User blog comment:Nuclrdmntr/How to beat Darius AKA Dunkmaster D/@comment-89.67.39.142-20130130105059/@comment-89.67.39.142-20130130175923

That is true, however a good Vlad still wouldn't have problems here, regardless of how skilled that Darius is. You can farm safely. He cannot autoattack, his pull has a shorter range than your Q, which allows for an easy harassment. Basically, the only chance he gets at killing you is when you're somehow at really low health and he wants to R you. Well, too bad, since you have your W. Vlad can build anything he wants without any fear if he has Darius in lane (even going pure offensive, which normally would be pretty reckless works here, since it also grants you HP from your passive). This comes from a guy who had his share of games as Vlad, and Darius was one of the more common top picks not a long time ago. Darius has no right of winning a lane against Vladimir.