Talk:Vladimir/@comment-71.61.226.119-20120820181715/@comment-58.7.77.251-20120826030140

dont listen to people saying not to add in a warmogs on vlad, these are the idiots who build him straight ap, and likely start off in the lane with a spell tome ( which is a terrible idea , vlads early game is very weak damage wise . you should be building sustain first to better synergise with your q's healing and cover the hp costs on your abilites , start either with a regrowth pendant or boots+hp pots ). however warmogs is a matter of preference and not core, you can do quite fine with just the hp on a ryalis+your hp bonus from passive.but there is nothing wrong with getting one if you choose to.

vlad is a mage who needs survivability as he is quite a close quarters mage, you want a long distance nuker then get malz or annie. plus the damage on his pool scales off bonus hp, so instead of it being used purely as an escape ability it becomes a powerful offensive one. it can allow you to attack a whole team for 2 seconds without any retaliation.

as far as boots go, if your not going to get sorc boots then you should really be getting cdr ones instead.

sorc bts/cdr bts, WotA , warmogs , ryalis , deathcap, ( last item is situational ) abyssal/void staff. i often start building my warmogs while finishing off my WotA.

revolver+finishing boots should be your first major purchases, then giants belt , then finish off your wota. if your doing really well id finish off your warmogs now too, getting an early warmogs gives you a massive hp advantage an the earlier you get it the more time you have to farm it up. otherwise you will most likely want to start working on your deathcap ( with the giants belt plus bonus from passive you should be tanky enough at this stage of the game and if you really have to choose between hp or ap then getting the ap boost from DC is more important ) when you have finished that then you can do the warmog if you havent already.

ryalis / abyssal / void can all be built as needed afterwards