Is it me or is Vladimir now unplayable?
Is it me or is 
now completely unplayable?
If you build him full glass cannon, he's way too fragile and only does a ton of damage when he's ahead (and when ahead, another traditional mage glass cannon like 
for example has more range and damage with just a bit of decent skillshot accuracy). As a glass cannon, his safety in the form of the sustain and pool is largely mitigated by how close to the front line he has to be. Most of his lane match-ups don't allow this glass cannon form to really snowball except for really poor laning from the enemy.
If you go tank, he does absolutely no damage.
If you go in the middle of the road with a Spirit Visage and some damage, you find that yes he can be alive and the last one standing but his team is dead because he doesn't deal enough damage and then he just dies. Either that or you go in and can't do much because E feels pitifully weak now.
It just feels like even if you wanted a champ that scales into a powerful late game, you've got better options 
Is it me or does this champ no longer seem very good?
**tldr; ** if you want AP burst or poke damage, there are better options. If you want a "safe" laner, there are better options. If you want a pseudo-tank that deals good damage, there also seem to be better options (and it doesn't make sense for a mid to be a pseudo tank anyways). If you want a strong late scaling champs, there are just better options.
So why pick him now?
