Talk:Vladimir/@comment-165.82.109.216-20110914060309/@comment-4395767-20110914150215

Why should vlad players have to give up something just to have a viable laning phase? I dont care about his late game scaling (although something to amp the ratio on e based on the # of stacks would be nice), what i want is the ability to be in the lane without getting zoned by a tristana. Every smart player has long since realized that vlads laning phase isnt viable, theres a reason hes to rarely seen anymore. This "buff," (i hesitate to even call it that, more along the lines of remembering to change something after forgetting to do it the first time) changes nothing, by the time vlad gets around to buying the scepter (the 3rd or 4th item in most builds), hes already either farmed enough to make it into the late game and thrive anyway or, as is more often the case against intelligent opponents, hes been forced to tower hug for the entire laning phase and is now next to useless (hes very item/level dependent).