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Vladimir of the Castlevania






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Spells:
Ghost
Ignite
Ability Order
Crimson Pact (PASSIVE)
Vladimir Passive Ability
Introduction ~Heyo Everyone.

For the few words of introduction. At the beggining I'd like to show you some basic things, of course, our today's subject:

Furthermore, we will visit the Dark Lands, scorched battlefields etc. I was trying to make it look more epic.
What you will find:
- Vladimir Item, Runes, Spells, Masteries Builds
- In-depth thoughts on how to and how not to play Vladimir
- Some nice ideas for your own use
- Badass Banner (Look up)
- More Badass Custom Skin (Love it)
If you liked this guide, be sure to check my Twisted Fate one and please, subscribe us top, comment below and I don't remember what Phreak actually said.
- Amazing AP/HP/CD outcome thanks to Blood Pact
- He is able to perfrom a role of MageOffSelfTankCarryingSquishesInTwoHits
- Self-Healing, improved greatly with

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- His Basic and Custom Skins are all badass
- You can call him Vlad, simply cool, isn't it?
- He lanes as much as he wants to, usually...
Cons:
- Poor Movement Speed (380 with Sorc. Shoes)
- It's harder until level 9 comes in
- His skill are not scalling with AP THAT great
- Usually targeted first due to enormous AoE damage output

The Two Ways - AP versus HP:
So, when HP Vladimir has really, really tons of health his damage output is to say... fair. With about 250-300 AP you can do something. Now for AP Vladimir, you get 250% of HP Vlad's Ability Power and almost the same (+/- 100-300 HP) ammount of HP.
I guess you see the outcome.

Skills you should take:



Explaination:
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Skills you can(eh...) take:



Explaination:
- You should stay in lane for a long time so take

- Feeling unsafe against CC?

- You really want it? Then swap Ghost for

Skills you must never ever take:






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Not Mentioned:

Reason: If you're that desperate on Arranged Games and your team don't have one... feel free to lose a spell slot.
9/21/0:
Offense:
- Stanard for each Caster.
Defense:
- Take +6 to Armor and MR, just for earlier survability
- 2 points in Dodge to get that 1%
- Less damage from minions is GREAT on Vlad as you will encounter lots of them and you want your heals to be most effective
- Physical damage block
- Veteran Scars are obvious
- Ardor... Screw the 4% in AS, 4% stacked with your 30% Rabadon is a true win for Vladimir, trust me.
- 4% reduced damage. Minions do ****, non-totally-offensie Champions shall bow before you as soon as you get Rabadon.

Greater Seal of Vitalityx9


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Explaining:
Magic Penetration (Marks, Quints): Total for 14 MP at the beginning.
HP per Level (Seals): 180 HP in the end, still nice.
Flat Magic Resist (Glypsh): You get an additional 19,5(~20) Magic Resist at the beggining meaning you are just hard to kill^^
Core Items:
Now. Why? Why there is no Rylai here?
Okay, from the beggining:
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TIP: One

TIP 2: Somehow, it raises your damage to turrets.
Secondary Items:
Once again:
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Situational Items:
Which and When?
- If you feel that their DPSes are doing too well get

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In total, my full build against normal team (2 DPS, 2 Casters, Tank; 2 of them doing well) would be:







How to...
~1.Farm
~2.Harass
~3.Gank
AD.1 Use Transfusion on Caster Minions, they are free gold and you can finish them in few hits. When it comes to other minions just let them approach the turret and finish them with Transfusion. Use Tides of Blood on low health waves.
AD.2 Go from left/right, hit them, then repeat it, sooner or later they will start pulling off when they see, then you must "pull off" as well and get ASAP to hit with Transfusion. Mind Tricks win the Mid, the one who uses his Mind better wins.
AD.3 Ganking is a pleasure with Vladimir, but do it only after buying boots. Just approach a lane, wait for a good moment, pop in -> Ghost -> ToB + Transfusion -> Ignite -> Sanguine -> ToB + Transfusion = +xxx value gold.




THINGS TO REMEMBER:
- Take Squishers like





- There is one fun things if you have Rylai with you, spamming Tides of Blood is a good idea to root them in place, if you have any Carry with CC



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- The best possible combo is:











Recalling:
Beggining:





First Recalling: Make sure to have at least 1900-2100 Gold or so. If you don't have the money, just buy


Second Recalling: About levels 7-8. If you have 1600 gold get one


Gameplay:
You will only want to last hit minions, Vladimir is not Ashe, He can't push that much. Whenever enemy gets too close, hit them with Transfusion and run, about level 5 you will start dealing really hard damage.
TIPS:
- It's always good to finish Tank Minions, they give about 34 gold.
- If you see Caster Minions on low health, use

- Transfusion works better as a last hit on Caster Minions, until level 7-9 due to the cooldown. Fighter Minions have higher MR and more health so don't concentrate them that much early game.
PS: I trust you're on the Mid Lane, this is not a guide for Laning with Vladimir.
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Now your main targets are Team Fights, if you can ensure yourself a double kill or an Ace you will mostly get

Secondly, you must end Will of The Ancients to get Aura for the Team Fights. Considering your high damage it won't be a problem to get cash.
TIPS:
- With Rabadon your farming abilities are insane, clear lanes, defend turrets, if possible gank the team fighters, surprise attack is the best one.
- Don't be afraid of the jungle, if you have free time to spare, clear Wraths, Wolves and Golems for some free cash.
About the enemy:
- 4th Item should be defensive. REMEMBER: Always buy Elixirs, they are more than helpful when you have Rabadon.
- I'd advice looking at the Items Section, however remember that


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Now, about the next 2 Items. If the enemy tank is doing quite good on stacking MR get a



The last item, you will probably have cash for something cheap like




Now, for the usual scores with Vladimir



And here, a really quick game, they surrendered, too bad.


Credits:
- To my buddies for letting me test this build countless times
- To the wonderful guy from League Craft for creating that Skin
- To Riot for creating such champion as Vladimir
- To all of of the Guide Makers, they gave me a lot of ideas
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The things MOBAfire has not counted:
- It shows about 2,600 HP, where getting the right build would cause it to get about 3800-4000 HP.
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