Aatrox vs Vladimir in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his empowered second Q — dodge it like the plague. 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 · TOPAATROXthe Darkin Blade

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPVLADIMIRthe Crimson Reaper

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Avoid his second Q

His empowered Q is his main poke and heal — dodge it like the plague.

Harass and end early

Take Ignite and harass pre-6 — he outscales you, so close the game out before he does.

Sequence your combo

Lead with W then Q1-E (not Q1 into W) — your W still pulls him in even while he's pooling.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never dump your combo into his W pool — he goes untargetable and dodges the whole thing.

Runes

PRECISION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 53% WR - 1.5k 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

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