# Vladimir Counters Who counters Vladimir? Best and worst picks against Vladimir by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Vladimir in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) ## Page Content [Vladimir guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/) [Play against Vladimir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/how-to-play-against/) [Vladimir counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vladimir/counters/) Best and worst picks against Vladimir in Mid at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Malzahar, LeBlanc and Anivia beat Vladimir most often. Diana, Mel and Syndra win the laning phase against Vladimir by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Vladimir Highest win rate versus Vladimir in Mid. - 1 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 882 games 55.2% - 2 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 630 games 54.6% - 3 [Anivia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/anivia/) 254 games 54.3% - 4 [Naafiri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/naafiri/) 109 games 54.1% - 5 [Sylas](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sylas/) 797 games 53.8% - 6 [Zoe](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zoe/) 329 games 53.5% - 7 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 429 games 53.4% - 8 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 377 games 52.0% - 9 [Twisted Fate](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twistedfate/) 454 games 52.0% - 10 [Kayle](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kayle/) 761 games 51.1% ## Worst picks against Vladimir Lowest win rate versus Vladimir in Mid. - 1 [Aurora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/aurora/) 106 games 41.5% - 2 [Azir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/azir/) 202 games 43.1% - 3 [Taliyah](https://baronbuff.com/champions/taliyah/) 125 games 45.6% - 4 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 350 games 45.7% - 5 [Akshan](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akshan/) 284 games 45.8% - 6 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 453 games 45.9% - 7 [Talon](https://baronbuff.com/champions/talon/) 160 games 46.2% - 8 [Orianna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/orianna/) 377 games 47.2% - 9 [Galio](https://baronbuff.com/champions/galio/) 343 games 47.2% - 10 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 522 games 47.3% - 11 [Qiyana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/qiyana/) 337 games 47.5% - 12 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 771 games 47.7% - 13 [Kassadin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kassadin/) 375 games 48.0% - 14 [Ahri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ahri/) 1,153 games 48.0% - 15 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 1,084 games 48.3% ## Best lane counters vs Vladimir Largest gold lead over Vladimir at 15 minutes in Mid. - 1 [Diana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/) 115 games +700 - 2 [Mel](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/) 134 games +491 - 3 [Syndra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/syndra/) 112 games +466 - 4 [Malzahar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malzahar/) 239 games +435 - 5 [Zed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zed/) 208 games +369 - 6 [Hwei](https://baronbuff.com/champions/hwei/) 100 games +317 - 7 [Xerath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/xerath/) 102 games +302 - 8 [LeBlanc](https://baronbuff.com/champions/leblanc/) 133 games +279 - 9 [Lissandra](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lissandra/) 106 games +278 - 10 [Lux](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lux/) 110 games +196 - 11 [Fizz](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fizz/) 168 games +130 - 12 [Katarina](https://baronbuff.com/champions/katarina/) 187 games +98 - 13 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 325 games +55 - 14 [Akali](https://baronbuff.com/champions/akali/) 194 games +38 - 15 [Viktor](https://baronbuff.com/champions/viktor/) 147 games +37 ## How to play against Vladimir Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Back off when empowered Q is ready, then trade after he spends it on a minion. - Force W with a light engage before using your real all-in tools. - Collapse on side waves with two players; isolated 1v1s let him stall with W and cooldowns. - Track Ghost and R before contesting objectives, then kite until his first burst rotation ends. - Spread before he enters with R so his burst cannot hit the whole team. ## Where Vladimir is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Vladimir's damage is short-ranged and telegraphed, so disciplined spacing keeps him from reaching valuable targets cleanly. - Vladimir relies on health sustain and scaling, making anti-heal and repeated pressure blunt his core durability pattern. ## Vladimir counters: questions ### Who counters Vladimir in Mid? At Gold+, Malzahar (55.2%), LeBlanc (54.6%) and Anivia (54.3%) have the highest win rates against Vladimir. ### Who does Vladimir counter? Vladimir wins most often against Aurora (41.5%), Azir (43.1%) and Taliyah (45.6%). ### Who wins lane against Vladimir? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Diana (+700), Mel (+491) and Syndra (+466) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Vladimir. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Mid Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mid/) - [Diana counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/diana/counters/) - [Mel counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mel/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)