Talk:Vladimir/@comment-5494818-20130625102537/@comment-4659726-20130628210439

He can push effectively as any other mid if you play him right, but he is pretty lackluster as a mid in general due to his lower range mid.

Swain is a hard counter and you'll have a tough time winning that fight.

However fiddlesticks may be able to out trade you (and there really isn't any way to win the trade) but you have a distinct advantage over him in that Fiddlesticks cannot push a wave very well. Ward and push him to tower and you should be safe as vlad. Just don't be too daring and try to fight him when he has his drain on you.

Vlad's main job is to destroy the enemy carry. If you ult+Ignite+DFG(if you have it)+E+Q and maybe pool if you need to get out of there/slow them down for another rotation...you generally will either take out most of the ADC's health or just blow up all of their hp.