Vladimir vs Zac — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Vladimir against Zac · 55.19% win rate over 395 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Vladimir is favoured — Vladimir owns 6 of the 7 game windows. Vladimir wins 55.19% of games vs Zac in top lane (395 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1Even / skillLevel 1 is even as Zac's blob passive gives him early sustain to match your poke.
Level 2VladimirLevel 2 favours you: ranged Transfusion out-pokes his weak base damage.
Level 3VladimirLevel 3 stays yours as your E poke chunks him faster than blobs restore.
Levels 4-5VladimirLevels 4-5 favour you with sustained Q healing beating his low trade damage.
Level 6VladimirLevel 6 favours you as Hemoplague and pool out-heal his E engage.
First itemVladimirAt first item your AP poke and tempo outpace his tanky, slow profile.
Two+ itemsVladimirWith two-plus items you keep dominating the 1v1, though ward his flank engage.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Level 1 is even while Zac has his blob sustain, but from Level 2 your ranged Transfusion out-pokes his weak base damage and you can step on his blobs to starve his healing.

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The full Vladimir vs Zac 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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