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Vladimir is a unique champion, rather than mana his abilities use his health. His primary ability, transfusion, has no cost, life steal, and a low cooldown once leveled, making cool down reduction a must have for this sanguine champion. Generally with the right runes Vladimir can attain 40% cooldown reduction 15 minutes into the game, making him deadly and almost invincible.
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The following are Vladimir's abilities:
Item Purchase Order:
For an exact copy of my build including runes, items, masteries, and ability leveling click here
The following are Vladimir's abilities:
- Crimson Pact [Passive (Utility)] - For every 40 health, Vladimir gains 1 ability power, and for every 1 ability power, Vladimir gains 1.4 max health. This passive is most useful using items like Rylais, that provide health and ability power at the same time.
- Transfusion [Offensive (Targeted)] - Vladimir drains the targets blood, dealing 90/125/160/195/230 (+0.6) damage and healing himself for 15/25/35/45/55 (+0.25). This ability has a cooldown of 12/10/8/6/4 seconds. The best part about this ability (aside from no cost) is the fact that the projectile starts at the target, dealing damage instantly. This means that last hitting minions and champions is extremely easy with this ability.
- Sanguine Pool [Offensive/Defensive (Instant Cast Radius)] - This ability provides for great escapes and early tower dives. Vladimir hides himself in a pool of blood for 2 seconds, making him untargetable, during this time he deals damage in a small aoe and slows anyone trapped in the pool. If that wasn't enough, it also provides the ghost-like ability to walk through minions and champions. This ability deals 80/135/190/245/300 (+[15% of bonus health]) damage over the duration, lifestealing 12.5% of the damage dealt, however this ability costs 20% of Vladimir's current health, so it is better to be used at low health.
- Tides of Blood [Offensive (Instant Cast Radius)] - This ability is the only one with pure cost and no life steal other than Vladimir's ultimate. It deals 60/90/120/150/180 (+0.45) damage in a radius slightly larger than Sanguine Pool, and applies a buff on Vladimir, increasing the damage and health cost of Tides of Blood by 25%/stack, and increasing Vladimir's life steal and regeneration by 8% per stack, with a maximum of 4 stacks. This ability is best used late game, when the increased life steal and regeneration can maintain the cost of Tides of Blood
- Hemoplague [Ultimate Offensive/Utility (Targeted AOE)] - Hemoplague applies a debuf to those hit by the cast, increasing damage taken by 12% for 5 seconds. Upon expiring hemoplague deals 150/250/350 (+0.7) damage. This ability costs 25% of vladimir's current health unfortunately.
- Transfusion - (1/3/5/7/9)
- Sanguine Pool - (2/4/8/10/12)
- Tides of Blood - (13/14/15/17/18)
- Hemoplague - (6/11/16)
Item Purchase Order:
- Boots - start with boots and some health potions because with boots you can land a transfusion on your opponent every cool down, making for easy early game.
- Boots -> CDR Boots - 15% cooldown reduction is huge early game, paired with runes and masteries this puts you near 30%
- (Optional) Mejais Soulstealer - Generally this is good for Vladimir because his early-mid game is very very strong, allowing him to snowball rather easily.
- Spirit Vissage - This item provides health, magic resistance, cool down reduction, and increased healing/regeneration. This is a perfect item for vladimir and should be purchased as soon as possible.
- (Optional) Hextech Revolver - This will be needed eventually but it can be purchased later, this is wonderful for adding extra sustain to Tides of Blood, allowing you to get it a little earlier.
- Rylais Crystal Scepter - This is a must have as well for vladimir, the slow is great for landing his ultimate after a Tides of Blood, as long as the enemy is grouped up. The bonus health and ability power also works in perfect unity with his passive.
- Will of the Ancients - This is actually a very cheap item (only Revolver + 900) and the utility of 30% life steal aura is great.
- (Optional) Rabadon's Deathcap - this item, while it must be purchased at some point, is not required early on.
- (Optional, 1 of the following, later mejais can be dropped for one):
- Abyssal Scepter - Magic resist and penetration is great for vladimir to become a little tanky and still do more damage.
- Lichbane - Transfusion should have a 2.4 second cooldown, allowing you to nearly maximize Lichbane damage.
- Any Tank item (Thornmail, Guardian Angel, Force of Nature, etc)
- Rod of Ages - this item actually provides more health than Rylais Crystal Scepter, but no slowing effect, this is a good late game item to add more health to Vladimir's already enormous pool.
My build:
Its actually rather cheap, totaling: 13,040 gold
Summoner Spells:- Ghost [Preferred] - Helps for getting past a turret without being hit once via Sanguine Pool and for great escapes.
- Flash [Preferred] - For the same reasons as Ghost
- Ignite [Optional] - Some Vladimir's choose ignite because they feel they are stunted in damage, which is somewhat true, but a good Vladimir will make up for the slight disadvantage by being unavoidable.
- Heal [Optional] - This is a great early game spell, but just that, mid-late game this almost heals nothing compared to Vladimir's normal sustain. Get this more for support than the bait option.
- Exhaust [Optional] - This is probably the last option for Vladimir, as it is not a great one, but it is ok for leveling with vlad if purchased early.