As a preface i am not very good and play against people who are as bad as me, so gold + strategies arent really gonna help me. Why i am learning Vlad is bc he seems to be a good ccounter to Yasuo, who if not bamned is goi g to be my opponent at least 70% of the time.
Mostly what i have trouble with is farming, and I can't seem to get the blood power thing right. Any advice would be most appreciated!
WitchQueen Annie3 votesHe is probably THE BEST laner against Yasuo. I play 10 champions on a regular rotation and Vladimir is my counterpick against Yasuo.
You want to rush to 40% CDR through runes and itemisation (build components as necessary... ex Codex and then Lucidity Boots and then Kindlegem). You should not need to build Seekers but if you are uncomfortable with the match and/or he gets ahead... built it. It doesn't matter what you build so long as you rush to 40% CDR ASAP.
Once you get comfortable with the match-up, you can dominate Yasuo for days.
Your first priority is to NOT DIE. If Yasuo so much as gets 1 kill, the lane is over. That's the kind of BS champ you're playing against. Luckily though, Vladimir is a good champ for the matchup.
First stand back and auto farm. Early levels you want to keep your distance, use your autos to proc his shield. If his shield is down, poke with Q. YOUR Q GOES THROUGH HIS WINDWALL.
DON'T USE E IN THE LANE AT EARLY LEVELS. Its not worth it. Just auto and Q. ALWAYS keep your distance from him. Side step the tornadoes, you don't have to dodge everything but you need to dodge enough damage so that on average you are sustaining back what he does manage to hit. You have no mana costs so you can do this ALL DAY.
Don't worry about killing him, the longer it goes, the more it favours you because few champions can match Vladimir's overpowered late game.
As you are poking him, watch his heath, if he gets to 33% (he really shouldn't get there but some Yasuos will fall that low)... If he gets that low.
Dead Yasuo.
Repeat.
If you get 2 kills on him you can kill him over and over again with ease. Just be careful about minions and his windwall blocking Tides of Blood though.
Anytime it looks like has has an advantage, step back and sustain, auto and Q at him. Always keep your distance. If you have a good enough lead, start dancing around and hitting a few Es at him.
Late game and in team fights, don't Ghost into the fight until you know where Yasuo is. If he gets caught by your allies, go in and nuke him to death. If Yasuo starts a fight and tornados... wait for him to go in on your allies then you launch your counter attack against him as he's Ulting your team. (Ghost + Hemoplague + Qs and Tides of Blood)... your team will probably come out on top due to the counter initiation.
Once Vladimir gets to 4 to 5 points on Tides of Blood and has the build to support it, he can 1 vs 2/1 vs 3 with ease.
Cremepie1 votes100% agree with everything here. I'd just like to add against yasou start cloth armor and 4 pots. Combined with smart defensive play, you almost never concede a death levels 1-4.
Knight Sky1 votesWell if you have time i wuls suggest going into the practice tool and practice cs'ing for awhile and timing your autos. But regardless of that, you can use your Q and E to help you cs. When you wanna push your lane especially you should stand inbetween your melee and ranged minions and use your E so al minions are hit. Also with trading, a good thing to do is to walk towards your enemy laner right before your bloodthirst bar turns red so, not after, that way your already in range to use your Q. If youve got any specific quesitons im happy to help (:
RobbieFry131 votesWhat summoner spells do you recommend. I usally go ignite and flash mid lane, but i can see ghost or Teleport being useful with Vlad
Knight Sky1 votesWhen going midlane vlad i recommend going ghost and flash, its the most useful on vlad. And thats what most vlads do for mid, top you should take tp. But if you think you will for sure dominate your lane opponent then you can take ignite
Chaos Milk Tea1 votesMax Q. Now that vlad was buffed, you can actually use your Qs and autos to CS properly. Use your E to CS only when necesarry, which it probably will be a few times. If you want to maximize blood rush, you have to plan your fights around it. Sometimes your Q is free poke, but against Yasuo you probably only want to fight when bloodrush is about to occur. Oh yeah, make sure you start fights a second before the bloodrush activates, or you will miss your chance.
I don't think Vlad is a yasuo counter. It's not a bad match up, but you won't trounce him or anything. Normally your build would pobably look like: 
but you can rearrange those to meet your needs and even swap Zhonays for 
WitchQueen Annie1 votesAlso, don't get too fixated on the Empower Q mechanic in lane or in team fights. So long as you are Q-ing Yasuo once in a while, its good. Don't worry too much about whether or not the Q is empowered or not. It only matters when you are going for THE KILL in the lane (then you want to time your all-in with when you get the Empowerment).
In the mid and late game, its NICE when you land an empowered Q on the enemy but its simply too hard to time your plays around that. It doesn't matter at any rate since most of your power in terms of damage will be focused on your Ultimate and your Tides of Blood. Your Ultimate, with enough AP items, is a SUPER NUKE.
At 4 to 5 points of Tides of Blood you can launch an AOE spell with 100% AP scaling on a TWO SECOND COOLDOWN. Its extremely overpowered. The targeted Qs on top of it is nice but really, most of your damage is front loaded in the E mechanic. So late game its all about moving while charging and landing Es regularly. Its where your damage is loaded.
RobbieFry131 votesThanks everyone, ability combos and build advice were really helpful, But my cs is still always horrible. The other champs I play all have AoE that I use to wipe out waves but if I spam my W & E my health drops and I die more. Just using Q and auto's I can survive and even steal a kill but I fall way behind overtime. Should I take more early AP or Atk speed? Lifesteal? Regen? I've tried building 
like I do with other tanks but it just seems to take too long and I feel like there are better Items I should be building for Vlad.
Cremepie1 votesDon't bother building anything early other than CDR. What you need to do is practice last hitting with him. If you eventually win your lane, CSing with E becomes a breeze.
Ruggggg1 votesVolibear with lethal tempo lvl 6 counters yassou easily
taleofsonata1 votesPlay like a bitch, thats all you have to do when you play Vlad. Don't engage, just keep on sucking those minions and pool away from ganks.
ReySolomon1 votesThis post is 2 years old @the two comments lol.