Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4638923-20120513001142

I don't know how to carry teams with this guy. He is my overall fav mage and I am now pretty experienced with Vlad after many games. But I just cannot really carry my team through, in my ranked games. I got farm and everything, but I am shutted down really fast with CC. When I try to pool out, I often have to decide whether I am going in again - in danger of CC and enemies' focus or playing on a rather wide distance so that I cannot deal my AoE dmg to its full potential. Even with full build and my mass HP, I get still very easily focused down. Tbh, I have to admit that my elo is really terrible, I don't even want to tell the number, so team play cannot work so well.^^

My personal nightmares in these games were Ryze and Brand. Ryze could poke me to death with his Q and finish me easily with a flash-cage combo. Everytime I got in his range or in range of the minion, he has hit me hard. Brand was pretty scary, too, cuz he could burst me easily, when I came in his range to use my spells. It sux overall imo that his low range can be abused so hard by other mid champs with a bit longer range.

And I have one additional elemental question: Ionian Boots or Sorcerer's Shoes ? In the laning phase I quite like to deal way more dmg with my pokes. But on the other hand in team fights I am pretty useless and easy focusable, when my abilities are on CD. I especially hate it, when my Q is on CD and some low HP is escaping cuz I couldn't finish him off. - Sure, later u could go Ionian Boots + Void Staff, but what are u doing in the earlier phases of the game ?