User blog comment:Willbachbakal/(Champion Rework) Vladimir, the Crimson Reaper/@comment-26307842-20150413063837

I honestly think vlad does not need this much of an over all tbh number tweaking a number changes can suit him fine. The issues is your butchering his kit and it does noe feel like Vlad anymore. Your taking his passive out the window so now what is he a cdr sustained mage that is squishy? Yea like that would survive a leblanc, zed or crits of trynd you would just get bursted down before you could sustain or do any noticble damage. And vlad is a risk vs reward play with more counter play than you can admit. In high elo people counter pick presure him early force him to afk farm mid game and go cdr he has no damage and loses. The issues isnt toning him down or reworking him its making him being able to survive better early but not let him get to the point of infinite heals and damage and never die godmir mode like he so often does late game... He was a mistake champ as much as I LOVE Vlad and main him really well. You can touch his kit without there being issues somewhere down the line...