Azir vs Vladimir MID Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

Azir vs Vladimir MID Matchup Guide | LaneStomp

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Azir into Vladimirmedium

Overview

Maintain controlled waves to farm safely and scale soldier DPS against Vladimir's weak early pressure.
Use soldier zones to zone Vladimir and deny him easy access to sustain via .
Punish Vladimir's cooldown to limit his untargetability and healing windows.

Trading pattern

Place soldiers with and reposition them with for poke without committing aggressively.
Punish Vladimir's trades when is down to prevent his healing and damage avoidance.
Avoid trading when Vladimir's empowered is ready to out-sustain short trades.

Danger windows

Avoid committing when Vladimir's untargetability is available to dodge damage and slows.
Play cautiously when your is down as Vladimir's all-in threat with increases.
Do not use aggressively without a safe escape to avoid punishment from empowered or burst.

Early game

Avoid extended trades before your soldiers threaten and Vladimir's empowered is down.
Use and to poke safely while respecting untargetability cooldown.
Keep the wave stable near mid to deny Vladimir easy CS and healing through .

Power spikes

Level 6 unlocks your for major defensive and pick potential; use it to punish overcommits.
First completed mage DPS item significantly boosts soldier damage and poke threat; pressure waves more confidently.
Respect Vladimir's level 6 and first AP item spikes by playing more cautiously around those windows.

Win conditions

Outscale Vladimir by safely farming and using soldier positioning to chip and zone him from CS and trades.
Use to disengage or punish Vladimir's overextensions and prevent his all-ins.
Control mid-game fights around objectives leveraging soldier zones and displacement for teamfight dominance.

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