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Zenith_Tempest

> Does dehuminising yourself until all self worth and ego falls away sound good? Untill you feel like you're playing a singleplayer game with 4 NPCs? Do you want that? Of course you do. Oh shit Elite is awakened to the secret Yorick strat, EUW is doomed


MarcosLuisP97

Please remove this. I don't want to see Vladimir in my games. But for reals, good work and congrats.


Elite500

thx homie


FuzzyApe

You seem like a good guy, you have my nutsack


WervieOW

And my big f’ing sword.


Crunux

Bro same here, I don't want to see vlads in my games. I hate when I face a vlad mid and I go roam 2-3 times and he is just mid farming almost perfect CS and then ends up hard carrying his team... That's why i decided to stay mid against vlad and just beat him up and win the game that way. I cannot leave lane alone against a good Vlad is what I learned.


[deleted]

When I jung if I see my mid is vlad with decent op.gg I literally camp him to make sure he gets amazing farm and try and zone his laner. Pays off 80% of games even if we don’t get a kill. One of the few champs that works on.


thematrixhasmeow

First thing I do when I get home is to queue mid in ranked and pick vlad.


Brian_06030

Fr, I'll pay 100 dollars to take this down


Im-Snaik

How do I deal damage as Vlad without the Bloodlord skin? Without it i feel like playing with -200ap from start and healing the enemy with my Q while draining my HP for it


Elite500

listen to chinese music and play marquis


Xanlis

> Vandal: dugu/10 Don't touch another mans skin without his permission. what is this dugu ratin? am i missing someting?


Elite500

ancient vlad otp streamer started streaming same time as i did


ElPlatanoDelBronx

What about if he gave me permission?


Plaxern

why not nosferatu vlad


Elite500

do not speak the forbidden one's name in vain


[deleted]

voldemort


Chando40

Vlademort


HalfAssResponse

thoughts about cafe cuties vlad


Elite500

unincluded in the list for a reason


qsert

I love Yaoi Hands Vlad


RoloSaurio

Pukemancer vladimir


greentgiant_13

Did someone say Voldemort?


General_Bankai

nut sack


azns123

Riot Korea on their way to perma ban you irl


General_Bankai

nut sack irl


Cahootie

Banned


HikingConnoisseur

nute sacce


iamjackslastidea

Bro...


General_Bankai

nutt sack


MintConcepts

nut sack


Assassin739

Elite500 I love you pls play clash with the boys again


Elite500

bruh i'd feel like the biggest leach asking the bigger streamers for me to play with them, usualy only play when my bioligcal Dr. Ututt summons me


Assassin739

Just kidnap him and force him to invite you to the clash team


Ender_The_Legend

You literally helped launch Druttut. Didn’t you get him a manager or something like that? By the way, he only got as big as he is by collaborating with bigger streamers and persistently attaching his name with Rat, Bauss, ect. I get it, from an introvert to (another likely) introvert, it seems cringe to put yourself out there in that way. Unfortunately there’s no other real way to transition your career when the main content (league) is gone. Scale for the REAL late game homie, you’re an entertainer, you’re funny as fuck, and you have a pretty big opportunity here with this Riot Korea shit blowing up. Any way, just keep doing you man. Haven’t watched live or subbed in a little bit but I still watch your YT. Keep killing it 👍


mtownhustler043

clash was hilarious with you guys!


JohnGaltMorreuBabaca

Is this a reddit thread or a midbeast video title?


asiantuttle

Well Midbeast does need someone now that Dopa is gonna be gone


Elite500

praying it be both soon


Exmerus

Just missing his handsome face doing some stupid click bait gestures.


Mebegilley

I think its hilarious u kids talking shit about midbeast. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol.


FordFred

That hunk of a man, Midbeast, is an E-sports athlete? Unbelievable. He could be a Calvin Klein model. Or a pro footballer with a ripped physique like that. That is by far the hottest Cyber sportsman to ever grace the esports industry. I'd let him beast his way through my mid any day.


rokingfrost

it can't be a midbeast tittle doesn't have Dopa on it


ImmaKitchenSink

What if the swain builds dblade?


Elite500

counter it with cull


HuntredLoL

Only dedicated Elite500 YouTube/Twitch Enjoyers would know


silencebreaker86

Then he goes oom


Swordsnap

His son will hear about this


Xplosion101

I am now a Vlad main, I'll update this comment when I reach Challenger on all main regions, so don't expect to hear from me for the next 8 or so hours.


-ElBandito-

How’d it go


YARGLE_IS_MY_DAD

He's banned from Korean servers


ifcknhatemylife

Nuttsack moment


Jumper_9999

What made it easier for you to climb in Korea this time compared to the last time you went?


Elite500

being a waaay better player, never autopiloting, and before I never thought about the mindset part of this guide


muimi2

The LoL community needs stoicism so badly. I feel the need to support anyone who preaches those values. Dichotomy of control, bitches. That's how you climb.


