Katarina vs Vladimir in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his W erases your Q dagger and lets him dive you off the tower. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDKATARINAThe Sinister Blade

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDVLADIMIRthe Crimson Reaper

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How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his W

His W (Sanguine Pool) makes your Q dagger disappear and lets him dive you while dropping turret aggro — don't count on a dagger reset or the tower to bail you out when you're low.

Manage the wave

Wave management is the whole matchup — never get shoved in at low HP, because that's a free dive for him.

Trading is a trap

You can win a trade, but he heals back to full in about a minute — chip damage is wasted, so don't fish for poke.

✕ DON'T

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Never expect to solo-win lane against a good Vladimir — he just outscales you, so farm safe and look to win the game elsewhere.

Runes

PRECISIONmatchup page

DOMINATIONoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 45% WR - 999 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

IMPROVE YOUR MACRO

Winning lane is only half the game — rotations, wave control and objective tempo decide the rest. Train the map on MOBA Trainer.

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