Talk:Vladimir/@comment-5159141-20120927134143/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120929225849

Ugh... There isn't a "most effective rune page" for Vlad, or any other top laner for what's worth. Runes are aimed at helping you deal with your lane. If you're taking the same page no matter who your lane matchups are then you're obviously not ranked very high.

Marks are pretty much the only ones set in stone (MPen), but the rest is S-I-T-U-A-T-I-O-N-A-L. Facing an easy or comfortable lane? Take HP p/lvl Seals, AP p/lvl Glyphs and flat AP Quints. Example: Singed, Kennen, Malphite. Facing a tough AD oriented lane? Take Armor Seals, Flat AP Glyphs and flat HP or Armor Quints. Example: Renekton, Riven, Pantheon. Facing a tough AP oriented lane? Take HP p/lvl Seals, flat MR Glyphs and flat AP Quints. Example: Rumble, Fizz, Swain.

Spell Vamp Quints only pay off on 1 vs 1 skirmishes, but what's the point? Vlad already has absurd innate sustain. I honestly wouldn't take them over Flat AP because these represent an additional 20 AP with Rabadons + Archmage mastery, which in turn gives close to 30 HP at lvl 1 thanks to passive. Doesn't seem like much, but it's a free Veterans Scar mastery/Flat HP Quint early game. Your damage is also higher for harassing with Q.

So yeah, I didn't need to waste 46k IP on runes to know what's best for Vlad...