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Vladimir Mid build & stats

MageFighter C 900 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
47.9%
Pick rate
3.4%
Ban rate
4.4%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
Void Staff
Void Staff
3,000 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
9,450 gold
70.0% WR each item separately

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
40.7% 54 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
24 games · 3% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ignite
42.3% 26 games

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. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Vladimir

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Vladimir wins 47.9% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (900 games).
  • Most common core: Rabadon's Deathcap → Hextech Rocketbelt → Riftmaker — 52% win rate over 56 games.
  • Take Stormraider's Surge as keystone: picked in 64% of games with a 47% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Anivia (71% over 14 games). Hardest: Hwei (25% over 16 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.
  • Vladimir scales: 52% win rate after 35 minutes versus 42% before 25. Farm safely early and never surrender.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Riftmaker
Riftmaker
40.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
75.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff
Void Staff
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
100.0% WR
4 games · 0% pick

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
40.3% WR
62 games · 7% pick
Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
40.7% WR
54 games · 6% pick
Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
40.0% WR
5 games · 1% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
80.0% 1% (10)
58.8% 2% (17)
58.3% 1% (12)
50.0% 2% (18)
50.0% 0% (4)
49.3% 8% (69)
44.3% 8% (70)
35.5% 3% (31)
35.0% 4% (40)
26.9% 3% (26)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
50.0% WR
24 games · 3% pick
Stormraider's Surge
Stormraider's Surge

Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
33.3% WR
15 games · 2% pick
Deathfire Touch Nimbus Cloak Transcendence Gathering Storm Last Stand Legend: Haste
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
18.2% WR
11 games · 1% pick
Stormraider's Surge Nimbus Cloak Transcendence Gathering Storm Legend: Haste Last Stand

Keystones

  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 40.0%9% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 32.4%4% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 44.4%1% pick
  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 40.0%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 36.9%11% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 42.3%3% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PCrimson 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • RHemoplague

    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...