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Recommended Items
Runes: Phase rush - Consistency
+8 ability haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+15-140 HP (lvls 1-18)
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order R>Q>E>W
Crimson Pact (PASSIVE)
Vladimir Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Kassadin
Kassadin is a very difficult matchup if the Kassadin knows what they're doing. Try to convince your jungler to gank you a lot and bully him in early game before he becomes a monster.
Zilean
SO MUCH SPEED I LOVE THIS CHAMP
Zilean
SO MUCH SPEED I LOVE THIS CHAMP
Champion Build Guide
Hello! I am LaZe, I'm a diamond midlaner, I've been diamond for 2 seasons and I'm currently hovering around diamond II. Vladimir is my most played champion and I have over 450k mastery points on him, I have years of experience on the champ and I hope to share some of it with you. He is a simple champion with a lot to offer.

PROS
- Easy to pickup
- Great sustain
- Safety with sanguine pool
- 1v9 lategame
- Oneshots
CONS
- Predictable combos
- Weak early game
- Quite reliant on his summoner spells












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(P) Crimson pact |
Every 40 bonus health Vladimir gains 1 ability power and every 1 ability power Vladimir gains 1.4 bonus health.
This ability is what makes Vladimir so damn tanky sometimes. It also provides Vlad with some nice AP! Please, do not itemize around this,

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(Q) Transfusion |
Vladimir deals damage to the enemy and heals. When Vladimir's resource bar fills up, he gains movement speed for a short duration and his

Vladimir drains blood from the target enemy, dealing them magic damage and healing himself.
Once Vladimir fills up his resource bar, he enters Crimson rush.
Crimson rush
Vladimir gains 10% bonus movement speed for 0.5 seconds and his next


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(W) Sanguine pool |
Vladimir turns into a pool of blood for 2 seconds, gaining 37.5% bonus decaying movement speed and becoming untargetable, Vladimir can also pass through units during

Enemies inside of


This ability makes Vladimir very slippery and gives him a nice escape. While you cannot cast abilities or auto attack while in



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(E) Tides of blood |
Vladimir channels for up to 1.5 seconds, slowing himself for 20% after channeling for longer than 1 second. Vladimir can recast this ability anytime he chooses, if he doesn't,

Recasting this ability causes Vladimir to unleash a nova of blood around himself. Hitting anyone with this ability will deal magic damage based on how long Vladimir has channeled the ability for.

This ability costs Vladimir a %percentage of his health.



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(R) Hemoplague |
Vladimir spreads a large virulent plague in a large area, infecting all enemies within the area of the ability's cast for 4 seconds. This plague will increase the damage dealt to infected enemies by all sources by 10% for the duration.
After the duration, the infection bursts, dealing magic damage to all infected enemies and healing Vladimir.


MYTHIC ITEM


BOOTS


DEFENSIVE ITEMS



LEGENDARY ITEMS






TRADING
Short trades are your go-to in most matchups. Cast your




FARMING
You're gonna have to be a really good farmer if you want to play Vladimir, don't pressure yourself for 10cs/min every game, some matchups will be hard enough for you to not get past 5cs/min in the early game. Try your best to catch every minion you can without taking too much damage, have some respect, back off if the enemy can punish you for the last hit. Something Elite500 does is this - Head into practice tool with your standard Vlad runes and start farming midlane for a couple waves, whenever you feel like it, you can restart the game and shoot for a higher score of cs this time. This is a great warmup that I would recommend to anyone who wants to improve at csing.



TRADING
Now, once you're slowly getting into mid game, you can be a lot more confident with your trades. If you see an opportunity, use your



MAXIMIZING INCOME
Let's face it, we're playing soloQ, if you want your gold income maximized, you're gonna have to take some of your jungler's camps on your way to a sidelane.





WHY IS VLAD'S TEAMFIGHTING SO GOOD?
Vladimir's teamfighting is really strong simply because of his massive AOE damage, his amazing get out of jail free card




HOW TO TEAMFIGHT
Wait for your team to engage or do it yourself when you see an opportunity, once you're close to the enemy team, look for their carries! Whoever is the strongest and is squishy, try to oneshot them. Also, look for big ultimates. It's super common, especially in lower elo brackets, that enemies are gonna be clumped up, waiting for you to

You can extend the duration of Crimson rush by using your



Use your


Using

Set your E to standard cast so you don't need to hold E while comboing, can make things a lot easier.
You can proc phase rush by literally anything - Pool, tapping E,



{Auto attacks will usually go through pool}
















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