Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4638923-20120513001142/@comment-94.236.228.182-20120514174944

@RagingMayo you can NOT carry a team with Vlad but you can get a penta if you coordinate your ult with your allies. While Vlad has great mix of sustain AOE dmg+survivability you don't have tons of each so you are neither a tank nor a carry and need a team to win.

While CDR(you need not worry about mana), AP(you get more HP) and magic pen are all great on Vlad - you can get them from other items: CDR has only 40% hardcap so if you have blue you need only 1 item or item+blue elixir, magic pen is hard to get but if your enemies are smart they will stack MR thus Void Staff will be better than flat magic pen. So I personaly get Boots of Swiftness as it alows you get to get in range to use your relatively short range spells and escape out of range of harass/focus fire and yes I know many ppl will tell you those boots suck but I they work great for me. Boots of Swiftness also allow me to dodge skillshots and ground based delay dmg spells (like Brand's Q and W) and it's always better to dodge dmg than taking it or wasting Sanguine Pool.

For dealing with CC you got 2-3 options:

-if they got many stuns/silence/roots/slows Tenacity from Moonfire Spellblade (or Mercury Threads if you really need it very early)

-QSS (Quick Silvr Sash) if they got powerful Suppresion ults - WW's, Malzahar's, Urgot or delayed dmg spells/dots and Fizz's and Morde's ults

-Zhonya's Hourglass as addition or istead of the above items