Talk:Vladimir/@comment-189.139.125.67-20110124182556/@comment-98.14.148.171-20110128064557

People think he's OP because they're scared of his Q. They think his Q HEALZ OVAR 9000

Tip for people playing vs Vlad... harass him. His Q does very little damage, and doesn't heal him for much at early levels. Your harass will do more to him than he does to you.


 * WHENEVER he pops his Q on a minion, JUMP HIM!!*** A good Vlad will usually last hit by auto attack, and save his Q for when you come close and kites after he hits his Q.  Very easy to zone a Vlad as any decent ranged mid.  The CD on his Q is SO LONG early game and if he wastes it on a minion, he has literally NOTHING left.  That's how you lane against a Vlad.

Vlad's strength only shows once he hits level 9 (mid game) when he gets 5 Transfusion and his ult. Usually, if I harass enough with Q, by the time I hit level 6-9, I'd have a sure kill tower diving with flash/ghost, ulti, ignite, Q, pool, Q again, and they're usually dead. That's the strength of Vlad, he's able to tower dive you early.

Once you make it past mid-game without massively feeding Vlad, most carries can pretty much kill him easily, he serves a utility role with his ulti bonus damage and doesn't do much damage anymore once people have some MR. Most carries just out damage him.

Except that 90% of the games that I play as vlad end at the 25-30 minute mark cuz im so fed since people seem to be so afraid of harassing me at lvl 1-6. lullerskatez

TL;DR If you don't harass/deny a vlad and let him farm to his delight 1-6, he's going to hurt you BAD mid game. Which will build up his late game.