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Vladimir champion portrait

Vladimir Build

Bot Tier 1

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 2,428 gamesUpdated

53.5%win rate0.1%pick2.3%ban

Who counters Vladimir

How to build Vladimir

Sorcerer's Shoes→Stormsurge→Rabadon's Deathcap→Void Staff

Sorcerer's Shoes → Stormsurge → Rabadon's Deathcap → Void Staff

58.1% win rate 13% of games 203 games
RunesSorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering StormPrecisionLast StandLegend: Haste41% of games
SpellsFlashGhostFlash + Ghost92%
Skills
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Transfusion
14578
Sanguine Pool
314151718
Tides of Blood
29101213
Hemoplague
61116
StartDoran's RingHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Vladimir build →

Best supports for Vladimir

Who Vladimir has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst supports for Vladimir

Who Vladimir has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

53.5%win rate
Patch 26.20: 52.5% over 7,012 gamesPatch 26.21: 53.5% over 2,428 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
51.8%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
2.3%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
56.6%under 22 min
55.7%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Vladimir champion portraitB Vladimir+Sona champion portraitS SonavsKog'Maw champion portraitB Kog'Maw+Milio champion portraitS Milio
4 / 8 / 1

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Liandry's Torment→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashGhost|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEW
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Vladimir champion portraitB Vladimir+Yuumi champion portraitS YuumivsEzreal champion portraitB Ezreal+Sylas champion portraitS Sylas
6 / 7 / 8

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Liandry's Torment→Shadowflame→Rabadon's Deathcap

Spells & runes

FlashGhost|

Skills

QEWQQRQEQEREEWW
Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Vladimir champion portraitB Vladimir+Sona champion portraitS SonavsKai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa+Senna champion portraitS Senna
4 / 8 / 2

Build

Ionian Boots of Lucidity|Stormsurge

Spells & runes

GhostFlash|

Skills

QEQWQRQEQER

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 54.0% win rate · 41% of games · 900 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
PrecisionLast StandLegend: Haste
Shards Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 54.1% win rate · 11% of games · 246 games
SorceryStormraider's SurgeNimbus CloakTranscendenceGathering Storm
PrecisionLegend: HasteCut Down
Shards Ability Haste · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashGhostFlash + Ghost92%53.4%2,270 games
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite4%48.6%109 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes58%Ionian Boots of Lucidity34%Boots of Swiftness4%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 53.9% win rate

Vladimir build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Stormsurge1st
  2. Liandry's Torment2nd
  3. Void Staff3rd
8% of games that reach a third item take this path58.1% win rate124 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Vladimir →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 2,437 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
57% · 53.9% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
34% · 50.9% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
4% · 61.3% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 49.2% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Stormsurge›Liandry's Torment+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 48.6% win rate · 105 games
  2. Stormsurge+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 43.2% win rate · 88 games
  3. Stormsurge›Rabadon's Deathcap+Sorcerer's Shoes4% of games · 41.4% win rate · 87 games
  4. Stormsurge›Liandry's Torment›Void Staff+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 50.0% win rate · 64 games
  5. Stormsurge+Ionian Boots of Lucidity2% of games · 50.0% win rate · 56 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Vladimir against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Vladimir's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Vladimir's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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