Yone vs Vladimir — Top Lane Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Yone against Vladimir · 49.68% win rate over 3,317 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Vladimir is favoured — Vladimir owns 3 of the 7 game windows to Yone's 1. Play it patient and win your windows. Yone wins 49.68% of games vs Vladimir in top lane (3,317 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1VladimirVladimir's Transfusion sustain heals through your poke and wins the level-1 trade.
Level 2VladimirAt level 2 his Q heal keeps him ahead as your harass fails to stick.
Level 3Even / skillLevel 3 is skill-decided around baiting his Sanguine Pool before you commit.
Levels 4-5Even / skillLevels 4-5 stay even as his Pool dodges your combo and both farm to spikes.
Level 6Even / skillLevel 6 is skill-based — your all-in can out-tempo his Hemoplague if you force it.
First itemYoneAt first item your Botrk/crit spike lets you all-in before his AP scaling arrives.
Two+ itemsVladimirBy 2+ items Vlad's amp, Pool immunity, and sustain out-scale your single dive.

Early game (levels 1–5)

Vlad wins levels 1-2 through sustain: Transfusion (Q) heals off every trade, so your Q pokes don't stick and he farms freely. Don't over-commit into his heal — take the CS lead where you can and set up for your item spike rather than trading blows you can't win.

Read the rest of this matchup

The full Yone vs Vladimir 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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