Talk:Vladimir/@comment-65.43.224.253-20111120170205

Ok. So I have seen alot of talk in regard to Vlad being Up or Op. I have mained Vlad since i started playing lol, more then a year now. Honestly i like him more now then when he was the best champion in the game. Its not fun being so op you pub stomp everyone ever. I will admit, his early game is probably the worst in terms of mages now though. However this can be somewhat fixed. The worst mistake I see other Vlad players make is trying to buff his early game with ap runes, and offense mysteries. This is horrible, as his weakness early game comes entirely from his abysmal cooldowns for the first 5 or so levels. By getting cdr runes and 9/21/0 masteries, you are really playing off his strength, which is mid-late game. With these runes and masteries all you need do is play VERY passively until you hit level 9. Because lets face it. No matter what you do you cant trade blows with almost any other mage in the game. You will get wrecked. I love Vlad so much, i honestly do. He fits my play style perfectly and I simply love everything about him. Am i happy where he is? Idk. I tend to do very well with him. Almost always a positive score or at least even. I am...hesitant to see him buffed. Vlad is a champion that is on the edge of a knife. One slight buff can make him amazing, one slight nerf can make him horrible. I think he is relatively balanced at this point. A minor buff to his q while nerfing his w would imo be the most ideal way to treat him. To the different sides who say hes op or up, you both have viable opinions. He is just difficult to categorize.