Vladimir
BY Cr1ms0n Reaper
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6.10 Patch Top Vladimir The Crimsion Reaper
Vladimir
BY Cr1ms0n Reaper
Summoner Spells Back to Top
I don't really have to go into detail as to why you will run 
and 
in the top lane. It is the most viable choice.
Will give you an escape route since you don't really have a good one with 
and your movement speed is really low, caps out at 380 with tier 2 boots and no other movement buffs. Will give you the ability to get back to lane sooner as well as gank behind enemy champions if your team has proper vision in place. Again really only way you can gank because Vlads movement speed is just so low.
If you really want to win laning phase or you are playing against a champ with crazy sustain then run this someone like 
or 
it is kind of hard to keep them low because they can heal back up pretty easy on abilities alone. New Runes Back to Top
Masteries Back to Top
This is focusing on doing as much damage as you can with magic pen. and since your new 
can slow them at full charge you get to do a 2.5% increase in damage is something that you can't pass up. I like the resolve tree because it helps you sustain in lane longer with your regen and your abilities, as long as you don't over extend you most likely won't die.
Abilities Back to Top
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You want to max 
first because of it being your main poke in laning phase and something that can't be blocked, especially with it's new ability when you get the resource bar full you get to do 100% more damage add that with your magic pen. trust me it will hurt. Your goal is to poke with it when you can at full charge, try to time it when they are trying to last hit punishing them every time they go for it to eventually where they get left behind in CS. You want to get this second and max it last because it is your only escape abilities and can dodge a lot of abilities if timed right. You can dodge abilities like 
Ult if you pool as soon as he uses the ult. He basically teleports to you and get punished for it losing a lot of his threat best counter pick in my opinion because you only need to get level 2 and you can already negate his threat to you at level six where most champs can't unless they have zhonya's. You can dodge a lot of other abilities to like when 
snare when he tries to gank, pool when he is in motion to you and you won't get damaged or being locked in place and he used it so it will be on cooldown. Can be the difference of you getting away or not. This is your second ability that you max and by far your most damaging one when max out and have some health built up the only down side is that it takes 10% of your life to reach max damage which can be a lot in the middle of a fight. Only use this to when you know you will hit a champ with it or to help clear a wave works really well for both. Just be careful being interrupted will cancel the charge nullifying a lot of the damage that you cold do. 
Max this when you can obviously the only change is that it only increases 10% damage instead of 12% now but hey a damage increase in a damage increase. It heals you better now to which is great you will want to use this in teamfights for sure. In laning phase it can be deadly if you combine it with a full charge and at full charge. You are doing so much extra damage to them that as long as you are not behind you will either kill them or scare them out of lane with low life depending on the champ. I like to use the ult in laning phase when they are half life because you can mostly kill them or at worst scare them out of lane with gives you free farm.
Items Back to Top
Starting Items
Core Items
Situational Items
Start with items: Pick based on who you are fighting so that you can stay in lane as long as possible, laning phase is really important for Vlad.
Core: You need to get those first three items as soon as possible because it a lot of your damage with all the magic pen. that it gives you. With those three items, runes, and masteries you have a 51% magic pen. and a burn slow that will do 4% damage based on their total life then add your ult
of a 10% increase it is a lot of damage.
You want at least one of the health items that I suggest because they will give you the much needed health and CRD which is great for vlad and his passive
.
Situational: Depending on how the game is going is what you choose from here, if you need more armor then
or MR then 
or 
or if you are fighting a lot of MR resist then go 
. Feel like you are lacking AP then chose the 
or 
. Just depends on how your game is going thus far is what you should choose.
Core: You need to get those first three items as soon as possible because it a lot of your damage with all the magic pen. that it gives you. With those three items, runes, and masteries you have a 51% magic pen. and a burn slow that will do 4% damage based on their total life then add your ult
of a 10% increase it is a lot of damage. You want at least one of the health items that I suggest because they will give you the much needed health and CRD which is great for vlad and his passive
. Situational: Depending on how the game is going is what you choose from here, if you need more armor then
or MR then or or if you are fighting a lot of MR resist then go . Feel like you are lacking AP then chose the or . Just depends on how your game is going thus far is what you should choose.
