How to win lane as Vladimir against Poppy · 50.63% win rate over 399 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Poppy | Level 1 favours Poppy — her Q and shield trades out-damage your Q. |
| Level 2 | Poppy | Level 2 stays hers with strong Hammer Shock chunk. |
| Level 3 | Poppy | Level 3 is Poppy's: a wall Heroic Charge chains a full combo. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | At 4 your poke matches her cooldowns, making it even. |
| Level 6 | Vladimir | At 6 Hemoplague and your poke overpower her no-range kit, favouring you. |
| First item | Vladimir | First item you chip her safely between her cooldowns, favouring you. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | At 2+ items your drain-and-pool package outlasts her poke-less frame. |
Levels 1-3 favour Poppy — her Hammer Shock and passive-shield trades out-damage your Q, and a Heroic Charge into a wall is a guaranteed combo. Play toward the middle of the lane so she has no wall to stun you against, and farm with Q.
The full Vladimir vs Poppy 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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