Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4677525-20130322201505

I played a few games with Vladimir top recently and he is actually quite fun. His laning phase is sorta meh, but he is really safe which I like. Once he gets Revolver, though, his sustain is bonkers. With 4 stacks of E and Q and a couple of pots + wards you can practically stay in lane forever.

Also, his teamfight presence with his ult is extremely high. Just land it on 3 people and watch their health get annihilated by you and your teammates. He is a bit binary (pretty much just spamming E and Q whenever they are up in teamfights), but proper usage of his W does spice things up a bit.

Finally, I like his resilience if he gets behind. I was utterly crushed by a Pantheon in lane, but after he broke my tower he just let me free-farm. 30 minutes later I caught up to him in cs and levels and just outscaled him completely. All-in-all, I think I might stick with him as my new top-lane, but I definitely need more practice against some of the tougher matchups (Irelia, Darius, etc.)