Talk:Vladimir/@comment-89.164.241.222-20121018120725/@comment-4659726-20121022104117

^ good luck with the dfg nerf, he loses a lot of damage from that. And vs. Veigar I would get a negatron cloak early because if you survive his burst you are ok.

And even if Veigar "shuts him down" Vlad's main point is to survive well enough in lane to farm, farm, and farm some more. Come teamfight time he can make up for lost lanes by using his ult on a group of enemies hitting ideally 3-5 of them every time he uses it. After that he just needs to get last hits for kills. As a vlad player you kinda need to do that because a fed vlad is one scary as heck thing and few other champs actually match his scaryness. Of course that doesn't mean you shouldn't dump all you can trying to kill the enemy team but getting the last hit gives Vlad the gold to become an even greater threat. You shouldn't be stealing all the kills but you should have a good amount to pay for more AP and to stay relevant.