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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 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 13.6. 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 13.6: 1093219 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 3767 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 2937 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 8741 Games

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 5301 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 49760 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 35266 Games

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 8729 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

67%

Win Rate 2313 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

68%

Win Rate 1530 Games

Passive Ability

Patch 13.6: 1093217 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 1642 Games

Sorcery

Resolve

Third Best

51%

Win Rate 1338 Games

Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 6981 Games

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 2038 Games

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 24900 Games

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 2571 Games

Second Best

50%

Win Rate 5491 Games

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 3853 Games

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Passive Ability

Second Best

64%

Win Rate 1617 Games

Passive Ability

Third Best

74%

Win Rate 124 Games

Passive Ability

Vladimir Counters

Learn Vladimir'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

Broken Covenant Vladimir

March 9, 2023

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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

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520

Classic Vladimir

Original

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Vladimir's Abilities

Crimson Pact Vladimir's Passive

Self

Every 30 points of bonus health gives Vladimir 1 ability power and every 1 point of ability power gives Vladimir 1.6 bonus health (does not stack with itself).

Transfusion Vladimir's Q Ability

600

9 / 7.9 / 6.8 / 5.7 / 4.6

Vladimir drains his target's lifeforce, dealing 80 / 100 / 120 / 140 / 160 (+60% of ability power) magic damage and restoring 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40 (+35% of ability power) health. After using this ability twice, Vladimir gains 10% movement speed for 0.5 seconds and empowers the next use of this ability for 2.5 seconds.

The empowered version of this ability deals 148 / 185 / 222 / 259 / 296 (+111% of ability power) magic damage instead and restores an additional 30-200 (+4% per 100 ability power) plus 5% missing health (depending on level).

Sanguine Pool Vladimir's W Ability

350

28 / 25 / 22 / 19 / 16

Vladimir sinks into a pool of blood for 2 seconds, gaining 37.5% decaying movement speed for 1 second and becoming untargetable and ghosted while slowing enemies in the pool by 40%. Vladimir deals 20 / 33.75 / 47.5 / 61.25 / 75 (+2.5% of bonus health) magic damage every 0.5 seconds and restores health equal to 15% of the damage dealt.

Tides of Blood Vladimir's E Ability

600

2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 8

13 / 11 / 9 / 7 / 5

Begin Charging: Vladimir charges up a reservoir of blood, spending up to 8% health. While at full charge, Vladimir is slowed by 20%.

Release: Vladimir unleashes a torrent of blood missiles at surrounding enemies, dealing between 20 / 33.75 / 47.5 / 61.25 / 75 (+2.5% bonus health) and 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300 (+10% bonus health) magic damage depending on charge time. If this ability was charged for at least 1 second, it also slows targets by 40% for 0.5 seconds.

Hemoplague Vladimir's Ultimate (R) Ability

625

120

Vladimir creates a virulent plague, causing its victims to take 10% increased damage from all sources for 4 seconds. After it expires, Vladimir deals 150 / 250 / 350 (+70% of ability power) magic damage to all infected targets. Vladimir restores 150 / 250 / 350 (+70% of ability power) health if he hits a champion, and restores an additional 60 / 100 / 140 (+28% of ability power) health for each champion 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...