How to win lane as Vladimir against Trundle · 59.12% win rate over 181 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Trundle | Trundle's level-1 Q Chomp steals your AD and out-sustains you in an auto trade. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Neither champ has a clean level-2 spike, so it comes down to who lands their trade. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Trundle can bite in for a favourable melee exchange but your poke starts catching up — skill. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vladimir | By levels 4-5 your ranked E-Q poke and healing outscale his melee sustain. |
| Level 6 | Even / skill | Trundle's R Subjugate drain lets him contest your level-6 all-in if you misplay Sanguine Pool. |
| First item | Vladimir | With Hemoplague and item scaling your burst beats his sustain cleanly. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | You outscale Trundle hard once items come online with unanswerable ranged damage. |
Trundle can walk up and bite you with Q Chomp at level 1 for a favourable auto trade, since he steals attack damage and out-sustains you before your kit is online. Respect that first-blood window and farm safely with Q Transfusion on cooldown. Don't flash-poke into his contact range early. Once you have E rank two your sustain flips the lane.
The full Vladimir vs Trundle 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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