How to win lane as Vladimir against Pantheon · 50.43% win rate (1,523 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Survive his early — Q-poke, pool his all-in, scale.
Track: Pantheon's W — Shield Vault (13–9s cooldown). His all-in start. Pool after it.
Read from Vladimir's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Pantheon.
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even before Pantheon gets his stun online. |
| Level 2 | Pantheon | Level 2 favours Pantheon as Comet Spear out-pokes your Q. |
| Level 3 | Pantheon | Level 3 is his: Q-poke into W-stun beats your base damage. |
| Levels 4-5 | Pantheon | Levels 4-5 stay Pantheon's with his empowered early combo. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | At 6 Hemoplague deters his all-in, making the phase even. |
| First item | Pantheon | First item Pantheon's flat burst still out-trades your scaling, favouring him. |
| Two+ items | Pantheon | At 2+ items your AP sustain and pool outlast his falloff, favouring you. |
Level 1 is even but from level 2 Pantheon takes over — his Comet Spear out-pokes your Q and a Shield Vault stun chains a combo your base damage can't answer. Play back, farm carefully, and never sit in Q range.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Vladimir's side, sampled July 2026.
The full Vladimir vs Pantheon 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 50.43% win rate over 1,523 games makes this a coin flip decided by play, not champion select.
Yes — Vladimir vs Pantheon is a genuine skill matchup: 50.43% win rate, and the favour swings window to window rather than being set at champion select.
No hard counter either way — the Vladimir vs Pantheon win rate is 50.43%, 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 Pantheon.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Core component + boots (≈1300g). Build Riftmaker (drain scaling) first, then Zhonya's Hourglass, with Sorcerer's Shoes.
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