Talk:Vladimir/@comment-7846894-20140610065443/@comment-7906330-20140621174415

You run ghost and feel safe being beyond the river whenever it's up. Your job is to win trades, which is easy enough with the amount of sustain your Q gives you. At level 9 you should be able to trade with anyone bar "melee carries" like Jax or Tryndamere. Though it all depends on how much of an advantage you can build up and what items you both get. You need to just play Vlad and get a feel for what you can do. Best case scenario is you keep your opponent under their tower and harass with Q and E as he tries to farm. If the jungler comes for you you ghost away and pat yourself on the back for pulling pressure from the other lanes, though if you have enough multi-tasking skill you'll want to watch the map and play safe if you think the jungler might be near top. If you are against a champion you can bully, plan to build like a splitpusher. You'll want items aimed at making the life of whoever comes to your lane hell. Usually this will be the enemy toplaner, but sometimes the jungler will be up to the task and you have to prepare for him as well. Get seeker's armguard, but don't upgrade it to zhonyas if you're up against physical damage. Don't be afraid to buy wards and get vision of their jungle. You can get blue or red buff control very easily this way. If you are losing your lane, or against a dedicated scaling splitpusher who will eventually beat you no matter how far ahead you are (again, Trynda, Jax, Yasuo...) you'll want to buy Zhonya's ASAP and start teamfighting with it, remembering to push your lane far every chance you get, so you can delay losing your towers. The idea is to run at their carry use Q and E, W if focused, Q, E, zhonyas if focused and then maybe get another W after yet another Q E combo.