So uhh....is Vlad over powered?

Ben SwoIo·Jan 11, 2018·1 votes·377 views

I mean, I'm genuinely curious. I can poke him as much as I want and try to engage during his cooldowns, but he always seems to heal it right back while taking a huge chunk of my health from me. Later in the matches he just seems like a walking AOE healing time bomb, blowing up the team while staying safe with his W and backup . Does he need to be toned down? What's a reliable counter to shut these players down? I'm not a fan of the super healing / heavy damage / safe gameplay he promotes.

6 Comments

MrHaZeYoJan 11, 20181 votes

Eh, no not really.

WitchQueen AnnieJan 11, 20181 votes

Yes.

I climbed to Gold just spamming him.

There's absolutely zero point to learning any other mages or playing anyone else if you just want to win.

TehNACHOJan 11, 20181 votes

Based on his winrate, maybe a little. He's at a ~51% winrate at a 9% playrate, which is really inflated.

Based on lolalytic's tierlist, he is "super strong"

Ben SwoIoJan 11, 20181 votes

I just get really frustrated when riot puts in champs that are extremely easy to use and also have a crap ton of safety, damage, and sustain. I'd put Malzahar in this too, minus the sustain. Just promotes easy game play, which in my opinion gives people a false sense of skill at this game.

VeganScoutJan 11, 20181 votes

Hes sleeper op

WitchQueen AnnieJan 11, 20181 votes

I play over 20 champions at the Silver/Gold level and Vladimir is who I pick when I just want to win.

The only way to defeat my Mid Vladimir is to either out-rank me (ex/current Plat+) or else defeat my team (instead of me). You are not going to win lane against me (my kit is too good and I will keep escaping with a sliver of HP)... even if you do, I'll just come back to hyper carry at 3 items (better win fast).

I limit the number of Vlad games I play because my skills on balanced champs (ex Lux, Viktor etc) will actually deteriorate...