Vladimir ARAM Build 26.21

Vladimir Item Build

Crimson Pact pays Vladimir on every item twice over: a health buy quietly lifts his ability power, and each point of power hands back bonus health, so his bruiser side and his burst grow off the same gold. That elastic stat sheet is what carries the Abyss, where Transfusion's drain is the only healing he gets with no base to return to, and a long fight is the point he stops dying.

Starting items 1400g Boots×1Hextech Alternator×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe Riftmaker40.5% WR3,100g @ 7:29›Sorcerer's Shoes50.8% WR1,100g @ 7:17›Cosmic Drive38.5% WR3,000g @ 10:30› Boots Sorcerer's Shoes61% · 50.8%Ionian Boots of Lucidity39% · 31.6%

RiftmakerHaunting Guise1300g+Fiendish Codex850g=950g to combine · 3,100g total

vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.SSpirit Visage3452.9%

vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.ZZhonya's Hourglass2429.2%

vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.SStormsurge2365.2%VVoid Staff1855.6%SShadowflame1947.4%

Best Vladimir Runes

Stormraider's Surge matches the drawn-out scaling fight Vladimir wants on the Abyss, where the reduced healing still cannot stop him from grinding out the endless 5v5. He pokes the grouped team with Tides of Blood, dips out of danger in his Sanguine Pool, and drops Hemoplague over the whole clump before the fight breaks. Build for the health and AP that make him unkillable late.

The pre-game page Stormraider's Surge · Sorcery + Domination · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Sorcery Primary Stormraider's SurgeDealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. Nimbus Cloak56% · 39.4%Transcendence88% · 44.1%Gathering Storm85% · 43.9% Keystone plus three minors from Sorcery, two from Domination, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Domination Secondary Taste of Blood65% · 46.3%Treasure Hunter47% · 42.4%

Stat shards OffenseAbility Haste+8 Ability HasteFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +8Ability Haste+9Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Vladimir Skill Order

Sanguine Pool carries a lone rank deep into the game and is upgraded only at 14, leaving the kit's one escape at its minimum while Vladimir takes 105 percent damage on the Abyss. Transfusion finishing at 9 is the counterweight, since healing here returns 90 percent of the usual amount.

PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Vladimir ARAM Abilities

His two damage spells trade in opposite currencies. Transfusion steals life from a single target and hits far harder once his resource bar fills, while Tides of Blood costs him his own health to charge a wider burst that enemy bodies can block outright.

Crimson PactPassivePTransfusionMax 1stQSanguine PoolMax lastWTides of BloodMax 2ndEHemoplagueUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

TransfusionMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+20 per rank+60% APlv 180lv 4100lv 5120lv 7140lv 9160Cooldown-1.1 per ranklv 19slv 47.9slv 56.8slv 75.7slv 94.6s

Vladimir Base Stats