Talk:Vladimir/@comment-25254389-20150126223611/@comment-5211662-20150209101758

At mid lane, Vladimir is a good pick against AD assassins such as Talon, Zed, Yasuo (and Kha'Zix before he was nerfed into being only viable as a jungler). He is also good against champions such as Jayce, Ziggs, and Lux, who poke a lot but lack effective hard CC.

Other than those champions though, I would not advise to pick Vladimir at mid lane. He is good but higly situtional. Top lane is a different history, however. Just ban Riven, and there is no other matchup that Vladimir can't win (other than Xin Zhao and Fiddlesticks, but nobody pick them for top lane, chances are that you are not going to be counterpicked by them).