

Akali vs Vladimir
In the mid lane on patch 26.21, Vladimir is among Akali's worst matchups in LazyElo players' lobbies: at least 8 games in the matchup, a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Akali wins 50.4% of its 528 mid games on patch 26.21 (tier B), and Vladimir is one of the opponents it does worst against: this is a counter by the site's rule. Vladimir itself wins 50.8% of 128 games there (tier A). The games are those of LazyElo players and the players they met, at their own elo, not Emerald and above.
The per-champion pages: Akali counters and Vladimir counters.
- Akali mid games
- 528
- Vladimir mid games
- 128
- Min. games per matchup
- 8
- Patch
- 26.21
Akali vs Vladimir at a glance
Midmeasured
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | 50.4% | 528 | 4.8% | Loses to Vladimir: among its worst matchups here | |
| A | 50.8% | 128 | 1.2% | Beats Akali: Akali has it among its worst matchups |
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own mid numbers on patch 26.21, from the Mid tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
Top
| Champion | Tier | Win rate | Games | Pick rate | In this matchup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | 47.3% | 150 | 1.4% | No counter relation with 8 games | |
| Too few games in this lane for a line of its own. | |||||
Tiers and win rates are each champion's own top numbers on patch 26.21, from the Top Lane tier list. “Loses to” means at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%.
How Akali plays this matchup
Riot lists Akali as assassin, on energy, and rates it 5 for attack, 3 for defense, 8 for magic and 7 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
In the mid lane on patch 26.21, Akali is tier B with a 50.4% win rate over 528 games (4.8% of mid picks). Against Vladimir it does worse than that: Vladimir is one of the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup and a win rate below 50% after it is pulled toward 50%. Playing Akali here means playing for the lane you get: give up the early trades its kit does not win, keep the CS and wait for your item spike or your jungler.
Akali's other worst mid matchups on this patch: Akali vs Diana, Akali vs Lissandra. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
How Vladimir plays this matchup
Riot lists Vladimir as mage and fighter, on crimson rush, and rates it 2 for attack, 6 for defense, 8 for magic and 7 for difficulty on its own ten-point scale (Data Dragon). Those ratings describe the kit, not the matchup; what the games say is below.
In the mid lane on patch 26.21, Vladimir is tier A with a 50.8% win rate over 128 games (1.2% of mid picks). Against Akali it does better than that: Akali has Vladimir among the opponents it loses to most, with at least 8 games in the matchup. The lane is on Vladimir's side on average; your own record in it decides whether it is on yours.
Vladimir's other worst mid matchups on this patch: Vladimir vs Fizz, Vladimir vs Yone. Whether a matchup is a counter follows from six things, range and sustain first: what decides a counter.
What each side builds
Akali
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Akali ends mid games with most often.
Spellslinger's Shoes87.0%50.4%
Hextech Gunblade77.6%49.6%
Shadowflame77.0%52.0%
Zhonya's Hourglass39.3%55.6%
Stormsurge34.5%52.8%
Rabadon's Deathcap24.9%57.7%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Electrocute + Resolve74.3%48.6%
Electrocute + Sorcery18.9%52.7%
Conqueror + Resolve3.3%56.3%
Builds rest on 522 Akali games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Akali's mid build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Vladimir
Most built items
Games · Win rateThe finished items Vladimir ends mid games with most often.
Stormsurge81.0%54.9%
Rabadon's Deathcap61.9%60.3%
Spellslinger's Shoes50.0%50.8%
Crimson Lucidity37.3%57.4%
Riftmaker34.1%51.2%
Cosmic Drive22.2%53.6%
Runes
Games · Win rateThe keystone with its secondary tree, most played first.

Stormraider's Surge + Precision75.7%49.4%
Deathfire Touch + Precision14.8%47.1%
Builds rest on 126 Vladimir games in this lane on patch 26.21 whose items were shared; every item and rune page above was in at least 10 of them. Games: the share of those games with it. This is Vladimir's mid build over every opponent, not a build for this matchup.
Other matchups
Akali's other matchups
Akali vs Dianaloses, mid
Akali vs Garenloses, top
Akali vs Lissandraloses, mid
Akali vs Yoneloses, top
Akali vs Yasuoloses, top
Akali counters, every lane.
Vladimir's other matchups
Vladimir vs Yoneloses, mid
Vladimir vs Fizzloses, mid
Vladimir vs Veigarwins, mid
Vladimir counters, every lane.
Your record in Akali vs Vladimir
Your plan, asked first
Once LazyElo can tell that Akali or Vladimir is your lane opponent, a card in champ select asks for your plan against them, and only then shows the notes you wrote earlier.Your record in it
Games, wins and losses, when you last played the matchup and your average KDA in it, plus your CS and gold difference at 10 minutes from the games with a timeline.How others did
How other players in your stored games did in the same matchup, with the number of games.
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Questions and answers
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Related
- All matchupsEvery measured pair, per lane and per champion.
- All countersEvery champion's hardest matchups per lane.
- Akali countersWho Akali struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Vladimir countersWho Vladimir struggles against and beats, per lane.
- Mid tier listThe full lane ranking.
- What decides a counterThe six things behind a matchup, and when not to counter pick.