I miss old Vlad. :(
You were literal garbage early game, but as the game went on, you were slowly becoming a monster. You could clear waves like nothing with stacked E, it was an amazing feeling to destroy a minion wave, no matter how many are there. Now, a single fuckin' fatass minion can block your whole dmg. I hate the Q bar too, it's telegraphed and in lane you'll never do it and enemies know your Q cd thanks to the bar filling up. He's still a balance nightmare anyway, either too good or too bad. But, this Q animation I miss the most. :( Best skin in game before that fucking rework ruined it. Now you don't even see it, it's just some almost invisible one red line.
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