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Gameplay tips and build suggestions for new Vlad

Bane Saber·5/28/2016, 11:47:55 AM·2 votes·487 views

Builds that I've tried:

  1. Basic Build: item 3116 item 3152 item 3157 item 3065 item 3158 item 3001 Runes: red MPen, yellow Armor, blue mr per lvl, purple spellvamp. Result: Can take some hits. Does low damage. Still loses a lot of hp in fights and dies fast.

  2. High AP with MPen: item 3151 item 3020 item 3135 item 3001 item 3157 item 3089
    Runes: red MPen, yellow AP per lvl, blue MPen, purple MPen. Result: Dies in one combo. Does high to medium damage. Can kill if he is not targeted which is less likely because of his low range and mobility. But he still comes out with less than 50% hp if he lives.

  3. Heavy sustain: item 3146 item 3065 item 3047 item 3157 item 3001 item 3116 with item 3742 replacing item 3047 late game. Runes: red MPen, yellow armor per lvl, blue mr per lvl and CDR per lvl, purple spellvamp as well as heal boosting masteries. Result: Takes a while to kill him. Does low damage. Heal is still inadequate. Still loses against champs who are building MR with lifesteal or hp. Very low moblity.

  4. Mobility with Damage enhancers: item 3009 item 3285 item 3146 item 3100 item 3512 item 3116
    Runes: red MPen, yellow armor per lvl, blue mr per lvl, purple movement speed. Result: Mobility saves him but dies fast if caught. Does low-medium damage. Can kill squishies. Worthless without teammates.

  5. High AP with Damage enhancers: item 3146 item 3100 item 3020 item 3135 item 3089 item 3285 Runes: 85 AP at lvl 18 Result: item 3146 item 3285 item 3100 does more damage than his abilities which makes things more or less close to viable. But with no defense and still low mobility, Vlad can't do much.

I've tried many more. None of them are working. He was my main from the start since season 2. But now it feels like I'm forcing myself to make him viable even though he is not fun to play anymore.

Someone give me a viable build. And also how I should play him now.

2 Comments

Blood Magicks5/28/2016, 1:55:54 PM1 votes

Balanced offtank Build: item 3065 item 3116 item 3020 item 3285 item 3742 item 3089

Put the CDR in the runepage and cry for blue.

It varies from game to game depending on what their comp is and who is ahead, but generally item 3065 item 3116 is core and other options are item 3083 item 3001 item 3135 item 3157item 3158item 3152, maybe item 3151 .

Bane Saber5/29/2016, 3:21:44 AM1 votes

Same thing, low damage and defense. Loses HP very fast, gains very little. No consistency in his abilities.