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Vladimir

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.1%#113 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.1%picked in 592 of 28,546 games
Ban: 4.0%920 bans over 23,110 games, against 4.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Top40.7% between 34.8% and 46.8% over 177 gamesSoloQ 50.0%: clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments6 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLengthRunesBuild
How to play itStormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Void Staff: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 84% of top laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

6 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins less in amateur play
Amateur
40.7%
SoloQ
50.0%
40.7% win rate in amateur play over 177 games, against 50.0% in soloQ over 15,496 games.
DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.3%
SoloQ
0.8%
0.3% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.8% in soloQ.
DraftBanned less often in amateur play
Amateur
3.3%
SoloQ
4.6%
3.3% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 4.6% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.
RunesDeathfire Touch instead of Stormraider's Surge
Amateur
43%
SoloQ
52%
Played in 43% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stormraider's Surge (52%).
BuildHextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Rabadon's Deathcap instead of Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff
Amateur
10%
SoloQ
8%
Played in 10% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff (8%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Stormraider's Surge, then Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Void Staff: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesStormraider's Surge52% · 7,978

≠ Amateur: Deathfire Touch instead of Stormraider's Surge. 43% · 199 games

SpellsFlash + Ghost55% · 8,466

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 71 games

Core (3 legendaries)8% · 485

8%of soloQ games

Stormsurge
Rabadon's Deathcap
Void Staff

≠ Amateur: Hextech Rocketbelt, Riftmaker, Rabadon's Deathcap instead of Stormsurge, Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff. 10% · 112 games

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 84% of top laners.

Team damagetop16%24% · top laners: 20%
Plays teamfightstop22%56% · top laners: 53%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage
Poke

Like other top laners

Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Little CC
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 80 in lane, 72 in mid game and 88 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

663+64 vs 599

925+58 vs 868

1,241+161 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Vladimirtop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 63% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 80 of 100 among top laners663 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 72 of 100 among top laners925 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 88 of 100 among top laners1,241 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 67 of 100 among top laners+213 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 63 of 100 among top laners+226 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 25 of 100 among top laners563 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 79 of 100 among top laners56% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 48 of 100 among top laners28% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 46 of 100 among top lanersrank 46 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 5 of 100 among top laners0.2 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 84 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.