Vladimir·Top Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Vladimir Top 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 Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Ability Haste in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health 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, Shadowflame and finish with Zhonya's Hourglass. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 55.0% winrate over 14 844 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Vladimir Top build would be to take Flash and Ignite 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 in defense. The items for the build are Riftmaker, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Cryptbloom and Zhonya's Hourglass. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.5% win rate over 1 500 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Rabadon's Deathcap as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Stormsurge as a third item. You want to finish the build with Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass and Cosmic Drive. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.2% win rate across 1 287 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Vladimir Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite 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 as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Cosmic Drive as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Rabadon's Deathcap as third item. The last 3 options are Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass and Shadowflame. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.5% win rate over 1 102 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.