League of Legends (LoL) Question: Why no riftmaker on Vlad?

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Why no riftmaker on Vlad?

Asked by Dmonic Plays on October 18, 2021

So, I'm still learning league and am a Vladimir main. I saw this item called Riftmaker, and normally on Vlad I run Night Harvester for my mythic item. At Almost 1000 gold cheaper than night harvester, I only noticed a few problems with this purchase:
-I get 100 less HP, which also means 2.5 less ability power cuz vlad's passive
-I get less ability haste without night harvester's mythic passive
-soulrend means less burst damage

BUT I get, in return,
+15% omnivamp, which seems on-theme with Vlad
+increased damage dealing in longer, drawn-out fights
+a ton more magic penetration with mythic passive
+almost 1000 gold saved for buying other items in build

According to anyone who plays more Vlad, does riftmaker seem like a good deal? why or why not?

Answers (2)

Fights tend to not last very long anymore and the meta favor's burst atm. So until the meta shifts Riftmaker will probably not be built as healing doesn't matter if your bursted too quickly to heal up.

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Not a vladimir main, just wanted to point out that:

Night Harvester and Riftmaker have the same amount of health.
Riftmaker gives no magic penetration on its mythic passive. It makes you deal some amount of true damage, though.
Riftmaker gives only 8% omnivamp + 2% for each legendary item you purchase.
as soon as you reach 2 legendary items you get more ability power from Riftmaker than Night Harvester.
Riftmaker and Night Harvester cost the same amount of gold at 3200 each.