Talk:Vladimir/@comment-3245036-20120420142608/@comment-4659726-20120423050826

If you mean he should play as an AP mid. Then yes he needs a buff because he cannot compete well in mid.

But if you mean top where he is mostly played? No, he is balanced. A very very good counter pick to many popular melee solo tops like Riven and Olaf. As well as having utility in his Ult that if taken advantage of by your team...you win the teamfight.

Vlad is fine, somewhat decent right now. I've found that Zhonya's is completely godlike on him because it lets him stay in a teamfight so long. E > Q > (repeat until focused) > Pool > E > Q > Repeat until focused again > Zhonya's > E > Q > Pool. Yeah he is hard to kill if you play right. Just the fact that he stays so long in the fight means that he is doing TONS of damage assuming you stacked your E correctly.