Dealing with tanks late game as vlad?
I've been playing a lot of Vlad again, lately I've been getting matched up against tanks, particularly Nasus. Quite often I have a senario in which I absolutely dominate Nasus in lane. I continue this domination for as long as I can by building against him. If he builds HP I buy Liandry's and if he buys MR I get a void.
My typical build: Wota, Deathcap, Hourglass, Spirit Visage, Sorc-boots, and either Void or Liandry's (occasionally swapping Spirit Visage for both of the previously mentioned).
Even with this build and quite a bit of experience as Vlad, I still can't manage to deal with Nasus (and a few other tanks) late-game. Is there anything else I can do?
Best Answer
Vladimir is a Mage, and as such you're not the one that should be dealing with tanks in late game because tanks simply have too much Health and Magic Resist to counter your damage. Despite that, they don't really have much damage on their side.
As such, it might not be worthwhile to try to kill a tank when you're playing as a Mage because your damage output isn't enough to kill them, and it's not particularly sustained like that of an Attack Damage Carry (whether melee like Master Yi & Tryndamere or ranged like Tristana & Jinx).
This doesn't mean you're useless. On the contrary:
Attack Damage Carries have a lot of sustained damage, and given enough time they can decimate an entire team fairly easily, including the tanks. Your job is to kill the Carries, and as Vladimir you have easy access to them (by using your Sanguine Pool). Think of League of Legends like this:
Tank beats Bruiser/Mage. Bruiser/Mage beats ADC. ADC beats Tank. It is a like a game of rock, paper, scissors.
To answer your question: It's not your job to deal with the tanks. your job is to make sure the enemy carries have no damage output while peeling for your own carries if possible, even though you should already have a tank or two doing that. Let the Carry deal with the tanks.
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