Matchups Back to Top
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AatroxMedium -
Cho'GathMedium -
Dr. MundoHard -
EkkoEasy -
GangplankMedium -
IreliaMedium -
JaxEasy -
MalphiteEasy -
MaokaiHard -
NasusHard -
OlafMedium -
PantheonMedium -
PoppyHard -
RenektonMedium -
RivenHard -
RumbleEasy -
RyzeEasy -
ShenMedium -
SingedEasy -
TrundleMedium -
TryndamereMedium -
VolibearMedium
VS
Aatrox
Medium
He will be hard to fight in laning phase because of how he can heal your damage that you do but he only can kill you by going all in because you can sustain just as good as him and damage him at the same time.
VS
Cho'Gath
Medium
It can be hard to lane against him if you can't dodge his abilities but if you can manage that you can win the laning phase.
VS
Dr. Mundo
Hard
and 
make it really hard to kill him he out sustains a lot of the damage that you can dish out. Just try to farm and play it safe there is nothing that you can really do here unless your jungler ganks for you. VS
Ekko
Easy
This can be easy because most of the time they will go tank and just use his passive to do the damage which means he has to use two abilities just to get some stacks on you, take advantage of this and poke him so that he doesn't go in on you.
VS
Gangplank
Medium
This one can be pretty easy if you have good game mechanics just hit the 
before he 
or melees them and you will deny him farm and damage. Just poke him down and he will lose a lot of CS and experience, also build MR items just to stay in lane which makes him suffer in his damage.
VS
Irelia
Medium
This can be hard because of her 
and 
that she has so she can CS pretty well in any situation making it hard to deny her CS and she can heal up with her W. She can also go in on you which can be a big burst of damage on ya so it can be hard just focus on punishing her when she last hits and you should be alright.
VS
Jax
Easy
I find this one really easy because he main threat 
can be dodge with your 
negating a lot of his damage output. If you have 
already you can basically kite him to death after he 
to you. Only form of gap close you will win most trades here.
VS
Malphite
Easy
This can be easy you just have to poke him down or make him farm under tower and he will use up all his mana pretty fast to get CS making it hard for him. He will then stack MR which won't be useful against your 51% magic pen.
VS
Maokai
Hard
This one can be hard because of his sustain that he has and he scales really well. Just poke when you can and farm he can't really kill you if you play safe unless he gets his jungler to help him.
VS
Nasus
Hard
and 
makes his scale well and then able to catch you easy. Then chucking you down making it hard to play against him then add his 
you basically are lucky if you can not die any good Nasus knows what weakness Vlad has which is movement effectsVS
Olaf
Medium
This one can be hard if you can't dodge his 
cause he will then 
you and then repeat till you die or run away. The goal hear is to dodge his Q and poke him when he tries to CS and you will win the lane phasing pretty easy.
VS
Pantheon
Medium
,
,
combo that he has but you can dodge some of it if you VS
Poppy
Hard
This one can be hard because she is a great tank and can take a lot of abuse making it hard to kill her. Just deny her farm when you can and she will fall behind making her less useful in the team fighting part of the game.
VS
Renekton
Medium
,
,
combo because he will just keep doing it when he can get to you so just stay away from minions so he cant dash to them then to you. Poke him down and you should be alright.VS
Riven
Hard
This matchup is just hard overall because of all her abilities help her move around and chase too making it hard for you to deal with her. Just farm safely so that she will over extend so that she can be ganked and you will be alright
VS
Rumble
Easy
This one is really easy because you are outside of his 
range and his 
is easy to dodge with the use of minions. Just keep poking him down and you will deny him CS and exp and win the laning phase.
VS
Ryze
Easy
His range abilities are really short so as long as you can make use of that it will be easy to poke him down and win the lane.
VS
Shen
Medium
you will be fine because he can't poke you down or kill you with your sustain but you also can't really ill him either.VS
Singed
Easy
This is pretty easy as long as you don't chase him he can't kill you like ever. Just poke him down when he is getting CS and he will lose to you badly.
VS
Trundle
Medium
Just play it safe and he won't be able to kill you at all because of your sustain is too good compared to his. If you overextend he could kill you will all his abilities will either slow you down or speed him up.
VS
Tryndamere
Medium
This can be hard or easy if you don't know how to fight him properly. 
when he uses his ult just put your ult on him near the end of it and you will kill him and focus on poling him down be careful for his 
as his gap closer. Just get early and you won't have to fear him as much.
VS
Volibear
Medium
and 
can do a lot of damage to you. Just time your 
right to get the slow before he get to you to get away or get Guide Back to Top
This is my first time making a guide so any useful information can be helpful to me for future and any suggestion that you have will be useful as well. This is just my take on the new Vlad based on all the new items and changes to his kit.