How to win lane as Vladimir against Master Yi · 53.94% win rate over 317 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| 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. |
Levels 1-4 are free: Transfusion out-trades and out-sustains anything Meditate gives back, he has no gap-closer that survives Sanguine Pool, and every wave he contests costs him health - poke him off CS relentlessly and build the lead your mid-game will need to survive his spike.
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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