Talk:Vladimir/@comment-144.132.32.2-20120329073508

Okay, instead of just giving no reasoning, I'll explain why I think Vlad is strong.

First of all, he's easy to use. Don't even try to deny this. No skillshots, no resource management, and worst of all, resourceless sustain without any spellvamp (I know it is rather weak early game)

The only thing remotely hard about Vlad is learning when to use your ult, and sometimes your W.

Now, onto the question of balance. I personally believe Vlad isn't OP, but he is strong. The reason why I argue this is because there are a bunch of idiots here complaining that he's UP/weak.

Vlad, quite simply, has way too little counters. He has little to no hard counters, just a handful of soft counters like Swain (Swain only beats him until he gets level 7/9+ revolver/wota, in which it turns into a stalemate farm fest) and maybe Fizz. Guess what happens when he doesn't get countered? Free farm, gets Revolver/ WotA, infinite sustain.

His early game. Yes, everyone says his early game is weak. The problem is, once he gets his revolver, it's not "Weak" anymore. You can't gank him unless he's overextended due to his W, he is almost always on full health, and his farming is also strong. All you really have to do is play safe until you get your revolver.

Next, his teamfight capabilities. 12% probably sounds like nothing, but it's HUGE if hit on a decent amount of champions. I'm not going to do math here, some other guy can do that. W makes him untargeteable so it's a lot harder to focus him, and he can also reach the squishies more easily.

Again, I'd like to state I don't think Vlad is OP. He's just strong, and I'm sick of people trying to get him buffed by saying he's UP and weak. Also, he's such a safe AP, on top of being incredibly annoying.