Talk:Vladimir/@comment-4659726-20121122071348/@comment-4659726-20121130174813

^ Just as a note, Spirit visage wasn't that great on Vlad in S2 and nothing will really change about that in S3. He still prefers AP over hp with resists since he benefits more from AP.

The core build too long! Usually its just Deathcap, boots, and revolver is your core.

Rylai's is good but really team dependent since you don't need it if your team has enough CC. Abyssal and Liandry's in S3 are good choices instead of it. I say Liandry's is good because at most levels of hp where a champ is considered at full/mid hp the unique passive without the boost out damages the extra AP of Rylai's on Vlad and only has an effective 5 mr difference in damage from abyssal with sligthly more AP (hp > ap passive).

Rushing Wota is not good either since you get little benefit from it in lane as it doesn't provide much of a bonus to AP. Once it becomes teamfight/midgame you can get it to keep up with your E costs.

DFG sounds good and I am sure it is, however I'd like to see how it plays out seeing as you only get one Amp'ed rotation of E and Q with ult and DFG. I still think that riot will probably nerf it again or remove it from the game seeing that it is likely to cause problems with certain characters.