Talk:Vladimir/@comment-199.234.90.214-20110627195914/@comment-3238314-20110628110541

I never thought of Vladimir as a Nuker, but mostly as a tanky caster, a battlemage if you will. He doesn't have the base damage and scaling to do burst a target down, but more like a bruiser mage that stands in the fight and applies dps with repeated low damage, low cost spells.

Considering that he can't burst down the enemy carry, I wouldn't necessarily reccomend having him as the main mage, but with the current EU meta of 2 ap. one nuke. one tanky mage, he can certainly be the tanky mage, and should be pretty viable at it. The better damage at lvl 1 and 2 on transfusion makes him a bit more reliable, so I wouldn't cringe yet if i see him on my team (free week aside, that is).

I'm looking forward to his rework. Also, I don't think Ryze is that overnerfed at the moment. I'm playing him as a tanky mage as well, and switched to 2 RoA and an archangel. Didn't play him that much lately, but he's still ok.