Talk:Vladimir/@comment-222.155.223.217-20110715120115/@comment-76.6.47.229-20110717232021

funny thing about the pool, people complain about it, but not ez's or shacos free flash, theres exactly 1 scenario where the pool is better, and thats juking karthus's ult. Ever since they reworked pool to not consume the cd on spells that you dodge with it, if someone was going to hit you going into pool, theyre going to get you coming out, unless you make it to some form of safety by the time you emerge from the pool, For which any one of the chaps with a built in flash is infinately better at. And moreso than any other champ, vlad needs that "free zhonyas" hes a point blank range mage who needs to stay in a fight for extended periods to be worth anything. And unlike anyone else with that type, vlad isnt particularly tanky. to preempt the thoughts of many a noob: "wtf u talking about noob vlad hgets free hp!" Vlad also happens to unload a full THIRD of his hp to engage the enemy, and a smallish heal every 4.5 seconds (to account for cast time) isnt going to keep him alive once the other team decides to attack you. If he didnt have the pool, hed last for all of 2 seconds before the point blank attack range he has gets him killed.