Talk:Vladimir/@comment-5211662-20150211070358

I love when the enemy team is full AD. Because then I can do a full AP build with the exception of Ninja Tabi as my boots of choice and Thornmail as another armor item besides Zhonyas and Ninja Tabi. With that as Vlad I will have + or - 250 armor and I will still have a lot of AP and HP, as well as healing everything; he becomes somewhat of a drain tank, because not only Vladimir will have a lot of armor to mitigate their damage, but he will be constantly healing himself through that damage. Thornmail's passive will also reduce the effectiveness of their lifesteal (I believe you could use Frozen Heart instead for the 20% CDR, but this item does not have Thornmail's damage passive, and its mana is wasted).

This unfortunately does not work against a team that is not full AD because you will have to itemize against both of their forms of damage.