Good news, Vladiqueer getting indirect buffs.

Riot finally came back to their senses:



(Getting in the 4.5, probably). So now we have Ap, Cdr and no mana regen, simply outrageous.

i know vladi might still be in a tricky spot but... would you consider giving this guide another chance? New Wota into rilays sounds quite nice. (also what do you think about this possible new wota on swain, considering it does not give mana reg anymore)

Can you please update this guide? :)

how should i play the elise matchup?

Bleeeeeh, that's a long question for my small brain. The creator of the thread doesn't seem like he will respond, so I hope he doesn't mind me responding.
But what I think your asking is pretty much why can't you get high cs, and when should you start taking the jungle creeps, so I'll answer that.
For the learning to cs, it takes time. There's no video, no guide, no person that can teach you how to cs well. The only thing that can, really, is experience. Play more games, and your cs will get higher if you try to make it better.
For your second question, you should start stealing the jungle when you get your Spirit of the Spectral Wraith, typically your first or second pick up. What you do, is you push your wave to the enemy turret, to buy you some time for you to go to the jungle and start stealing dem jungle minions. If you learn to do this correctly, it really does pay off.
Anyways, I hope I answered your question correctly, if not, I apologize in advance. Good luck in your games!

I don't get it, the top five or so guides of glad are season 1, and a actual awesome one like this is stuck with guides like throatslasher's. anyways this might not be relevant but in the world champs one team played swain against ahri, can you expand on this match up and if its winnable for swain?

this is a great guide!!!! thanks a lot

Hi! So, before I start, let me explain to all those haters who were bashing your guide earlier in the comments... Yes this is my first post. Yes, I made an account to post on this guide. Why? Because it's the best written guide I've seen (english-wise), with the best explanations. Does that necessarily mean it is the best vlad guide? I dunno. I'm a noob whose been playing for less than 3 weeks.

Aaaaaand now I'm talking to totallynotnoob.

I dunno if you're gay, but I am, and your guide made me decide that yes, I am going to continue playing this game because that **** was hilarious. I'm so happy I play vladiqueer now hahaha

Anyway, I have a few questions... sadly, I'm not very good at asking questions in writing. Hopefully you can bear with me.

long version of question one:


TLDR


Sigh. I suspect much of this isn't coherent, so I will stop and give you a few, more simple suggestions. The best sections of this guide were the ones where you went through specific elements and gave detailed descriptions. Your item section is really good, and so are the matchup strategies. Especially the matchup strategies. If you could expand on these sections, that would be great (only 3 opponents in the matchup section is kinda small - there's a whole league out there!! And they're all AD if I remember correctly. what do I do if there's a real powerful burst ap character? Pre 6? Post 6? What if i'm up against someone who can regen just as well as me from the start, like soraka? etc)

The other thing that would be absolutely phenomenal... would be a list of goals. So far, none of the guides I've read have had that, and it pisses me off. I want to know if I am behind, but nobody says where you should be at 5 minutes, and 10, and 20, etc. Either give it on a time-basis (ie: at minute 5 you should have 30cs, at minute 10, 9045hundred cs...) Or give it on a level basis (lvl 2: 10cs, lvl3: 25 cs, and you should have a defensive item if you have a rough lane!, lvl 4: 45cs: you should be saving up for either the defensive item you need or the hextech revolver!)

Finally, thanks for the guide. I think it could use work, but it is still really useful imho, and I learned a lot.

Hi! i like your guide!
You play 3 vs 3 with Vlad? any advise in there?

Thanks again :)

I think I was just too aggressive and paid of it.

So.. what match-up when you need to avoid picking vlad at top?

Normal play really.
Q him often level 1.
And ride it out til level 9.
Seeker's arm guard (Starting doran's shield isn't bad either) -> boots works quite well.

PRoblem in this match up is that by the time you feel comfortable with your defenses, the worst part of the lane is mostly over.
NEver make a mis-step or you'll be permenantly behind.

Otherwise, this is more a lane of eventuality. Just put up with it.
You out-scale him.

Thanks for the quick reply :)

Recently, I have been having problems with renekton.

I tried to put pressure early on since slice and dice only let him cover the distance as I shower him with AAs but as level past by it seems that it gets harder and harder to play attrition. He can easily lay down his entire combo reducing my life to 50%, I tried to retaliate doing 20-30% damage. (which he can regenerate using cull the meek)

He can do a lot of pain every 14 seconds and I don't have time to fully regenerate my HP hence losing CS either at tower or zoning. Overall, I am just afraid of all-in since he took flash and ignite.

Do you have any advice?