Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4929329-20121105230427/@comment-4659726-20121106034846

While yes, you can get more tankiness and CDR from defense I think that those last few points in offense are extremely useful for mid lane (top lane you go mostly defense because gap closers HURT).

Those last 5 points include +5% Extra AP, and +6% extra dmg when they are below a certain amount of hp (a very high amount, I think it was like 60 or less or something?)

These two are actually very useful because the 5% AP scales through the game and makes his late game even scarier with more AP. The extra % dmg does apply on the enemy with all damage if they are below that hp. That includes ignite, so if you ult a group of enemies, and some escape on low hp with the ult ready to go off. It can potentially get you a kill or two since the ult does decent damage. 0.7 AP ratio is pretty strong.

In the case of 21 defense the upgrade to your hp+tenacity, with movespeed and CDR allows you to live through a few more things due to the sooner pool time and extra durability/escapability.