How to win lane as Vladimir against Sett · 50.52% win rate over 671 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Sett | Sett's punches and Q out-trade your Transfusion at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Sett | His Haymaker counterpunch keeps Sett ahead at level 2. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | You out-range his melee at 3, evening the lane. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Tides stacks keep 4-5 skill-based and even. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Your Hemoplague survives his R, so six is even. |
| First item | Vladimir | Riftmaker poke war and E stacks flip first item to Vladimir. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | Your pool dodge and percent-HP shred win late for Vladimir. |
Sett wins levels 1-2 hard: his passive punches and Knuckle Down (Q) out-trade your Transfusion, and every point of poke you deal feeds grit for his Haymaker (W) true-damage counterpunch. Do not walk up to trade — last-hit safely and let his early aggression whiff into farm rather than fueling his shield.
The full Vladimir vs Sett 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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