Talk:Vladimir/@comment-24795478-20160513201746/@comment-26001789-20160517012530

Because it means that Vlad scaling in this particular ability will be much less powerful if it was current health than maximum health. Right now, if you spend 300 HP to deal extra damage(if you have 3000 HP for example) it matters, even if you get as low as 100 HP. Imagine if he had to pay up a current health cost. From the 300 extra damage, he now only gets half of that ammount or even less. It makes the skill trivial to charge up at lower health, which isn't what Riot intended the skill to do(it even slows briefly if you charge it up).

The problem isn't his E, tbh.

Also, the way is W is, if it cost Max Health, it would not be beneficial to Vladimir. It's an escape spell, intended to buy time for Vlad CDs to catch up and wait until Hemoplague heals him. It serves a completely different purpose.