•Use E to stretch the red Q clock, not just to add damage; strong Vladimir lane play is often about making empowered Q last long enough that the opponent has to give up the step they wanted for the wave .
•Vladimir’s scaling is much worse when he pays health, wave, and W just to survive lane, and recent data says he is one of the mids most punished by early 10-minute gold and CS holes .
•The clean Vladimir all-in is a sequencing check: start arriving with charge already built, put R down before your damage lands so the amp belongs to the combo, and spend W on the return burst instead of making it part of the opener .
52.5%
252.3%
54.3%
Q→
E→
W54.9%
>
59.1%
56.8%
