42 Comments

Stars Shaper7/25/2018, 5:38:53 PM14 votes
RiotInterlocutioner7/26/2018, 4:41:56 AM7 votes

I love it when a champ's birthday cooldown is up! [zombie-nunu-hearts]

RiotInterlocutioner7/30/2018, 4:40:23 PM3 votes

So did anyone here see the glorious blood moon?!!!! Did you hear puns, whispered on the midnight breeze?

WitchQueen Annie7/26/2018, 12:44:17 PM2 votes

Any chance there could be a Dracula/Castlevania style log in on Friday as a nod to the Vladimir?

Pale Mask7/25/2018, 5:36:40 PM2 votes

I wanted to post this myself, but I decided to let you do it.

What a fun "coincidence".

Velzard of Koz7/25/2018, 8:07:44 PM1 votes

It's gonna be Vlad Moon

ZackTheWaffleMan7/25/2018, 9:34:06 PM1 votes

Vladimir "How aptly named."

Camille Ferrøs7/25/2018, 5:22:43 PM1 votes

Riot explain yourself !

Chembaron Yamada7/26/2018, 12:15:44 AM1 votes

Now imagine if Riot would surprise release a Bloodmoon Vladimir skin that day, it would be so epic.

DWT123457/26/2018, 4:51:12 AM1 votes

Really though, how is there not a blood moon skin for him yet?

TeCoolMage7/26/2018, 5:18:58 AM1 votes

it's also 1 day before my birthday - I'm vladimir confirmed

biomaster7/26/2018, 4:36:57 PM1 votes

thats weird, could've sworn a saw a blood moon in ontario a month ago

even remember it cause I came out of our local theater after watching incredible 2 only to freak out cause of the orange/red moon

Larriet7/26/2018, 4:44:19 PM1 votes

Speaking of Blood Moon, would it be tacky for him to get that for a skin? I feel like having Diana for the moon part and Vladimir for the blood part makes it seem like there are two separate aspects to it, when "Blood Moon" is kind of a holistic idea. But then a literal bloodletting cult just kind of makes it an easy fantasy to conceptualize, from a (character) design perspective.

WitchQueen Annie7/27/2018, 3:10:11 AM1 votes

Dude I have played so much Vladimir. I have since diversified but I still remember the good old days.

I played Garen up to level 30 4 seasons ago and then switched to playing Vladimir. It was literally Vladimir 24/7 for months and months perhaps even a whole year. The whole doctrine was "flawed" (full AP with Will of Ancients into Deathcap rush, no CDR emphasis, simply target what you could hit like an ADC) BUT IT WAS FUN AS HELL.

By the time of the Vladimir Rework I played a bunch of other champions but Vladimir was still a mainstay pick. Went back into playing Vladimir and experimented with everything from full health to tank to full AP. Settled for a build with SV, Zhonyas into full CDR AP and for a while this build combined with the new Burst-the-Backline. I remember EVENTUALLY working Protobelt into the build (I remember it being a HUGE challenge to play this new Vladimir with a Proto active, Zhonyas, active, Ghost, and the new wonky charge E but it was hugely rewarding when mastered). I believe this was the Vladimir High Point (when his E did massive health damage).

Eventually it got nerfed down and as it did I changed the play style and build to include more AP and less health. The 0.8 E nerf is harsh but he still remains in the pool.

Nowadays I like to play with Aerys instead of Electrocute with Lifesteal secondaries (stronger laning, less clunky) while going for a semi AP-focused build.

Something like:

(Ionian) Protobelt > Codex > Deathcap > Void Staff > Rylais/Morello/Lyandries (finish Codes into Zhonyas/Banshees at a strategic moment)

The defensive variation of that is straight Zhonyas/Banshees second damage item

...

I have no idea what awaits Vladimir in the future.

PaladinNO7/27/2018, 9:40:53 PM1 votes

Anyone got some proper good photos of this?

I had a go with my DSLR (Canon EOS 600D + Sigma 18-250) just now, but my location is way off in terms of getting the good stuff.

Modl Ryden l7/25/2018, 11:42:39 PM1 votes

Bloodmoon rotating game mode WHERE?

Quinzley7/25/2018, 5:37:11 PM1 votes

((((They)))) have to be up to something. Happening soon.

Garentheon7/25/2018, 5:37:18 PM1 votes

Raining all this week. Sucks

ChuShoe7/25/2018, 6:29:49 PM1 votes

If only I didn't loath fighting vladmir in lane.

SEKAI7/25/2018, 6:36:02 PM1 votes

Oh, oh I get it. So just like Moon-landing was a NASA hoax, water fluoridation is a communist plot, I just realised that Riot did the lunar eclipse!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Am I new meme yet?

Oleandervine7/25/2018, 6:37:38 PM1 votes

That still doesn't beat the Super Blue Blood Moon that happened earlier this year, on Jan 31st.