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Offensive build : standard build is ok, but "other viable items" are just very very bad choices
Defensive build : No, just no please ! You can't do a build on that
You need to look more about the items that feel well on him, and the build sequence depend of the game, you have to avoid to do always the same order.
For what you have done about the Match-ups, I don't really agree on everything.
Go on and try to improve, you can do better :)
I hate when people leave non-constructive criticism and say things like "wrong runes." There is no such thing as a wrong choice of itemization or runes as long as it suits your play style. I understand there are questionable choices but if you can actually support them and make a valid argument as to why they are viable then by all means go for it. I see in this guide however that your explanations are lacking and if you are going to have such "questionable" runes and items then you really need to expand on your thoughts pertaining to each one. Personally my big issue with this guide is that you build Spirit of the Spectral Wraith instead of Will of the Ancients. Spirit of the Spectral Wraith is a jungler item and should never be built on Vladimir especially when you can get such a better item for only 550g more. I know I said there is no such thing as incorrect items and runes as long as it fits your play style but if some of these choices do indeed match your play style I would read over some other guides and maybe try to learn how to choose your items and runes more efficiently. If you insist on keeping some of the more unorthodox choices I suggest adding them to a "personal preference" of "additional options" section and make the main section of your guide more focused on the most popular most efficient item and rune choices.
Correct vote, terrible rationale. The guide is bad for reasons other than what you mentioned.
There is no such thing as a wrong choice of itemization or runes as long as it suits your play style.
Oh, in that case, by this logic, I will take mana runes on Vladimir, along with some nice mana items, like Frozen Heart, Seraph's Embrace, Muramana, Banshee's Veil and just to be sure about it, I'm going to take Berserker's Greaves, because it's my playstyle and you can't say **** about it.
Personally my big issue with this guide is that you build Spirit of the Spectral Wraith instead of Will of the Ancients. Spirit of the Spectral Wraith is a jungler item and should never be built on Vladimir especially when you can get such a better item for only 550g more.
You clearly have no ****ing clue as to what you are talking about.
I hate when people leave non-constructive criticism and say things like "wrong runes."
I hate it when people spout ********. There are not only non-constructive, but counter-productive.
Please kindly shut the **** up.
So if I make this guide more complete I will receive upvotes? Please be more clear when you comment.
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Probably, depending still on the content.
But, as most people here pointed out, your runes are wrong.
And you have Lich Bane, know that Lich Bane isn't actually a bad item, but there are other better items that compliments Vladimir better by a ton.
And yes, you should not have rush Liandry's Torment on him as 1st item either.
Your ability explanation has only 1 line (copy/paste from wiki doesn't count), this does not help any inexperience player to know how to cast his abilities.
Match up
Akali: You should not keep your distance, Tides of Blood is your counter to her Twilight Shroud and you have to bully her so hard that she can't make a come back at lvl 6.
Cho'Gath: Dodge his Q with your pool? 9sec CD vs 20sec CD. Bad advise. Besides, you should not use you Sanguine Pool to dodge an ability unless it's ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. It cost you 20% of your current HP. You could easily hurt yourself more by using it.
Darius: As long as you keep your distance, you win, otherwise, he wins. Not very helpful.
That's just 3, afterward, you only have "probablys" and "should bes" which aren't really helpful.
You should explain HOW to play against them, which of your ability can be use against them in what way to gain advantage.
Probably the most useless comment ive ever had. You dont tell me why they are wrong, what the "right ones" are, and why they are.
Funny, I was just thinking that this guide was the most useless guide I've ever seen.
For example, you don't tell me why you picked the wrong runes. So I don't see a reason why I should have to explain to you why you went wrong.
For starters, Vladimir has an appalling starting MS. The 15 AP from quints adds a whopping 9 damage to your Q. As you have already said, Vladimir's base damage is incredible, but the scaling is quite average. For similar reasons, I wouldn't take Scaling AP glyphs on Vladimir. You'll gain a massive ~16.5 damage on Q at level 18 from scaling AP runes. Sure he gets a little bit of hp boost at the beginning (about 22 hp) and barely nothing end-game, but nothing so startling that I'd stack early AP on him.
And do you know how much research it took to find this out? I just hovered over the tooltips of Vladimir's abilities.
You dont tell me why they are wrong, what the "right ones" are, and why they are.
Funny, I thought that was YOUR job.
You are the one making a guide after all. All the explanations are highly minimal. Explain the build to us like you would like to read it in one of our comments. THEN we might elaborate a bit more about what it wrong.
Incorrect runes.
Probably the most useless comment ive ever had. You dont tell me why they are wrong, what the "right ones" are, and why they are.