Vladimir·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Vladimir Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Summon Aery as your keystone, followed by Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Last Stand and Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Stormsurge. For your last 3 items, you should build Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Shadowflame. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 54.6% winrate over 9 320 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Vladimir Mid build would be to take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Summon Aery as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Last Stand with Legend: Haste in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Cosmic Drive, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Rabadon's Deathcap as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass and Shadowflame. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 54.8% win rate over 2 318 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Phase Rush as your keystone, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Cosmic Drive as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Rabadon's Deathcap as a third item. You want to finish the build with Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass and Stormsurge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 56.7% win rate across 1 771 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Vladimir Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Last Stand with Legend: Haste as your secondary tree. Use Ability Haste, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Riftmaker as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last 3 options are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Void Staff. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 51.5% win rate over 1 067 matches played.

Situational Vladimir Runes and Items

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