Vladimir Mid Build

Vladimir Champion Guide

Role: Mage

Lane: Midlane

Vladimir Mid performs best with a build featuring Cosmic Drive, Sorcerer's Shoes, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Zhonya's Hourglass. The most effective rune setup for Vladimir Mid includes Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, paired with Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the secondary tree.

Vladimir Champion Abilities

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). P

Transfusion

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). Q

Sanguine Pool

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 30% of the pre-mitigation damage dealt, reduced to 18% against minions. W

Tides of Blood

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. E

Hemoplague

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. R

Vladimir Summoner Spells

Flash

Flash is a location-targeted summoner spell that causes your champion to blink to the location in range of your cursor.

Ghost

Ghost is a self-targeted summoner spell that increases your champion's movement speed and grants them the ability to ignore unit collision for a few seconds.

Vladimir Runes

Vladimir Items

Vladimir Ability Order

Vladimir Matchups Overview

Strong against

Ekko

Yone

Katarina

Akali

Mel

Irelia

Weak against

Zoe

Cassiopeia

Malzahar

Cho'Gath

Taliyah

Karma

Vladimir Tips and Tricks

Avoid using your W at all costs as it costs you tons of health. Use it at the last possible second if you have to commit to using it. You’re weak in the early game, so there’s no need to commit to trades or going for kills from the start. You need time to come online. Flank in team fights to make it harder for the enemy to disengage or blow you up before you can get on top of them.

Vladimir Best Build, Runes and Items

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Vladimir Mid build, take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. For runes, pick Phase Rush as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, as well as Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the secondary tree. For rune shards, take Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense depending on the matchup. Start with Cosmic Drive, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Rabadon's Deathcap. Complete the build with Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. Max your abilities in the order of Q - E - W.

Optional

If you're looking for an alternative build, take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with Summon Aery as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, and Scorch in the primary tree, and Last Stand with Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. Use Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex, and Health Scaling in defense for your rune shards. Build Cosmic Drive first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Rabadon's Deathcap. Finish with Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. Max your abilities in the order of Q - E - W.

Alternative

If you're looking for another alternative, take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with Phase Rush as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Conditioning with Overgrowth in the secondary tree. For rune shards, use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling. Start with Cosmic Drive, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Stormsurge. Complete the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Shadowflame. Max your abilities in the order of Q - E - W.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an off-meta Vladimir Mid build, take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste, and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Nimbus Cloak with Celerity in the secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling for your rune shards. Start with Cosmic Drive, followed by Boots of Swiftness and Riftmaker. Finish the build with Void Staff, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Zhonya's Hourglass. Max your abilities in the order of Q - E - W.

Situational Vladimir Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building situational items or taking specific runes. Carefully analyze your team composition, enemy team, and game state to plan your Vladimir build accordingly. For rune shards, you may want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.