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Vladimir
the Crimson Reaper

Vladimir

Passive · Crimson Pact

A portion of Vladimir's bonus health is converted to ability power and vice versa.

DamageDurabilityMagicDifficultyMobilityCC
Champion profile (Riot)
  • Damage2
  • Durability6
  • Magic8
  • Difficulty7
  • Mobility3
  • CC3
Counters by laneEach lane has counters + tips
Top
Primary

How to play as Vladimir

  • Rush Riftmakeromnivamp + HP-AP synergy
  • W (Sanguine Pool) dodges key abilities (Malz R, Garen R)
  • Charge E (Tides of Blood) to 4 stacks for huge AoE poke
  • R (Hemoplague) before team fight — +12% damage amp on hits
  • Rabadon's Deathcap second — multiplies all your AP
  • Lane: spam Q every cooldown for free poke

How to beat Vladimir

Jungle

How to play as Vladimir

Jungle: track Scuttle, gank weak lanes, scale to objectives.

How to beat Vladimir

Jungle: ward objectives, never walk blind into brush.

Strong against

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Weak against

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Mid
Primary

How to play as Vladimir

  • Rush Riftmakeromnivamp + HP-AP synergy
  • W (Sanguine Pool) dodges key abilities (Malz R, Garen R)
  • Charge E (Tides of Blood) to 4 stacks for huge AoE poke
  • R (Hemoplague) before team fight — +12% damage amp on hits
  • Rabadon's Deathcap second — multiplies all your AP
  • Lane: spam Q every cooldown for free poke

How to beat Vladimir

ADC

How to play as Vladimir

ADC: kite the frontline, hit the closest tank then the carries.

How to beat Vladimir

ADC: stay behind minions and focus the enemy ADC in fights.

Strong against

No data yet

Weak against

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Support

How to play as Vladimir

Support: keep vision + peel for ADC, build Locket Enchant + Knight's Vow.

How to beat Vladimir

Support: dodge hooks/engages, buy Mikael's into heavy CC.

Strong against

No data yet

Weak against

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Abilities

Transfusion

Q

Active: Vladimir drains blood from the target enemy, dealing magic damage and heal himself. He then generates a stack of Fury over the cooldown, which is displayed in his secondary resource bar.

At 2 stacks, Vladimir gains for 0.5 seconds, and enters Crimson Rush while the Fury depletes over 2.5 seconds. The Fury depletes 75% slower during Sanguine Pool, Tides of Blood, or stasis (buff).

Crimson Rush Bonus: Transfusion consumes all Fury to deal 75% increased damage and heal Vladimir for an additional 30 to 170 for 15% (+ 5% (+ 3% per 100 AP) missing health), reduced to 35% against minions.

Cooldown9 to 4.5 4

Sanguine Pool

W

Active: Vladimir sinks into a pool of blood, becoming untargetable for 2 seconds. He also gains 27.5% bonus movement speed that decays exponentially over 1 second.

Enemies within the pool are slow them by 40%, and dealt magic damage every 0.5 seconds over the duration, heal Vladimir for 15% of the outgoing damage.

Vladimir lockout basic attacks nor abilities during Sanguine Pool, but he can still move. If Tides of Blood is charging at the time of Sanguine Pool's activation, that ability may still be recast.

Cooldown25 to 16 4

Tides of Blood

E

Active: Vladimir channel for up to 1.5 seconds, during which he increases Tides of Blood's damage over the first second of the channel, and becomes slow by 20% afterwards for the remaining duration. Tides of Blood can be recast within the duration and does so automatically afterwards or if interrupted.

Recast: Vladimir unleashes a nova to deal magic damage to nearby enemies, increased based on charge time. If Tides of Blood was charged for at least 1 second, enemies hit are also slow for 0.5 seconds.

Cooldown12.5 to 5 4

Hemoplague

Ultimate

Active: Vladimir spreads a virulent plague at the target location that infects enemies hit for 4 seconds, causing them to take 10% bonus magic damage from all incoming damage.

Afterwards, the infection bursts to deal magic damage to affected targets and, after a 0.4-second delay, heal Vladimir for each infected champion, reduced to 40% for champions beyond the first.

Cooldown90