How to win lane as Vladimir against Yorick · 45.94% win rate over 542 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even as your ranged Q trades with his early ghoul poke. |
| Level 2 | Vladimir | Level 2 favours you: you can chunk Yorick before Maiden is online. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is a skill lane as his ghosts start contesting your poke. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even while both scale, neither committing cleanly. |
| Level 6 | Yorick | Level 5 into 6 tilts Yorick as full Maiden uptime lets him grind and cage you. |
| First item | Vladimir | At first item Hemoplague lets you clear his pets and out-sustain, favouring you. |
| Two+ items | Vladimir | With two-plus items your AoE teamfight scaling beats his single-target split threat. |
Level 1-2 is close: your ranged Transfusion answers his early poke, and at Level 2 you can chunk him before Maiden comes online, so trade while he only has ghouls.
The full Vladimir vs Yorick 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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