrupt that channel, so Grievous Wounds is the answer rather than CC. Alpha Strike is 20s at rank 1 - poke him off CS between them and build the lead your mid-game needs.

Hardest and easiest matchups for Vladimir in top lane

Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.

Hardest

Vladimir vs Illaoi — 44.83% win rate
Vladimir vs Quinn — 45.31% win rate
Vladimir vs Gwen — 45.37% win rate

Easiest

Vladimir vs Mel — 59.35% win rate
Vladimir vs Swain — 56.82% win rate
Vladimir vs Zac — 55.19% win rate

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vladimir vs Master Yi 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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Common questions

Who wins Vladimir vs Master Yi in top lane?

Vladimir, slightly — a 53.94% win rate edge over 317 games; execution can flip it.

Is Vladimir vs Master Yi a skill matchup?

Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (53.94% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.

Does Vladimir counter Master Yi?

Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (53.94% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.

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