Unsealed Spellbook is the highest popular keystone on vladimir right now while scoring a win rate of 58!!!
so my question is, hm... how do you play that? which summoner spell do you start with, when do you swap ect...?
EndlessSorcerer7 votesAFAIK, you start with Ignite/Flash (or Teleport/Flash) and switch to Ghost/Flash late-game.
D357R0Y3R2 votesand that's the only thing you do the entire game?
Final Spark Lux1 votesBasically. It isn't really useful other than switching for late game because switching spells doesn't start you with a fresh CD, it has the CD of what the previous spell had. You get the 25% CDR set least, so that's useful
D357R0Y3R1 votesi don't know i espected more from a keystone that gave vladimir a very insane win rate
EndlessSorcerer7 votesi don't know i espected more from a keystone that gave vladimir a very insane win rate
One of Vlad's main weaknesses is his lack of mobility.
The ability to have Ghost/Flash on a reduced cooldown for late-game teamfights without sacrificing his laning phase is extremely powerful.
Emerald Fang1 votesYou can be reactionary. For example if you have ignite up but the enemy is wailing on your tower after they kill you, respawn, switch to TP and save your tower.
If you keep getting kited take exhaust to shut a vayne/ez/yasuo down.
D357R0Y3R1 votesgot it
Void Baboon RF3 votesVlad is like Annie in that you're an entirely different champion when you have flash. Spellbook + cosmic insight = 30% cdr off flash.
kierg2 votesI'm still sad people are missing the true hidden op. Lane chogath being able to get cinderhulk. :3
Asudurga1 votesSmite won't let you get the jungle items unless you start smite out first in lane from champ select.
kierg2 votesSmite won't let you get the jungle items unless you start smite out first in lane from champ select.
yeah you start smite flash, when you get your jungle item swap to tp, have a gigantic increase to health. also if the enemy jungler starts their bot side you can steal their top side buff for instant lvl 2 as well as a nice lane bonus
Ghiggs Boson1 votesyeah you start smite flash, when you get your jungle item swap to tp, have a gigantic increase to health. also if the enemy jungler starts their bot side you can steal their top side buff for instant lvl 2 as well as a nice lane bonus
You don't even have to hold on to smite that long, simply start the game with it and switch to TP or what have you first base.
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You don't even have to hold on to smite that long, simply start the game with it and switch to TP or what have you first base.
nah you save it so you can counterjungle the enemy jungler easier ;)
FireDrizzle1 votesMaybe we underestimated this keystone.
CLus1 votesThe keystone has some invisible power tied into it as well in its reducing summoner cd's. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if JG's/ tops start to use it in team play (access to double smite for objectives and then swapping out the smites for exhausts/ ignites/ tps) depending on whether the team is wanting to team fight/ split push.
Jg's with risky first clears can also make use of reduced smite cd particularly if they don't abuse another rune particularly well.
The more I use it, the more I like it. Also, the more it seems like it could become a big go-to Macro rune for pro play.
Just a thought- Top and jg could theoretically take this rune and smite at the beginning and actually trade off jungling and laning without giving up teleport or smite to do it which could work well if they deal different types of damage and the opposing top is itemizing resistances against one. Double smite the jg's first buff for them and swap it out for teleport if you're the top on your first back.
ahferroin71 votesHuh, so the thing about not getting smite items only applies then if you didn't start with smite?
DorkunedAuras1 votesYep. If you start with Smite, and currently have Smite, you can buy Jungle items. If you don't start with Smite, you can never buy jungle items.
Ghiggs Boson1 votesThat's a bit of a reach for it's usability. The only champions outside of jungle I see it being useful on are tank top laners who want cinderhulk for that bonus HP and don't need grasp/aftershock to survive lane. Of course there's vlad mid/top who is the rare case of no rune is good on him, especially after Aery nerfs.
I do think junglers could find a good use for this. If aftershock doesn't feel great on some tank jungles then I see it's potential. Carry jg's will miss out too much on the PTA and Electrocute damage
BoilTheOil1 votesIf your mid start 
and if you die early to a gank or something switch to 
instead of so you can back to your lane unless there is no minions for you to kill under your tower then you might wanna keep . Later into the game after about 2 1/2 items switch to 
and make sure you get 