Mage

Vladimir

The Crimson Reaper

A fiend with a thirst for mortal blood, Vladimir has influenced the affairs of Noxus since the empire's earliest days. In addition to unnaturally extending his life, his mastery of hemomancy allows him to control the minds and bodies of others as easily as his own.Read the full story on Riot's Universe site

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P
Crimson Pact
Q
Transfusion
W
Sanguine Pool
E
Tides of Blood
R
Hemoplague

Vladimir

Overview

On patch 16.21, Vladimir is rated S tier in the mid lane, winning 52.3% of 5,953 ranked games with a 6.1% pick rate. The most successful build this patch runs Stormraider's Surge with Flash and Ghost and builds Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, Riftmaker, and Spellslinger's Shoes.

Vladimir struggles most against Syndra (37.5%), Talon (41.4%), and Naafiri (41.7%) and does best against Cassiopeia (77.8%), Qiyana (69.2%), and Malphite (61.5%).

Ranked solo/duo · patch 16.21 · 5,953 games · updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we calculate

52.3%

Win rate

6.1%

Pick rate

Games

16.21

Patch

Playing as Vladimir

Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.

Playing against Vladimir

Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.

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Matchups

All Vladimir matchups

Strong against

Cassiopeia77.8%27
Qiyana69.2%39
Malphite61.5%26
Brand61.5%26
Pantheon60.6%33

Weak against

Syndra37.5%144
Talon41.4%29
Naafiri41.7%36
Azir42.3%26
Kassadin43.4%76

Abilities

P
Crimson Pact
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).
Q
Transfusion
Vladimir steals life from the target enemy. When Vladimir's resource is full, Transfusion will benefit from massively increased damage and healing for a brief time.
Cooldown: 9/7.9/6.8/5.7/4.6Cost: 0Range: 600
W
Sanguine Pool
Vladimir sinks into a pool of blood, becoming untargetable for 2 seconds. Additionally, enemies on the pool are slowed and Vladimir siphons life from them.
Cooldown: 28/25/22/19/16Cost: 0Range: 350
E
Tides of Blood
Vladimir pays his own health to charge up a reservoir of blood which, when released, deals damage in the area around him but can be blocked by enemy units.
Cooldown: 13/11/9/7/5Cost: 0Range: 600
R
Hemoplague
Vladimir infects an area with a virulent plague. Affected enemies take increased damage for the duration. After a few seconds, Hemoplague deals magic damage to infected enemies and heals Vladimir for each enemy Champion hit.
Cooldown: 120Cost: 0Range: 625