Talk:Vladimir/@comment-96.33.118.26-20111110193814/@comment-3342434-20111111205232

Bread and butter nuke isn't really strong(compare it with Ryze's, Annie's and Veigar's Q)

His escape is on too long cooldown to be spammed. It takes some skill to utilize it in best way.

Tides of Blood is good if you want to kill yourself early. Later it becomes a solid skill.

His ultimate is nothing special, you are rarely going to catch more than 2 champions with it. Also, cooldown.

In terms of survivability, Ryze does everything better than Vlad, and is generally more useful.

In terms of utility, Annie can stun the entire team.

In terms of single target nuke, Veigar can destroy almost any target at full HP.

Vlad can't do neither of that. He's just an AP carry that is labeled as "unfun" by RIOT, and will probably stay in that Neverbuff land.