Talk:Vladimir/@comment-5211662-20150410222558/@comment-24055932-20150426001120

There are multiple ways to play Vladimir. Having 6 items is always nice, no matter what lategamer you are on, however, it's not necessary to get them working. Same goes for Vlad.

When playing Vlad, I always aim for building him as damage dealer, if not even as burster (==> no CDR). That means shitloads of AP and Rabadons and Zhonyas as core items. However, if things don't work out as I want and I fall back in gold, I may have to revert to building semi-tanky.

Thanks to Vlads passive, building Rabadons makes Vladimir almost a tank itself, and if you add up to a good 700 AP you get an easy 1000 HP. So when building aggressively, items like Liandrys, Spirit Visage, Thornmail, Morello hardly fit in. Rather than providing additional utility, they'd cut your damage and spellvamp. Deciding from the items left, especially between Void Staff and Abyssal, is something quite difficult (I hate having to calculate the enemies and team mates stupidity into my build), but moves you away from six itemslot syndrome.

If you are forced to build semi-tanky, you neglect potential AP, so Rabadons becomes sub-optimal itself. Instead of AP, utility is now the way to go. Removes Void Staff, Rabadons and Ludens from the candidates, leaving you with a handy few left.

As a small tip from me: Never ever build Liandrys, it's not worth the gold, not on Vladimir.