Talk:Vladimir/@comment-5211662-20150410222558/@comment-5224716-20150425141746

I feel exactly the same. I wish we had more item slots, maybe like 10 (not like you'd get to the 10 items very often anyways).

Recently I personally have been loving this build: WOTA into Luden's into Rabadon into Void Staff into Zhonya's plus CDR boots picked up somewhere along the lines. Now that's if I'm doing really well in the early-mid game (which doesn't happen often with Vlad). If I'm feeling pressured by an AP threat I'll get Spirit Visage which synergizes very well with him (with 5% from masteries, 15% from boots and 10% from WOTA you have 40% with Spirit, not to mention increased healing) as my third or even second item. It delays your damage quite a bit but you're noticebly more tanky and your AOE DPS from E is still strong. If I'm against AD midlaner (like Zed, forgot to mention I play Vlad only in the mid lane) I'll get Zhonya's as my second item or even 1.5 item (purchasing Hextech first, then Zhonya's).

I rarely build Abyssal, I feel like Spirit Visage is better even though Abyssal gives you a little more damage.