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Vladimir Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Vladimir we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Vladimir, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Vladimir this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 12.1. However, if you are a new Vladimir player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Vladimir!

Patch 12.1: 489244 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 3424 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 2811 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

More Vladimir Runes

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 39885 Games

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 6401 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 19468 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 2986 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 43855 Games

Third Best

52%

Win Rate 6594 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

68%

Win Rate 1418 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

74%

Win Rate 62 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 12.1: 489245 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

52%

Win Rate 1453 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 63 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

More Vladimir Runes

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 6585 Games

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 3534 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 7734 Games

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 4609 Games

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 2045 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

81%

Win Rate 54 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

66%

Win Rate 728 Games

Passive Ability

Vladimir Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Vladimir guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Vladimir Mid in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Vladimir. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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Vladimir Skins

Find Vladimir's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Vladimir skins and chromas on Vladimir's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Cafe Cuties Vladimir

November 17, 2021

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Cosmic Devourer Vladimir

November 24, 2020

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Nightbringer Vladimir

December 12, 2019

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Dark Waters Vladimir

May 31, 2018

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Academy Vladimir

August 27, 2015

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750

Soulstealer Vladimir

July 10, 2014

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Blood Lord Vladimir

Legendary

November 21, 2011

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1820

Vandal Vladimir

Legacy

January 24, 2011

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975

Nosferatu Vladimir

Special Events

October 18, 2010

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975

Marquis Vladimir

July 27, 2010

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520

Count Vladimir

Legacy

July 27, 2010

+ Wishlist

520

Classic Vladimir

Original

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Vladimir's Abilities

Crimson Pact Vladimir's Passive

Self

Vladimir gains (3.3% bonus health) as ability power and (160% ability power) as bonus health. These two bonuses do not stack with each other.

Transfusion Vladimir's Q Ability

600

9 / 7.9 / 6.8 / 5.7 / 4.6

Vladimir drains the life force of his target, dealing 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 (+60% of ability power) magic damage and healing himself for 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 (+35% of ability power). The healing is 35% effective vs minions.

After casting Transfusion twice, Vladimir gains Crimson Rush for 2.5 seconds once Transfusion comes off cooldown. While under the effects of Crimson Rush, Vladimir gains a short burst of speed and his next Transfusion deals 85% more damage and heals for 30-200 (at levels 1-18) (+4% missing Health per 100 ability power).

Sanguine Pool Vladimir's W Ability

300

28 / 25 / 22 / 19 / 16

Vladimir sinks into a pool of blood for 2 seconds, becoming untargetable and gaining 37.5% bonus movement speed which decays rapidly over 1 second.

Enemies above him are slowed by 40% and take 20 / 33.75 / 47.5 / 61.25 / 75 (+2.5% of bonus health) magic damage every half second, while Vladimir heals himself for 15% of the damage done.

Tides of Blood Vladimir's E Ability

600

13 / 11 / 9 / 7 / 5

Vladimir charges up a reservoir of blood, paying 2.5% - 8% of his maximum health (based on charge duration) over 1 second to increase Tides of Blood's damage. Vladimir is slowed after the initial 1 second if he continues to charge.

On release (or after 1.5 seconds), Vladimir unleashes a nova of blood missiles, dealing between 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 (+35% of ability power) (+2.5% of max health) and 60 / 90 / 120 / 150 / 180 (+80% of ability power) (+6% of max health) magic damage (based on charge duration) to the first enemy hit in a large area around him.

If charged for at least 1 second, enemies hit by Tides of Blood are also slowed by 40% for 0.5 seconds.

Hemoplague Vladimir's Ultimate (R) Ability

700

120

Vladimir infects the target area with a virulent plague. Affected enemies take 10% increased damage for 4 seconds.

After 4 seconds, infected enemies take 150 / 250 / 350 (+70% of ability power) magic damage, while Vladimir is healed for the same amount (healing is increased by 50% for each additional champion hit beyond the first).

Questions About Vladimir

Latest Questions

Why no riftmaker on Vlad?

Asked by Dmonic Plays on October 18, 2021

So, I'm still learning league and am a Vladimir main. I saw this item called Riftmaker, and normally on Vlad I run Night Harvester for my mythic item. At Almost 1000 gold cheaper than night harvester, I only noticed a few problems with this...

Vlad passive

Asked on May 11, 2020

Does vladimirs passive, crimson rush, scale with his missing health or the targets missing health?

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Vladimir top : counters?

Asked on February 12, 2019

What are [[vladimir]]'s worst toplane matchups? To know what to ban/avoid.

Vladimir farming

Asked by BuGzYY on May 24, 2018

Vladimir"s early farming is very hard for me, is there any tips to how to farm effectively as Vladimir when you are getting shoved in under tower

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Phase Rush vs Grasp on Vladimir?

Asked by JavaKouhai on November 9, 2017

I'm trying to figure out if Phase Rush is better, seeing as Stormraider's Surge used to work so well with him. But grasp looks extremely strong for the late game. Thoughts?

ryze and vladimir

Asked by the chaos bringer 00 on November 25, 2016

so where are these two better atm? top or mid?

Against Top lane Vladimir

Asked by LeHamburger on May 18, 2016

How to build against top lane vladimir and also how to build late game against Vlad,Yasuo,Ezreal,Amumu and Tahm Kench? Keep in mind I am Gangplank

Who should i choose?

Asked by misamon on June 6, 2015

???????????????????????? [b]Best Option[/b] ???????????????????????????????????????????? [color=#0080ff]Ahri , Cassiopeia , Diana , Ekko , Vladimir[/color]

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Void Staff vs Abyssal Scepter

Asked by MrMad2000 on March 8, 2015

This might sound like a stupid question. On ap carries such as [[leblanc]] or [[viktor]] for example, when would it be better to build a [[void staff]] over an > [[abyssal scepter]] and vice versa? Both are relatively cheap and give a...

Vladimir is Useless?

Asked by Error40432 on March 4, 2015

Why does everyone say this champion is useless?

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Vladimir help

Asked by IPodPulse on May 3, 2014

Hey guys, I've been playing a lot of Vladimir again and was wondering if you can help me out with an up to date build. Currently my build is: boots of lucidity, zhonya's, will of the ancients, voidstaff, liandry's, and rylai's. It a good build and...

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Some questions on Vladimir

Asked by Jack Rubino on November 16, 2013

i bought [[Vladimir]] not so many days ago. i loved him but still having more bad games then good ones (even if i just won a game as 1/15 vlad today lol) im using this rune & masteries set: [[Greater Mark of magic penetration]] [[Greater...

Viktor vs Vladimir who wins?

Asked by A State of Art on January 26, 2013

Hello everyone on mobafire. Im new to this community and want to ask one simple question: if playin midlane Viktor versus Vladimir is there way to hard win Vladimir with his push and sustain abilities or its just ureal? P.S. I maining Viktor and...