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Vladimir - Sustain in lane

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Spells:

Ignite

Flash

Ability Order

Vladimir Passive Ability

Introduction

Hello people today I am going to talk about how I play .

is a very strong mid champion with alot of troll skills like his and . He can escape ganks very easily and is very sustainable in lane since he dosen't rely on mana.

Pros / Cons

Pros:

Very sustainable in lane

Does not use mana

Hard to gank

Very high damage output

Heals up very fast with spell vamp

Low cooldowns

High amounts of HP due to (Passive)

Cons:

Hard to know when to use

Early-game reliant

High HP cost on and

If ganked, after you are left open to any damage and/or CC

Masteries

Runes

Precision

Fleet Footwork

Phase Rush

These runes are aimed at giving you major sustain in lane.

gives you great magic pen, which is great against mage-tanks like or against tanks who build magic resist

Greater seal of Vigor gives you great sustain in lane

gives you awesome CDR that allows you to keep spamming your skills.

Summoner Spells

Flash

is a great summoner spell for , if you get ganked and you un-pool before you reach your tower you always have flash you get you that last bit of way to the safety of the turret

ghost

is great for too, the best part is that you can use it right before you pool to get amazing move speed in it, but I perfer

Ignite

is just amazing for , you can put it on someone before you use your ulti to secure a kill

Exhaust

is great too, since you already have in your masteries, and you need an exhaust on your team, take it. It is great cuz it lowers the targets magic resist due to

Skill Explanation

Without his passive vlad wouldn't be , it gives you huge amounts of HP from this build since it gives 1.8 HP for every 1 Ap you have

Your most vital spell, rediculous damage and you get healed for a percentage of the damage dealt + any spell vamp you might have.

This spell if very important in the laning phase, you can escape almost every gank and survive most towerdives if you know just when to use it

Has very high damage and is ideal for farming + it does more and more damage each time you use it (max. 4 stacks) but also uses more and more hp to cast

Your ult, this is a vital spell for , this will boost your damage to all the enemies hit by a certain percentage, and after a few seconds he he.. BOOM

Ability Sequence
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

I max right away since it gives the best sustain in lane and it is you primary damage output early-game

Core Items

Without this there is no , it scales SO well with all of his spells that if you don't get this, ur doin' it wrong.
Pro tip: If you get a and buy a new after finishing the will, you can get up to alot of spell vamp for early game since it does stack.

Great if you are playing against a tanky team, if not, concider getting

Very viable, if you have no problem with magic resist on the other team you can pick these. However, it is very unlikely.

Items - Damage

Amazing item for every AP caster, gives loads of AP and tops it by adding 30% AP to the mix, it scales very well with due to his passive

Gives loads of AP and Magic pen, by now you shouldn't need to worry about tanks getting magic resist

Items - Survivability

Gives AP, HP AND CC this could be the best items for out there due to his passive

A nice, cute little panic button, it can save you, but it can also ruin alot, use it wisely

Very good item if you find yourself focused by AP casters of AP based damage, also lowers nearby enemies' magic resist which can really make the diffrance in a teamfight

Very nice item for early-mid game, if you are not very focused, keeps your health up in laning phase and while ganking, although if you get full inventory with items and don't know what to get next, concider selling this for something else

Gameplay

Early-game (1-8): Try to harras your opponent as much as possible, most likely he won't have as much sustain as you have, take upper hand as fast as possible, but do not overextend, care for junglers and dont forget to farm as much as possible. DO NOT USE AS A FARMING TOOL it is your only chance to escape a gank, your enemies know this and will wait for an oppurtunity. Do not let them get it.

Mid-game (9-13): This is where you start to be getting some farm under you and start getting some damage, you should never walk in the from lines of battle, let the tank to that, despite your high amounts of hp you don't have any armor or magic resist at all. If you start ganking you should always start with using then -> / and if you choose to chase to slow the enemy.

Late-game (14-18): This is very much the same as before, don't initiate, let the tank, remember to keep an eye on dragon and baron. If you get into a teamfight, focus the ad carry or the ap caster, if you find yourself focused just pool and/or use this is more than enough time for the enemy to either switch their focus or die. And remember to always start out with your Ult!

Summary

That was pretty much playing in a nut shell I hope you have fun pwning everyone out there :D

Don't forget to rate and comment and rep and all that good stuff :)

Thanks

I would like to give a BIG thanks to JhoiJhoi for her Making a guide it helped me out alot :D

Change Log

30-11-2011: Released

1-12-2011: added a part about boots and abyssal scepter thx to Rys Aberdeen for the suggestion

06-12-2011: added a segment about and added pro tip for +