Vladimir Mid build & stats
- Win rate
- 52.8%
- Pick rate
- 3.6%
- Ban rate
- 9.5%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16
Start with
Build in this order
Boots
Runes
Sorcery +
Precision 
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Sorcery
Precision
Summoner spells
Max order
Q
E
W
Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.
Tips for Vladimir
Generated from this patch's numbers
- Vladimir wins 52.8% of games as Mid on patch 16.16 (807 games).
- Most common core: Hextech Rocketbelt → Riftmaker → Rabadon's Deathcap — 67% win rate over 12 games.
- Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 67% of games with a 51% win rate.
- Best matchup: Orianna (75% over 16 games). Hardest: Hwei (19% over 16 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
- Vladimir scales: 63% win rate after 35 minutes versus 48% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.
Items
Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)
Core build
Starting items
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 64.3% | 7% (56) | |
| 62.5% | 3% (24) | |
| 60.4% | 13% (106) | |
| 59.4% | 8% (64) | |
| 57.6% | 27% (217) | |
| 53.4% | 25% (204) | |
| 52.0% | 22% (177) | |
| 51.3% | 9% (76) | |
| 51.0% | 6% (51) | |
| 44.4% | 1% (9) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Sorcery +
Precision
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Sorcery
Precision
Sorcery +
Precision
Sorcery +
Precision
Keystones
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Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
50.8%33% pick
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Deathfire Touch
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
59.1%11% pick
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Summon Aery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
58.1%4% pick
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Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
50.0%1% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
52.9%39% pick
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Flash + Ignite
57.5%10% pick
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Flash + Teleport
0.0%0% pick
Abilities & skill order
Which ability to max first, from match timelines
Q
E
W
60.7%61 games
Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (59%), Q → W → E (60%), Q → W → Q (86%).
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PCrimson PactEvery 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).
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QTransfusion
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.
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WSanguine 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.
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ETides 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.
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RHemoplagueVladimir 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...