Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4696002-20130627155807/@comment-4659726-20130628210057

Spirit of the spectral wraith lacks in AP for damage and wastes mana regen and a bit of the jungle passive. However the reason it is the current go to spellvamp item is because it is very very cheap and has cooldown reduction. CDR is a very strong stat right now on a lot of champions and there is no exception for vlad.

I personally don't like the idea of it being the best and really wish there was actual itemization like it for laners (selfish spellvamp item with CDR) but being cheap means you can finish it to get good spellvamp and move onto your big damage items like Zhonya's, DFG, or Deathcap. And games rarely reach 6 item full builds so every bit of gold you save counts.