Vladimir vs Yone — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Yone · 53.75% win rate over 1,172 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Vladimir is favoured — Vladimir owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Yone's 2. Vladimir wins 53.75% of games vs Yone in top lane (1,172 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VladimirLevel 1 favours you: ranged Q pokes Yone before he has any dash to trade back.
Level 2Even / skillLevel 2 is even as Yone picks up his kit and starts trading through minions.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 stays a skill lane where his Q-dash mobility offsets your poke.
Levels 4-5YoneLevels 4-5 tilt Yone: Q3 knock-up and E swap let him all-in when your Pool is down.
Level 6VladimirLevel 6 favours you as Hemoplague and Sanguine Pool out-sustain his burst combo.
First itemYoneAt first item Yone's tempo spike gives him one clean all-in window when your Pool is on cooldown.
Two+ itemsVladimirWith two-plus items your AP scaling, slows, and Hemoplague teamfighting beat his single-target dive.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1-2 you own the tempo: ranged Transfusion pokes Yone before he has his Q-dash or E, so chunk him while he can only walk into range.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Vladimir vs Yone 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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