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Vladimir
Patch 16.2.1
MidDifficulty
Medium
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Reach the 30-minute mark with 8-9 CS per minute. In teamfights, use Ghost or Flash to reach the enemy backline, land a multi-man , and cycle through your and rotations until everyone is dead.
Playstyle
Scaling battlemage who thrives on sustain and massive AoE burst. You play like a ticking time bomb—survive lane, farm perfectly, and become an unkillable teamfight monster.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Infinite lane sustain once you have a few levels in
- +Massive AoE damage and healing in late-game teamfights with
- +One of the best 'get out of jail free' cards in the game with
- +Incredible scaling that converts AP into survivability via
Weaknesses
- -Extremely long cooldowns early on, making you vulnerable to consecutive trades
- -Zero hard crowd control, making it difficult to set up your own kills without Flash
- -Short effective range compared to artillery or control mages
- -High health costs on and can accidentally put you in kill range
Abilities
Converts bonus health to AP and AP to bonus health. This makes you naturally beefier than other mages. Focus on AP items first, as the AP-to-HP conversion is generally more impactful for your survival than vice versa.
Your bread and butter. Use it to poke and sustain. When the bar under your health turns red (Crimson Rush), your next deals massive damage and heals for way more. Always look to zone enemies when Crimson Rush is active.
Makes you untargetable for 2 seconds and slows enemies. It costs 20% of your current health, so don't spam it. Use it to dodge critical spells like Syndra R or Zed R. You can charge while in this state.
Charge up for 1.5s to deal AoE damage. If fully charged, it slows enemies. It costs max health to use, so be careful. It's your primary waveclear tool, but it can be blocked by minions or tanks.
Applies a debuff that increases all damage taken by enemies by 10%. After 4 seconds, it pops for damage and heals you for every champion hit. Always cast this at the very start of your combo to amp all your other spells.
Teamfight Role
AoE Burst Carry / Drain Tank
You are a front-to-back threat that eventually dives the backline. Your goal is to hit as many people as possible with and . Use to stall for your cooldowns once you are focused.
If your carry is the only win condition, use your high damage and slow to peel the enemy frontline, though this is rarely your primary job.
Combos
The Basic Trade
(Crimson Rush) ->
Wait for your Crimson Rush bar to be almost full, start charging , then tap the enemy with the empowered and release simultaneously.
Safe Waveclear
Charge ->
Start charging and then immediately press . You will remain in the pool while the charges and explodes, allowing you to clear waves safely if you are being pressured.
The All-In Burst
Charge -> -> Release -> ->
Charge while walking up. Drop first so it amps the damage of the releasing and the following . Pool at the end to stay safe while waiting for the heal.
The Flash One-Shot
Charge -> Flash -> -> -> Release
The fastest way to kill a carry. You must hold during the Flash, then dump everything instantly. Release immediately after for maximum burst frames.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 6 | Unlocks , giving you actual kill pressure and the ability to turn 1v2 ganks into double kills with the heal. |
| Level 9 | is now rank 5. The cooldown is short enough that you can sustain through almost any lane matchup. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 and more points in make your mid-game teamfighting extremely potent. |
| Level 16 | Final rank of . At this point, you can effectively one-shot most backline targets with a full combo. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Your healing is based on missing health—the lower you are, the more it heals during Crimson Rush.
- •You can use to cross over small player-made terrain like Jarvan IV R or Anivia W.
- •Don't release too early; the damage and slow increase significantly with charge time.
- •If you have on multiple targets, don't be afraid to take a bit of damage—the delayed heal will often bring you back to full HP.
- •Using costs a percentage of your CURRENT health, so use it early in a fight to dodge damage rather than at 5% HP where it might kill you.
- •You can buffer on a target just before they enter a bush to ensure the cast goes off even without vision.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Using offensively without a guaranteed kill→You are left with no escape for 20+ seconds and become a free target for the enemy jungler.
- ✕Ignoring the Crimson Rush bar→You lose your primary source of damage and lane pressure, allowing the enemy to walk up for free.
- ✕Casting while at very low health→The health cost is flat based on max HP; you can accidentally execute yourself or put yourself in auto-attack kill range.
- ✕Building pure tank items due to →You will have lots of HP but zero damage or threat. AP items are always the priority.
- ✕Holding for the execute→You miss out on the 10% damage amplification for your entire combo, often leaving the target with a sliver of health.
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