Talk:Vladimir/@comment-169.233.33.97-20121130023532/@comment-5855513-20121211145849

Jayce can be dealt with on top lane. My bro plays Jayce a lot so by watching him I learned much. He really is not THAT scary. Here are some helpful tips:

Boots + pots, ofkz. Land as much Qs as you can prior to his lvl 3, before he can combo, so he'd be at a disadvantage from the beginning. Not to mention that he can run out of mana fast if he spams skills - Vladimir has no mana: Use your Q on him, use it on minions, use your Q to make tea or to clean shoes. Use your Q non stop.

If you manage to make such start, you have high chances of winning the lane trough outsustaining him and forcing him to retreat early. If you can hold the xp and gold advantage since that moment, you're nice and warm up there.

Later on, timed Sanguine Pool on his engage and couple friendly ganks shut down Jayce entirely. If you ward and play aggresively, but wisely, Vlad is a decent pick against him.

For Irelia - true, it's most likely an unwinnable lane, I wouldn't pick Vlad against her.

I disagree that season 3 is bad for top Vlad. Rylai and Liandra are the new Romeo and Juliet, the burn slowly shreds the enemy thanks to your sustained damage. As for masteries, why not turn towards utility? 9/0/21 allow you to get cdr from 2 trees at a time! You get movement speed boost, spell vamp boost, xp boost, even more movement speed, summoner spells cdr (Ignire + R), item usage cdr (so much Zhonya <3). It's awesome.