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Vladimir
the Crimson Reaper
Who Is Vladimir?
A fiend with a thirst for mortal blood, Vladimir has influenced the affairs of Noxus since the empire's earliest days. In addition to unnaturally extending his life, his mastery of hemomancy allows him to control the minds and bodies of others as easily as his own. In the flamboyant salons of the Noxian aristocracy, this has enabled him to build a fanatical cult of personality around himself—while in the lowest back alleys, it allows him to bleed his enemies dry.
Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper belongs to the Noxus story space. The important part of the lore is not only where Vladimir comes from, but what that origin asks the character to carry. Every champion in League is built around a readable fantasy; for Vladimir, that fantasy is shaped by ambition, war, and the stories people tell themselves to survive violence.
Vladimir's Story Themes
The core tension in Vladimir's story is ambition, war, and the stories people tell themselves to survive violence. That gives the character more weight than a simple class label. Vladimir may be tagged as a Mage and Fighter champion, but the biography frames the character as someone with pressure behind every choice, whether that pressure comes from duty, instinct, memory, ambition, or survival.
This is why Vladimir works as more than a splash art silhouette. The title "the Crimson Reaper" is the surface; underneath it is a character whose place in Runeterra creates questions fans can keep returning to: what the character wants, what the character fears, what they are protecting, and what might happen if they are pushed too far.
How The Lore Shows Up In Game
In game, Vladimir reads as mysterious, power-driven, direct, and forceful. The champion's stats lean into power, control, and spectacle, while the overall difficulty suggests a kit with enough nuance to reward practice without hiding the core fantasy.
Vladimir's kit reinforces that identity through Crimson Pact, Transfusion, Sanguine Pool, and Tides of Blood. Even before reading numbers or cooldowns, those names point back to the same fantasy the biography is building.
A useful gameplay clue from the champion data is: "Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game." That kind of advice matters because it shows how the story fantasy becomes practical behavior in a match.
Why Vladimir Stands Out
Vladimir stands out because the champion fantasy is easy to understand at a glance and still has room for interpretation. Some players connect with the gameplay pattern first. Others connect with the mood, the title, the region, or the unresolved questions in the biography.
That combination is what makes a good League champion page worth reading. The short official bio gives the canon foundation, but the expanded lore helps connect the dots: where Vladimir fits in Runeterra, what emotional theme drives the character, and why the same idea still matters when the match starts.
Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper
Mage · Patch 16.10.1 · Last updated 2026-05-21
Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper. Full Mage guide for League of Legends: abilities, lore, skins, base stats, tips, and counter picks. Updated for patch 16.10.1.
Who Is Vladimir?
A fiend with a thirst for mortal blood, Vladimir has influenced the affairs of Noxus since the empire's earliest days. In addition to unnaturally extending his life, his mastery of hemomancy allows him to control the minds and bodies of others as easily as his own. In the flamboyant salons of the Noxian aristocracy, this has enabled him to build a fanatical cult of personality around himself—while in the lowest back alleys, it allows him to bleed his enemies dry.
Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper belongs to the Noxus story space. The important part of the lore is not only where Vladimir comes from, but what that origin asks the character to carry. Every champion in League is built around a readable fantasy; for Vladimir, that fantasy is shaped by ambition, war, and the stories people tell themselves to survive violence.
Vladimir's Story Themes
The core tension in Vladimir's story is ambition, war, and the stories people tell themselves to survive violence. That gives the character more weight than a simple class label. Vladimir may be tagged as a Mage and Fighter champion, but the biography frames the character as someone with pressure behind every choice, whether that pressure comes from duty, instinct, memory, ambition, or survival.
This is why Vladimir works as more than a splash art silhouette. The title "the Crimson Reaper" is the surface; underneath it is a character whose place in Runeterra creates questions fans can keep returning to: what the character wants, what the character fears, what they are protecting, and what might happen if they are pushed too far.
How The Lore Shows Up In Game
In game, Vladimir reads as mysterious, power-driven, direct, and forceful. The champion's stats lean into power, control, and spectacle, while the overall difficulty suggests a kit with enough nuance to reward practice without hiding the core fantasy.
Vladimir's kit reinforces that identity through Crimson Pact, Transfusion, Sanguine Pool, and Tides of Blood. Even before reading numbers or cooldowns, those names point back to the same fantasy the biography is building.
A useful gameplay clue from the champion data is: "Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game." That kind of advice matters because it shows how the story fantasy becomes practical behavior in a match.
Why Vladimir Stands Out
Vladimir stands out because the champion fantasy is easy to understand at a glance and still has room for interpretation. Some players connect with the gameplay pattern first. Others connect with the mood, the title, the region, or the unresolved questions in the biography.
That combination is what makes a good League champion page worth reading. The short official bio gives the canon foundation, but the expanded lore helps connect the dots: where Vladimir fits in Runeterra, what emotional theme drives the character, and why the same idea still matters when the match starts.
Abilities
P: Crimson Pact
Every 30 points of bonus Health gives Vladimir 1 Ability Power and every 1 point of Ability Power gives Vladimir 1.6 bonus Health (does not stack with itself).
Q: Transfusion
Vladimir steals life from the target enemy. When Vladimir's resource is full, Transfusion will benefit from massively increased damage and healing for a brief time.
W: Sanguine Pool
Vladimir sinks into a pool of blood, becoming untargetable for 2 seconds. Additionally, enemies on the pool are slowed and Vladimir siphons life from them.
E: Tides of Blood
Vladimir pays his own health to charge up a reservoir of blood which, when released, deals damage in the area around him but can be blocked by enemy units.
R: Hemoplague
Vladimir infects an area with a virulent plague. Affected enemies take increased damage for the duration. After a few seconds, Hemoplague deals magic damage to infected enemies and heals Vladimir for each enemy Champion hit.
Vladimir Base Stats
- Health: 600 (+110/lv)
- Attack Damage: 55 (+0/lv)
- Armor: 24 (+4.5/lv)
- Magic Resist: 30 (+1.3/lv)
- Move Speed: 330
- Attack Range: 450
- Difficulty: 7 / 10
Tips for Vladimir
Playing as Vladimir
- 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.
Playing against Vladimir
- Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
- Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
- Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Vladimir Counters
- Taliyah — 56.68% win rate (16,856 games)
- Naafiri — 54.8% win rate (11,529 games)
- Orianna — 54.16% win rate (8,135 games)
- Lux — 52.8% win rate (5,166 games)
- Aurelion Sol — 51.77% win rate (3,313 games)
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