BRAND or VLADIMIR

Just buy Vlad already, this is the third thread you've made asking if you should buy him or another champion, you obviously want to play him.

I suppose it depends on your playstyle, brand for bursty mid and support that can reck a tahm kench one of the best current supports. Or vlad a topper with heavy poke and sustain.

Vlad I think takes less skill due to lack of skill shots and being very safe.

Brand takes more skill but has a very powerful kit.

BRAND

Brand is probably the most satisfying Mage you can play (biased). His burst his absolutely insane on single targets (EQWR+ignite) and more than one enemy (WEQR). He has strong harass, DoTs, range, and a stun. He synergizes greatly with items (Liandries DoT with passive, Rylais slows for several seconds due to passive, etc). Squishes don't stand a chance to him if he lands his combo and even if he does get behind, his kit keeps him from falling off. He is pretty hard to master due to his skill shots and combos, but he is a fantastic Mage. He can also go down bottom lane as a support to abuse he shit out of kit (AoE, high base damages, range, etc) and the spell theifs edge items (he can proc all stacks off one ability thanks to passive). TL;DR - Snowballs hard, MASSIVE damage, works great with items, strong early-mid, can go mid-abusive support. Teamfights are good with him too.

VLADIMIR

Vlad is a lategame monster. This guy deals so much damage lategame thanks to his low cooldowns and scaling. More AP = more HP and synergizes well with items like Brand. His sustain is awesome and endless harass (no mana costs). He has counter picks, pretty hard ones too. However he snowballs like crazy sometimes and can demolish teamfights. His ultimate is an AoE that increases him and his allies magic damage by a percentage. His early game is weak, but once you get a WoTA (which is only 2300 gold, which is ridiculous) you will have BADASS sustain. TL;DR - Fantastic teamfighting, lategamer with tons of health, low CDs, sustain, and tankiness. Bad early game and can stomp lanes/get stomped.

Vladimir has a passive that makes him tanky/ synergize with some tank items ( ) Brand has a pure damage passive that synergize well with spell effects ( )

Vladimir has sustain Brand has CC

Vladimir has an escape Brand doesn't, but has higher damage output

They both have great teamfight ults (brand is pure damage, Vladimir is team oriented but still hurts a lot)

Vladimir is frontline Brand is backline

Vladimir is mid range Brand has longer range, but is still outranged by some mid laners ( etc.)

Vladimir can be played top and mid Brand can be played mid and support