Talk:Vladimir/@comment-199.234.90.214-20110817152131/@comment-3358335-20110819182545

So your argument is that he is not viable because he can no longer stand up to the strongest laners in the game. . .Well that applies to about 70 other characters, who are now nonviable by that definition.

Only people that pick Vlad and expect for him to still be able to lane aggressively against those strong laners will lane against those strong laners. People that have adjusted to his game play will go somewhere else, or adjust to a more conservative laning strategy, similar to just about anyone else that doesn't do well against those particular type of characters.