Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4659726-20120619013659/@comment-4372473-20120619021610

Youre one of my favorite visitors to this page :D

Ive ran Vlad in every way I could think of.(Except AD lol). Ive tried Spell Vamp out the butt masteries, Your mastery set up(Nuker), and always end up back at either 9/21/0 or lately ive tried 15/15/0.

Personally, I found without a decent amount of CDR, I spend alot of time twiddling around doing nothing. I hate that so much. SO MUCH. ARGH

I try to aim for high CDR. I run for the CDR masteries In the offence and defence trees, with CDR/lvl blues I get around 20% at level 18 fo free. With the Ionians I always find myself buying, I get 35%. With blue pot, MAX CDR BABY.

I like this for a variety of reasons. One: Spamming is fun, son. Two: More healing can save your ass. Three: Easier lockdown slowing with Rylais(Permaslow) allowing better kiting/chasing.

And finally Four: My desperation clutch, The evil 6 second CD pool. Imagine that. Since the CD timer starts ticking on activation, rather than ending time for it. Thats very powerful, especially when combined with Zhonya's active. The amount of time you spend vulnerable in teamfights is very low. Combined with 2 second CD E+Q, everything flows perfectly, as if this is how he was made. Vlad with max cooldown, max level, as if he has reached perfection. Its beautiful.

However this is only my opinion, some people like to run Vlad as a nuker, twiddle your thumbs for 4 seconds for round two, do slightly more damage than Spameverything Vlad.

If thats what turns you on, go for it! However I was just giving you what I think about CDR Vlad. At least ive tried all the alternatives eh?