Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4677525-20130320062435/@comment-4538269-20130321180530

I do play Vlad quite a bit and let me tell you this...Hextech Revolver is NOT deceptively bad...you will want to get that sooner or later...although it is true that you shouldn't turn it into WotA until much later on...

For Vlad to be useful, you need to focus on building AP on him and Rylai's is actually one of the items I rarely if ever get. The only core items on him are Deathcap and Zhonya's really and probably Void Staff once you get to late game.However if you need to, you can build a defensive item as a 5th or 6th item depending on the situation.

I also personally go 21/9/0 with Magic pen marks, HP/lvl Seals, AP/lvl glyphs, and AP Quints. For top lane Armor Seals might usually be the better choice though...I'm just going my route since I don't want to change up my rune page.