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Recommended Items
Runes: Usual
+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Flash
Teleport
Items
Threats & Synergies
LeBlanc
A good leblanc will be hard to play vs. Most LB's would look to Q-w you when you are in range. Also her E(chain) will still root you even if you are in pool. This means you should use pool to not get hit by it because getting hit by it means you will die.
Yuumi
Yuumi is a great ally to have as vladimir. You will gets lots of extra AP, extra heal and movement speed is great, and ultimate can set up plays for you.
Yuumi
Yuumi is a great ally to have as vladimir. You will gets lots of extra AP, extra heal and movement speed is great, and ultimate can set up plays for you.
Champion Build Guide
About the author
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Hello, I am writing this guide to show people the way Vladimir can be played and built different ways. This Vlad guide is an updated guide showing how EUW Challenger player Elite500 plays an builds on Vladimir. (Update) Elite500 has switched back to ![]() (Update) Elite500 has started using Teleport on Vladimir. Teleport and PR will be explained below. |
Elite500's OPGG
Also sorry for the simple formatting and lack of fancy edits, I am working with limited time. Also my english may not be the best, there may be some grammatical errors. Please understand, thank you and enjoy the guide.
Also I do not have an abilities section because you can just go to the vlad wiki page to see abilities in detail with videos.
Pros
+ Lots of healing + Manaless champion + Late game carry + AOE BOMB + ![]() + Can tower dive easily with ![]() + Carry games in low elo + Many players don't know how to counter Vladimir properly + versatile builds |
Cons
- Weak early game- no waveclear and low damage(this is why we go electro!) - Needs items to be useful - Weak to cc - Has little to no cc - Moderate skill floor - Player needs to know when to ![]() - Useless when behind |
For the pros, I mention Manaless champion. Vlad doesn't use mana, instead some of his abilities(
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Another pro that vlad has is one of the most versatile builds of any champion. Because vlad is manaless we aren't bound to purchasing items such as
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For the cons, I mention skill floor. Vlad seems simple to pick up and play, while that is true, it will only work in lower elos. As you get to higher elos, vlad's weaknesses such as low waveclear and low damage early will be abused quite often. This means you will have to know how to play around that and use your abilities to the maximum potential to overcome that.
Spells
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Runes
Standard Runes for this build
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Transcendence gives one of the most important stats on vladimir: cooldown reduction. As we are rushing ![]() ![]() |
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This rune is a perfect rune on a late-game champion like vladimir. The longer the game time, the more free ap we get. This ap amount will actually increase when we purchase ![]() |
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Yay! Another free thing that we get from runes. This time we get free boots, which means technically we are getting free 300 gold (which is equivalent to a kill). These aren't just any random boots that you could get from the shop. These boots actually give us +10 more movement speed! This is very important because ![]() Here's some stats if you are confused: Vladimir has a base 330 ms, and most boots give 45ms. That's a total of 375ms. Now multiply 375 by 1.1(110%) which gives us 413ms. However, 330+55(enhanced boots)=385. 385*1.1=424ms. Now, if we were to take ![]() |
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This rune gives us some more free stuff(again). This rune gives us 5% extra cdr and it enables to to increase to cdr cap to 45% from 40%. This means our abilities will be available that much faster. A maxed out ![]() ![]() |
For the small runes we pick 1-10% scaling cdr, 9 adaptive force and pick either armor or mr in the last tree depending on the matchup.
Alternative runes
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Build
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Starting Items
For starting items, you have to choose depending on the matchup. As in the item notes, Elite500 likes starting
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First Back
On first back you have some options. If you back with little over 900 gold, get
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Purchasing the BIG BOISAfter you have codex you should look to build ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() After spellbinder you should look to build ![]() ![]() ![]() After ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
This is the point where you use your brain
This is where it gets fun, and your build path can get unique. If you see the enemy(especially carries) is actually smart and is getting Magic Resistance, you must get a
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Another very good item is
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Some situational items are:
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Simple Combos
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^Literally V L A D I M I R
Early lane phase
Since we are playing with
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This will proc
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This will also proc electro. This is a good trade versus enemies with
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This is one of the most important combo to do on vlad. You want to press E and W almost at the same time, just press E a millisecond earlier. If you use quickcast you have to hold down the E, but you don't have to hold down W. In a teamfight, it might be hard for an enemy to see that you are charging your E, and also it is great to dodge important abilities like stuns while doing damage to them.
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This is another important combo to do on vlad although it is situational. you can instantly Q-W, to cancel the Q animation. It's like pressing Q and W at the same time but you press Q a millisecond earlier than W. An example when to use this combo is against a pantheon that is trying to stun you. When patheon goes in the air for
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I will update the combos section with videos very soon. I need to learn how to embed videos because harder combos are difficult to explain with words. Stay updated.
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Stand in the middle of the wave when using
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If you use smart cast on E, and press Q while channeling E the E will automatically cast right after the Q.
You can cast
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Use
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If you are low on health under your tower and getting zoned, you can ward the raptors and you will be able to heal off of them. You heal more from monsters with empowered Q than minions since
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I am still updating this guide, if you have questions or constructive criticism, don't be afraid to comment.
Thank you for reading my guide, have a nice day.
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