Vladimir Build Guide by tomathome

anyone know how to add pictures to the guide? i have some screenshots of my match history at this exact point in time.... :)

Oh and with Spirit Visage you are also COMPLETELY forgetting that it stacks with your Tides of Blood which makes your Transfusion and Hextech Revolver even better. Not to mention that it makes Heal a beast for you AND your team. Hemoplague + a 4 stacked Tides of Blood + Sanguine Pool underneath the enemy team in the middle of a team fight. Right as you come up hit Heal and watch you and your whole teams health get raised for more than Soraka's wish can heal for.

SV is an amazing defensive survivability item. It is cheap and you can get it quick and early, completed (along with items like Hextech Revolver most likely) long before most opposing mids would their first big item.

Do the math on and try out an item before you completely disregard it. I have been proved wrong on a few things before because I tried them out. It happens.

Yes late game you can replace it but it is by far a better item than you give it credit.

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Vladimir's Blood Resource: Post Nerf Edition.
The Exemplar of Tanking: Jarvan IV .

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um...you are a massive troll wtf, i have already mentioned that you (as Vladimir) with that terrible Spirit Visage would lose so hardcore against me if I had a Blasting Wand instead. Not to mention late game, in the early game AP damage items still absolutely dominate a Spirit Visage.......and no one can disagree with that.......

not to mention that Spirit Visage is not cheap...you can buy a Blasting Wand and a Hextech Revolver with almost the same amount of money, OR WHAT I WOULD DO IS JUST BUY A Needlessly Large Rod for the extra 50 gold...

Haha I just added onto what Incindiax already had wrote about the Spirit visage. He gets praised and drooled upon. I get called a troll. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose.

And I even linked a really great guide to answer your question on how to improve your guide. How completely troll of me to try and give actual assistance.

Who said anything about getting Spirit Visage first. If you buy it first then you deserve what you get. You won't have any arguments from me on that. But you still are cheapening the defensive capabilities of what is a very nice (and cheap) all around item. My usual games I would go boots, hextech, large rod, SV, then rabadons. Lots of umph and some defense for when you start needing it.

Not to mention the amazing utility of teaming SV, 4 stacks of ToB, the heal mastery (forgot name), and the Heal spell. Yep... I have seen pros use this combo too. It is a pretty amazing thing if you can pull it off in the middle of a team fight. Better than Soraka's Wish.

As far as hitting as hard... if you want to hit real hard the offensive tree is very nice for that as well. Utility tree works well enough too. Currently there are no clear cut bad tree choices for Vlad. Though the Defense tree is not as good as it used to be. Early game however it is better than it previously was. The change to the 21 point talent though hurt the tree though.

I edited my previous post to make it more apparent that it was to try and answer your question about improving your guide. Hope Jhoijhoi's work helps.

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Vladimir's Blood Resource. Designed for beginner's and beyond.
Vladimir's Blood Resource: Post Nerf Edition.
The Exemplar of Tanking: Jarvan IV .

Making a Guide by jhoijhoi This is everything you need to know about making a guide. Amazing.

...and Buffy staked Edward. The End.

according to your signature you don't even play anymore...additionally according to your guide you go for offensive masteries yet include Spirit Visage as an item and then continue to talk up Heal as a summoner spell for Vladimir.

my problem is that you voted my guide down yet if you had read it you would know that the only viable Vladimir is carry-Vlad which does not tie in with Spirit Visage nor Heal especially...finally if your tactic as vlad is too Sanguine Pool then Heal your not only playing him as support Vladimir (wtf would that do) but also completely missing the opportunites to spam Tides of Blood, which is the only way you (or anyone else for that matter) is going to maximise Vladimir and prove all those current players wrong who dominate these terrible vlad's walking around with Spirit Visage's and then proceed to call for him to be buffed. which co-incidentally is what my guide was originally designed for; to prove vladimi is one of the top-tier AP carries when played correctly in the pure damage/offense mould (not hiding/chillin in a pool pretending to be soraka...)

In the early days of the Vlad community it was very, VERY, cutthroat and I got trolled. A lot back then. And it would get me mad. I talked to a few people about how they dealt with it and they gave me some great advice and tips. And they helped me take a new look at things. That the number 1 goal of any guide maker should be to help just 1 person. And if you help 1 person then it is worth it. And that trolling is pointless and does not help a community whatsoever. That I why I in general don't vote on guides unless I like them. That is pretty apparent if you do some research on those who have trolled me in the past that I never retaliated against. Hell I LINKED other people's Vlad guides (the opposition oh noes!) in mine if I liked them and/or I thought they had good information for the community. Trolling does nothing at all to help the community. You have to delve deeper than just looking over a cheat sheet. And you should always try things out before making assumptions and dismissing them. You know what Samuel L. Jackson says about making assumptions...

Support Vlad. That is funny. Heal is an offensive weapon the way I used it. Allowed you to stay in lane forever plus some. And it made those first 9 levels (which every vlad knows is by far the worst in game) much easier to survive during. If you have no resistance a LeBlanc (among others) will destroy you. And you want to go offensive yet you go up a whole tree for the CDR and don't optimize your potential AP gains with your mastery selection. You greatly under appreciate the offensive mastery tree. However, with that said, the Utility Tree is a very valid choice as well. I used both of the new mastery trees. I ended up preferring the offensive mastery tree because it made things hit noticeably harder. Early and late game. And Hemo on people below 30% health (which activates Executioner ) was amusing. Which during and after most team fights people are below 30% when hemo goes off. Boom.

And you are right... I did miss mentioning spamming the 4 stacked ToBs during a team fight. Here. I assumed any Vlad worth their blood would know to do that without someone having to tell them. After all they would have been already keeping the stacks up before the fight. One would think they would continue during the fight. But that was my bad for making an assumption.

And by your signature you want to F your mom. Disgusting. I would think better of an Aussie. Unless you just misspelled it. Different fads for this generation I suppose. So I elaborated with my signature some and explained a bit more.

And if you want to do away with random votes with no comments the next time edit your guide (like when you add in your screenshots - did that guide I posted help you?) you can turn on the comment to vote option on the right side above where you added in the tags. Forces a person to actual leave a name when they vote. It works for your first 20 votes.

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All guides have been archived due to my not being able to play LoL currently. The information is still there and is good but until I return they will be archived. I am able to keep them updated and current though.

Vladimir's Blood Resource. Designed for beginner's and beyond.
Vladimir's Blood Resource: Post Nerf Edition.
The Exemplar of Tanking: Jarvan IV .

Making a Guide by jhoijhoi This is everything you need to know about making a guide. Amazing.

...and Buffy staked Edward. The End.