Blitzcrank vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Blitzcrank
based on 4,178 Blitzcrank vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Vladimir
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Advice to Win Against Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Blitzcrank vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Blitzcrank versus Vladimir matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Vladimir?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when trying to fight Vladimir, with a 51.0% win rate. As a result, Blitzcrank makes a good counter to Vladimir.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher win rate than Vladimir, when on opposite teams, Blitzcrank also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Vladimir.
Furthermore, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Vladimir matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Blitzcrank against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to counter Vladimir during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Vladimir. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Blitzcrank versus Vladimir build include Frozen Heart, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Vladimir than with many other common builds. In fact, Blitzcrank had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing against Vladimir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Vladimir as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Blitzcrank vs Vladimir counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.
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