How to win lane as Vladimir against Olaf · 52.99% win rate (1,270 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His R + true damage run you down — anti-heal, pool, scale.
Track: Olaf's R — Ragnarok (100–80s cooldown). Runs you down. Pool his burst, out-scale.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Olaf.
This is Vladimir's own plan; across 1,270 pooled games the lane is leaning Vladimir.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is his — Undertow slows from 1000 range and resets. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 is his — a picked-up axe refunds the cooldown and he re-throws. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is his — Reckless Swing true damage ignores your MR. |
| Levels 4-5 | Olaf | At 4 a landed axe into Reckless Swing out-trades you, favouring Olaf. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Ragnarok makes him immune to disables while he keeps attacking you. |
| First item | Even / skill | First item is a coin-flip: your Riftmaker sustain finally matches his true damage. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | At 2+ items Olaf falls off and your scaling sustain-AoE overtakes him. |
Levels 1-3 are skill: Olaf can't stick to you without a landed Undertow, so if you respect the axe and juke it your Q-poke keeps it even. Don't get greedy near his health-cost lifesteal.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Olaf 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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Vladimir, slightly — a 52.99% win rate edge over 1,270 games; execution can flip it.
Mostly — Vladimir has a small statistical edge (52.99% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
Not a hard counter — Vladimir has a slight edge (52.99% win rate), and play quality decides the rest.
Vladimir takes Phase Rush on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Olaf.
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 Sorcerer's Shoes.
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