Talk:Vladimir/@comment-5989852-20140109054349/@comment-5151680-20140131175706

By your logic, nobody should ever play/build tanky with sustained damage, and everyone should play/build burst AoE damage dealers. Right?

Wrong. The meta is favoring tankier champions right now, which is why assassins like fizz and zed have fallen out of favor. They are close range bursty casters who can't burst down the tanky champions of the current meta. AP vlad can't kill an equally skilled/geared renekton/mundo/shyvana/nasus etc in a full combo. They will survive and then crap all over that vlad's squishy face.

On the other hand, tank vlad can stand toe to toe with those champions and win agaisnt them most all of them, with the exception of late game nasus. Sure, tank vlad loses a good amount of bust, but he still has more than enough to 100-0 an adc, and any other burst your team needs can come from your midlane.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying AP vlad isn't viable or anything silly like that. But tank vlad is just as viable in top lane, and fills the role of team tank just fine.