Vladimir vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Vladimir
based on 4,178 Vladimir vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Blitzcrank
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Vladimir vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several valuable Vladimir against Blitzcrank counter stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Vladimir normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Vladimir makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate compared to Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Vladimir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Blitzcrankas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vladimir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Vladimir is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vladimir in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average gets much more CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Vladimir versus Blitzcrank build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Vladimir combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Blitzcrank than with many other common builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Blitzcrank with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Blitzcrank as Vladimir, Vladimir players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Vladimir vs Blitzcrank clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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