Vladimir vs Gwen Counter Pick

Three hundred units of attack range separate these two, 450 against 150, and that number does most of the work behind a 59.1% Vladimir win rate. The sample is small at 181 games on patch 16.13.1, so the margin is worth less than the mechanism, and the mechanism is plain: Transfusion steals life from a distance Gwen has to cross before Snip Snip! or Skip ‘n Slash produce anything.

Hallowed Mist is her reply and it is a good one. Gwen can only be targeted by enemies who enter the mist, which shuts Transfusion off from outside entirely, so Vladimir’s damage during that window has to come from Tides of Blood, an area effect he pays health to charge and which enemy units can block. Gwen is the sturdier champion by a wide margin, 39 armor and 620 health at level one rising to 122.3 and 2,575, against 24 and 600 climbing to 100.5 and 2,470. Her damage is mixed, and A Thousand Cuts scales with the target’s health while healing her, which is well aimed at the health heavy build Crimson Pact encourages. Gwen also travels at 340 against 330, and Needlework can be cast up to two more times, so walking away from a bad exchange is not free. Sanguine Pool remains the exit and Hemoplague the amplifier. Difficulty reads 5 against 7. Kits: Vladimir, Gwen.