What should my vladimir runes look like?

VladCuzBad·Mar 24, 2017·2 votes·882 views

There are many different ways people set up their vlad runes and I want to know which ones I should take. Any suggestions?

7 Comments

warpenguin555Mar 24, 20171 votes

Don't use scaling AP runes. The ones that do always get blasted

VladCuzBadMar 24, 20171 votes

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Don't use scaling AP runes. The ones that do always get blasted

What do you suggest I replace them with? I see people with mr instead. Is that a good idea?

SerevasMar 24, 20171 votes

The usage I see most often is:

MPen Marks Scaling Health Seals Flat AP Quints Flat AP Glyphs

You can also opt to change Glyphs to to MR if you're really suffering to magic damage, the same for Seals to Armor if physical damage seems to crush you badly enough.

Scaling AP in addition to Scaling health pushes your focus very far into the late game and while that can be a good thing if you consistently make it there, Vlad is a champion that needs more power infused into his early game. Flat AP glyphs provides more power in the early game both damage and tankiness through his passive. This setup lets you start the game with about 30AP +/- and roughly 50 bonus hp through his passive.

VladCuzBadMar 24, 20171 votes

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The usage I see most often is:

MPen Marks Scaling Health Seals Flat AP Quints Flat AP Glyphs

You can also opt to change Glyphs to to MR if you're really suffering to magic damage, the same for Seals to Armor if physical damage seems to crush you badly enough.

Scaling AP in addition to Scaling health pushes your focus very far into the late game and while that can be a good thing if you consistently make it there, Vlad is a champion that needs more power infused into his early game. Flat AP glyphs provides more power in the early game both damage and tankiness through his passive. This setup lets you start the game with about 30AP +/- and roughly 50 bonus hp through his passive.

I have been using scaling cd glyphs in my runes lately as I saw it being used. Is it worth it over ap? (6 scaling cd glyphs then 3 mr/armor glyphs)

*I am going to change them to mr/armor as I usually perform well in the early but usually get crushed in matchups that out damage me. (and i'd rather get resist over damage because I usually cant survive their combos or cant heal enough before they have it up again.)

SerevasMar 26, 20171 votes

I don't like the scaling CD Glyphs because the typical vlad build gets 40% without issue. item 3152 item 3157 item 3158 item 3001

WitchQueen AnnieMar 25, 20171 votes

I use:

AP Quints Armor Yellows (I'm used to playing all my Mages with armor so I do it with Vlad too) Magic Pen Reds

6 Scaling CDR Blues (to 10% late game) and 3 Scaling AP Blues

I get the rest of the 30% CDR from my item build

You want 40% CDR on Vladimir as soon as possible. Allows you to Ult in every team fight and for you to launch spells faster.

strutMar 25, 20171 votes

My Vlad runepage consists of: -Mpen reds -Sclaing HP yellows -9 scaling cdr blues (15%) -1 scaling cdr quint (5%) + 2 movespeed quints

20% scaling cdr makes your itemization much more flexible and the movespeed quints trade early power for (obviously) movement speed which Vladimir lacks quite a bit.