Talk:Vladimir/@comment-7548362-20130410103408/@comment-4659726-20130411173124

^ I disagree, I believe his AA range is just a relic from S1 and there is really no reason to have his AA range so low when all other similar mids have 525 AA range. (the damage on his AA is a bit iffy because it is low). Very similar to how Janna is designed as a ranged support and yet her skill and auto attack ranges aren't standardized like other supports (475 AA range is horrendous for a support).

Q does have it's downsides though. With a range of 600 nearly all tops can simply gap close you easily which means it probably won't be "free" because the enemy will hurt you. And it's a lot less dependable early game where it is on cooldown for a really long time.

Although for season 3 I think Vlad needs a few small changes after dropping out of the competitive scene completely. Opening up options for mid lane would be cool too. 1) E shouldn't stop movement. 2) AA range and damage, 3) give back 10 base damage to E, 4) maybe allow pressing W again in pool to cancel it after 1 second.

For smoother play, standardization of things that should be similar across champion pools, and retain a decent reward for surviving through his horrendous early game (which will only become worse once you are allowed only 5 pots at the start.)