A brief talk about Vladimir.

Petipuf·2/3/2014, 5:12:52 AM·4 votes·762 views

So before season 4 rolled out, we were told the changes to Spectral Wraiths spellvamp would result in "Vladimir having his own spellvamp item". As a serious Vladimir player, I would like to know where Riot is with this as I am hesitant to start playing ranked without him having a viable item for him to use. The new WoTA gives mana regen which I feel makes it an inefficient pick for him. With Spectral Wraith, it was cheaper and gave him more utility for farming camps and regen. So what are the plans for a spellvamp item for him and other manaless mages?

5 Comments

Dear Lily2/3/2014, 12:53:22 PM3 votes

Wota is meant to be the spellvamp item for him. The old Spectral Wraith gave mana regen too; it's still gold efficient without it, and spellvamp will always be more efficient on manaless champs so giving it mana regen is a good countermeasure.

I think Riot is afraid of giving any item to buff Vladimir too much because he can be really frustrating to fight if he's too strong.

Sir ArmaMalum2/3/2014, 11:11:33 PM1 votes

I completely agree with you buying mana regen feels like a poor choice whenever I buy it on Vlad or Mord, but I alos agree with the previously said comments that it is a good countermeasure. Also, have you considered spell vamp Quints? It's only 6%, but that's actually a lot when you take into account that's half of a revolver at lvl 1.

Apologies if that's stupid question, I don't know how far you've gone with Vlad. :)

Petipuf2/4/2014, 5:26:03 AM1 votes

Thanks for the replies. The way they phrased it in the patch notes when changing spectral wratih, was that he would be getting his own item/morde and others who use health as resource, not that WoTA would be tweaked into his item. I guess it is gold efficient, just feels wasteful. The spellvamp is kind of good idea, but I generally run HP or AP quints on him since I top with him mostly. Worried about new Doran's Shield changes, but we'll see. Thanks for the comments, maybe I'll start playing him again S4.