Vladimir·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Vladimir Support 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Cosmic Drive. For your last 3 items, you should build Riftmaker, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Morellonomicon. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 42.8% winrate over 152 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Vladimir Support build would be to take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Demolish, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Gathering Storm with Transcendence in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Ability Haste in offense, Health Scaling in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Cosmic Drive as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Liandry's Torment, Stormsurge and Rabadon's Deathcap. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 35.4% win rate over 82 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 Conditioning with Overgrowth 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Cosmic Drive as a third item. You want to finish the build with Riftmaker, Stormsurge and Liandry's Torment. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 29.3% win rate across 75 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.