Talk:Vladimir/@comment-87.110.129.189-20121129232549/@comment-4659726-20121201021953

^ Well you have to account for the fact that once vlad gets to a decent level he will just endlessly Q malphite and sustain. Dodging his ult with pool is way more than worth it all the time. And while he may not win that fight outright he will almost never need to, he doesn't NEED to kill malphite in lane. He can simply push the lane with wards and take the tower. Malphite is permabanned for his ult and attack speed slow. Letting him through bans is like asking to lose.

Besides that Vlad is currently a better mid than he is top. So he wouldn't be fighting malphite in the first place.