Vladimir Changes 7.3

Last BloodBender·2/6/2017, 6:44:54 PM·12 votes·3,033 views

Hi, a fellow vladimir main here, finally im glad that vladimir is getting a buff, hes a regular customer at the bottom of winrates for champions. The Base AD buff is random, but the q buff is why im here today.The 5% AP ratio buff plus a little more base dmg to his q is a perfectly fine buff, no complaints there, but the 85% from 100% dmg on crimson rush is what im here to talk about, vladimir is at a constant 42% winrate, the champion is pretty weak, but I dont think trying to compensate for the buff by nerfing crimson rush dmg by 15% is a good idea. If Vlad was at a so-so winrate, i would understand but hes at a low winrate to begin with and for that reason he has a low pick rate in some region as well. So What im saying here is, Buff him without any compensation or he wont see much change.

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Chaos Milk Tea2/6/2017, 7:54:26 PM4 votes

The base ad buff helps his abyssmal early game farming. Right now you have to get his farming down to a science using a combination of auto attacks, his Q, and E. Granted vlad is manaless, his Q isn't up often enough to take out every minion until late game where his CDR and damage are high enough.

Vlad has a low win rate for MOST players, but he has a more than decent win rate with the pros. What does that usually mean? The champion has the tools to win, they are just behind a massive skill gate. By moving some of the damage in his Q from empowered cast to the regular ones, it is more forgiving of players who don't know how/ when to make excellent engages with him. I'm a vlad fan too though, so I did the math. He will do more damage overall this way, even with the 85% damage on empowered Q.

Tychusfindlay9192/6/2017, 6:58:19 PM2 votes

U dont seem to understand what riot is doing with Q...

Theyre making it so that vlad's q is a little more consistent and reliable in lane. As it stands, you never get to emp Q ur lane opponent unless he is a potato. By shifting the power a little vlad's lane phase gets a nice buff while keeping his late game in check. If you look at the numbers though, overall even his late game is getting a small buff.

Tl;dr lane phase is getting eased so that non emp Qs on enemies dont feel like shit and emp q isnt a gimmicky ability where if ur lane opponent isnt a potato then u dont get shit and if they are a potato they get raped.

OVERALL BUFF!

Too bad he doesnt get his 5 ms back.

option paralysis2/6/2017, 7:17:31 PM1 votes

I was just thinking the same thing. That buff won't do shit, he's still gonna suck early and if by some miracle people start playing him again, everybody will start banning him and the whole cycle repeats. Because, lets face it, Vlad is a toxic champ to play against. I think his problem is inherently in his kit. MYMU was not successful obviously and they didn't do anything I was hoping they're gonna do. They just fucked up my blood lord vlad skin. Also, what are they doing with that buff ? Going a little bit back to the way he was before, meaning the rework is obviously shit as the 42% win rate for months proves as well. I was hoping to see him in the full VGU champs list, but of course he's not. I'm just left disappointed once again.

Frius2/6/2017, 10:16:48 PM1 votes

dont wnna see the monster he was ,4k hp ,melting entire enemy team alone inside enemy team healing 1k+ per Q

Last BloodBender2/6/2017, 10:20:26 PM1 votes

Can a rioter plz look at this and keep the 100% dmg on crimson rush before 7.3 rolls out?

Renascent2/7/2017, 1:45:52 AM1 votes

I hope you've done the math before posting this.

This is all they show you: Transfusion (Q): AP ratio increased to 60% from 55% Base damage increased to 80/100/120/140/160 from 75/90/105/120/135 Crimson Rush's Double damage (100% extra) lowered to 85%

Here's the new Crimson Rush damage: AP ratio increased to 111% from 110% Base damage changed to 148-296 from 150-270

Riot did not nerf Crimson Rush damage for compensation, they tweaked the formula so that it would stay pretty much even when they buff the regular Q damage.

GarthBrooksXD2/7/2017, 2:06:09 AM1 votes

he was broken af for so long last season that i think Riot are being very careful with buffing him

ModKnightsKemplar2/7/2017, 3:50:51 AM1 votes

Kinda late for this post, ain't it? Patch is going out tomorrow night. They can't change it now.

strut2/7/2017, 2:23:36 PM1 votes

Have you done the math before posting?

His new crimson rush q is gonna be stronger than the old one. Just do the math before you post something like this because it's quite dumb to be honest.

The Pr0taku2/7/2017, 6:28:38 PM1 votes

Just wish they'd give him longer lasting movement increase after the nerf to it. He should either be tanky or fast to compensate for his short range and high cooldowns/spell costs. the 15% slow on uncharged E looked nice, wish it went through

DaedricTerror133/4/2017, 8:44:37 PM1 votes

Revert him to what he was before the "mage update (Nerf)" and we'll all be happy.

I'd love to have old Vlad back, I enjoyed him so much back then, now he just doesn't work =<

SteamedSuperior2/6/2017, 7:07:35 PM1 votes

I don't main him but I really enjoy playing Vladimir and I was utterly speechless when I heard he was getting buffed. I can't wait for Wednesday to get here.