dude , it may be a VERY good ap guide but you need more cooldown reduction i lose like 3 games in a row because of the cooldown of transfusion.. 4 seconds cooldown for your main spell? well i can say this guide suck ONLY because of no cooldown reduction.. just take spirit visage ffs

I Love the early Hextech Definately makes you have an unlimited supply of health. Good Build

Overall I think the guide is a little weak. I disagree with a few points, like not considering Rylais. Also a bit sloppy like the runes section.

What I did appreciate, and it made me very happy, was your smart casting/key bindings spiel. I do that the same way, and I've never found anyone else ever who does that =P

Very common mindset. Wish you'd read the build before throwing my mentality out the window.

Vlad without Rylai's is no Vlad at all.

Meh good guide

Meh good guide

At late game, everyone has on average between 40 and 80 magic resistance before stacking any more on. Lets say they have 80 for worst possible case scenario.

With the Guise:
minus 15% from mastery = 68, then minus 68.55 from runes, guise, boots, and scepter. Zero.

Without the guise:
minus 15% from mastery = 68, minus 48.55 from runes, scepter, and boots. 19.45. In game, thats equivalent to almost 20% magic damage reduction.

Are you saying that an AP item, of any kind, will be able to make up for a 20% damage buff you just lost? I think not. And this is just for squishies. Without it, you won't even make dent in tanks. You COULD potentially swap it for a void staff, but why..

As for your Hextech Gunblade situation: Yes, the gunblade is rather expensive because of the AD bonus. HOWEVER, this makes pushing turrets a BREEZE. If you get this far in the game, and all you need left is your gunblade, you should be getting more than enough kills to pay for it.

Nuff said.

Not gonna downvote for this but please remove the Haunting Guise. it's really not much use at all late game. Or at least mention that you can sell this toward the end. I mean I would never have this as an end game item. Also, wouldn't you agree that the Hextech Gunblade isn't cost efficient since it gives AD and making it more expensive?

The 6th slot is a very hard choice. For a while, I used a second Rabadon's Deathcap for a 170ish AP boost, which gave around 300HP also. This is still my prefered choice for nuking. However, the Hextech Gunblade offers great all around stats, and an Exhaust like active, that also does damage, as well as more lifesteal for better life sustainability. Some people may like Rylai's Crystal Scepter, but I still don't think its anywhere near the best item for Vladimir in comparison to other items like Zhonya's Hourglass or the Hextech Gunblade or even Mejai's Soulstealer

As for the screenshot, yes. I know. I use dual monitors and prntscreen ****s up a lot because of it. Used what i could.

The "screenshot" made me laugh. I like how you used a camera instead of Printscreen+MSPaint xD

Also, Hextech Gunblade is really a waste on Vladimir. Many better items.

Yeah, I did realize that after. It's preference at that point, and I did list the Hextech Gunblade as a very good alternative to the second wincap. And yes, 1 in 2 damage goes to your HP and with transfusion 3 of 4 goes to your hp.

However, often times you're dominating so much by the time you get your first Rabadon's Deathcap that the team has given up hope. I rarely get to finish a game because the other team surrenders to my rapefest ;_;