Talk:Vladimir/@comment-24.91.229.27-20120818181448/@comment-4929329-20120819070546

Now I remember another reason why I was bitter about Vladimir. He's never on my team but every time I pick Nasus, Gangplank, or Garen, the enemy team has a ranged solo top, even if it's blind pick. Except when my GP stomped a Malphite in solo top, that was fun.

Xerath is rather assassin-like because his passive means the enemy carry can't really do much to him if he builds even just RoA, and the stun + Burst tends to instagib most carries. Past that you just sit back and toss some AoE and stuns.

Vladimir can farm really safely up top. The nice thing about him is that you can go 1/5/0, and after a kill or two you're instantly back and strong. Vladimir never really falls behind like other champs tend to. Just don't go looking for fights because you don't want to have some tank initiate on you. Poke, but back off. If the enemy tank tries to initiate on your AD Carry, it practically makes your day because it means no one is watching the enemy Carries.