How to win lane as Vladimir against Mordekaiser · 50.49% win rate (677 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His R isolates you — build MR, Q-poke pre-6.
Track: Mordekaiser's R — Realm of Death (140–100s cooldown). His 1v1 realm. Pool his burst in it.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Mordekaiser.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 677 pooled games the lane is even.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is a skill-based trade around baiting his Obliterate cooldown. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | Level 2 is his — a single-target Obliterate plus Indestructible eats your poke. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is his — Death's Grasp pulls you into a full Obliterate combo. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 remain even, a skill exchange around his Q and your poke. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Level 6 is his — Realm of Death takes your team away and his 140s ult beats your 120s one. |
| First item | Vladimir | First item your Q sustain and Rylai's kiting out-grind his single-target poke. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With two items you out-scale him and win the isolated R fight with Hemoplague. |
The first levels are skill-based around his Obliterate cooldown — bait the Q, then step in with E stacks while it's down and pool out before his slow catches you. Level 2 tilts your way: with E and Q up you out-poke him and can trade-and-pool before his shield builds, so punish him then rather than into a fresh Q.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Mordekaiser 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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Nobody on paper — a 50.49% win rate over 677 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Vladimir vs Mordekaiser is a genuine skill matchup: 50.49% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Vladimir vs Mordekaiser win rate is 50.49%, an even lane decided by execution.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Mordekaiser.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Oblivion Orb (≈800g) — cuts his healing. Build Riftmaker (drain scaling) first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Mercury's Treads.
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