Vladimir vs Pantheon — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Pantheon · 53.05% win rate over 541 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Pantheon owns 4 of the 7 game windows to Vladimir's 1, yet the win rate favours Vladimir: survive their windows and the game is yours. Vladimir wins 53.05% of games vs Pantheon in top lane (541 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even before Pantheon gets his stun online.
Level 2PantheonLevel 2 favours Pantheon as Comet Spear out-pokes your Q.
Level 3PantheonLevel 3 is his: Q-poke into W-stun beats your base damage.
Levels 4-5PantheonLevels 4-5 stay Pantheon's with his empowered early combo.
Level 6Even / skillAt 6 Hemoplague deters his all-in, making the phase even.
First itemPantheonFirst item Pantheon's flat burst still out-trades your scaling, favouring him.
Two+ itemsVladimirAt 2+ items your AP sustain and pool outlast his falloff, favouring you.

Early game (levels 1–5)

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.

Read the rest of this matchup

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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