Talk:Vladimir/@comment-26480645-20150711003845/@comment-24010081-20150806124624

He's all lane and team/late game focused. I've mained Vlad for a long time. He suffers vs heavy burst, and he suffered some hard times during the assassin meta. Now that tank/bruiser meta is back in full swing he's really shining. They can't burst him hard enough to drop him, and he just heals back up the longer the fight goes.

He really suffers if the game goes too fast. Towers dropping early puts him in a rough position, as he needs (i'd say) 3 items +boots to really be strong away from towers. Becuase of this you don't see him used in competitve play much at all, as those games tend to move really fast.

This is also why Rito kind of leaves him alone. His winrate hovers almost perfectly at the desired 50% and he's not considered good enough for the pro's to play him. So why bother tweaking him.