I really don't like the redesign of Vlad's E.

Don't get me wrong, the overall concept is cool: Blood bomb, however, its really weak atm, and doesn't seem very satisfying.

9 second CD on E. Scaling seems pretty weak. Even if you manage 3.5k HP post nerf (passive only gives ~2/3 of what it used to for AP->HP), you're only dealing 350+ its base+AP, which is barely higher than the old E, considering the scaling was probably nerfed too..

Before you'd do 960+135% AP in the same time (3 second CD), while also healing more via the buff on E. That's all gone, plus you have to channel for it now. Channeling in the middle of a fight. Sounds legit. Oh, you can E during pool? That totally makes up for the fact that he still doesn't have burst but lost significant DPS. lol

New Vlad's going to be more useless than old Vlad. Calling it.

Just give us the old Vlad with the new Q changes.

Nobody's going to play this champion redesign because it simply won't work. Vlad won't be able to kite anymore due to self-slow+channel time. He won't be able to chase anymore because of self-slow+channel time. He won't have enough upfront burst to discourage initiating on him, due to E having a channel time, meaning it can be interrupted, and Q requiring 3 hits to be decent.

You'd have to buff the numbers to the point where he'd be pick or ban. Nobody's going to let him walk into the middle of a teamfight and let him charge E. Oh right, he can use it during W. Cool, so I'm forced to give up my defensive tool in order to do something in fights.

Q+E+Stormraider's Surge over this mess of a combat pattern they're trying to throw at us. Its only going to feel good in lane. Nowhere else.

You're better of letting him tap E and on the next tap, throw all of the health drained over the duration as damage. Can be released at any time, even during CC. Same concept; blood bomb. However, he wouldn't be useless in fights. This would even be in line with his original combat of being a bigger threat the longer he's in a fight. You let him swagger around without focusing him for 5 seconds? Take all that health he's giving up in damage.

Sorry for sounding entitled and ranty, but you guys are hurting Vlad more than you're helping with this. He already had a subpar winrate, even after hitting lane game, when he hit his stride. This does very little to fix his state, especially where he's supposed to shine.

Again, sorry for being ranty, just really disappointed in this redesign of his E.

He's still going to be at that awkward inbetween of DPS/burst, but now he's going to have less dps, less reliable burst, and more HP costs. This champion needed help, not reliability nerfs. He needs buffs somewhere in there.

Worst of all, Vlad's not any more satisfying. Its still just 'press keys watch stuff happen'. I was looking forward to having stuff to play around when I play as him. All I see is a Q that does a little more on the 3rd cast, gives MS, and can have its damage reduced by .

Why are ALL of the other champions getting PBE attention while Vlad doesn't even have a PBE thread for feedback about the changes, when he's the one that needs looking at the most?