Talk:List of runes/@comment-87.156.208.21-20120202173708/@comment-62.163.167.91-20120222153903

For Vlad I can confidently say it's worth it. For other mages, I personally like it as well because HP sustain for many mages is virtually non existent and with a bit of spell vamp they can stay in lane a bit longer. At least I often out sustain my opponents mid with spell vamp runes + mastery, but that only really works because I'm quite an aggressive harasser if I get the chance.

You just have to look at the champ, can he/she spam spells a lot? if yes than spell vamp can be worth it. Can he/she stay back and heal up from minions? then spell vamp might be worth it. Obviously you can also be brave and just try it in a normal game, if you stay in the lane easier/longer than it obviously helps, if there is no difference in lane sustain you're probably better off with something else.