Talk:Banner of Command/@comment-5667385-20150209221517/@comment-24010081-20150806121223

Honestly, I almost always start beed+5pot+pink on Vlad regardless of what I'm building unless I really don't want to push. Not sure why more people dont. That beed combined with Vlad's E passive provides just enough hp regen for Vlad to start using his E at level 2 without driving his hp down. You can start driving the wave into your enemies face way before they are capable of handling it.

And even if you don't want to push the Beed gives almost as much hp regen as a doran's shield, for helping you sustain back up under tower if you need to play passive for a while.