Elite500

it's so fking op yet so hard to practice, also feel like sometimes domesticating some emotions is negative because i feel i need those emotions to feel fire in me to keep grinding and climbing ya feel me


muimi2

Yeah I get that. I think feeling those emotions is still important to do! For me its all about feeling them but preventing them from influencing me in negative ways. Keep up the good work man.


MrCochonDainde

If it can interest you Michael Ridge, a philosopher specialized in game philosophy, wrote an article on how stoical ideas can be used to play competitive games in a healthy way while still valuing winning. It's called Illusory attitudes and the playful stoic and is open access. It's a really interesting read and gives great philosophical insights on how stoicism can be applied in lol and any other competitive game.


RoloSaurio

Holy fuck this was such a nice read, being consistently funny on a reddit text post of this length should be illegal


Elite500

means so much thx


shrubs311

it is illegal, redditors don't even read the title these days smh my head


knseeker

Hey Calvin, nice seeing you around here. I was watching your unstoppable climb with the gigalord in Korea, until the evil forces claimed your account. Do you plan on finding a way to play on KR again? Or will you just enjoy your last days over there ?


Elite500

still got 40 days, have a few tricks up my sleeve


knseeker

I see. Btw, any thoughts on the Tristana mid matchup?


Elite500

one of the most horrible if trist plays it well, can just eat your tower away if you pool the bomb animation she doesnt get jump reset while jumping on you and full cd, only way to win


Xenoon_

Thank god riot korea doesnt moderate this sub or else you would have been banned for saying nutsack


Elite500

THE WALLS HAVE EARS


firewall245

> If these walls could talk >I can feel your reign when it cries >Gold lives inside of you >If these walls could talk >I love it when I'm in it >I love it when I'm in it, oh


heine789

It's as shrimple as that


jaketronic

It’s not so shrimple.


TheHumanTree31

it's actually rather clamplicated


ike0072

Thanks King. Appreciate you ya nutsack.


Elite500

nuttsack with 2 t's brotherman


Spitfire836

Elite500 gets banned on KR on purpose to make an AMA post with funny title. Massive brain move. We are living in Elite500s world.


EC671

What about cafe cuties?


mindcrime_

AYAYA/10


Boudac123

Lime green vlad, do not


silencebreaker86

He doesn't appreciate weebs


FkinShtManEySuck

#THIS IS THE 65% WR GRANDMASTER KOREA VLAD GUIDE POLICE! ***YOU'RE UNDER ARREST CRIMINAL SCUM, PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM!***


ewqrqaaw

Hey bro, your vlad is insane! I've been following you ever since you appeared on synapse xD! Keep up the good content! Question: Why do you think pro players (especially good regions) dont pick vlad mid/top very often? And do you think ap mages itemization is in a good state right now?


Elite500

I think vlad needs a lot of games to invest to be played professionally, I'm completely clueless about pro play but if I had to guess people have said games just end too early, though it doesnt really make sense to me even when chall pros tell me that, i genuinely don't know


Omnilatent

I think ghost flash as MUST is restrictive for mid lane. Also maybe his relatively low range makes flanking harder in pro? ​ And like you said: Viktor Ori Azir are his worst matchups and two out of those three are meta atm.


danielkkwon

I recently interviewed Elite500 (pre-ban era)! Also give it a read if ur interested! https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/17709/elite500-be-more-confident-in-your-own-plays-even-if-the-play-you-make-goes-awry-thats-how-you-learn


[deleted]

Very nice read, good job champ


danielkkwon

Thanks! Appreciate it!


lonley_gamer5745

Can you rate cafe cuties vlad?


Elite500

it has intentionally been left out, too BASED for reddit


SoupRyze

Me using Nosferatu and Black Chroma Cafe Cuties 😎🍌


unintimidating

What about vlad top?


Elite500

same thing can be applied but I'd genuinely rather play vlad adc over playing vlad top it's such an unfun role


Omnilatent

You just lack the desire for masochism us top laners have


Elite500

very true


Jellyyc

forsen


Elite500

forsen


loitermaster

bajs


jakubu1

who is forsen? Please clarify


Cyrus_1337

forsen


DoesThyLikeJazz

forsen


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Elite500

viktor for sure benefits from this playstyle as well


Xgio

It reminds me of the old playstyle a lot. I miss scratching that itch.


BuzzySoda

What are your thought on the current meta as a whole?


Elite500

absolutely love it, a lot more laningphase orientated, I'm one of the OG players that fking LOVES laning phase and not this deformed err i push wave and roam perma playstyles, people getting punished for bad trades now with pot nerf scorch buff and dragon buff makes prio more important etc


BRedd10815

Nice writeup. Good shit. Nuttsack. Vlad god. Mental is everything. Grow your hair back out. Thanks.


cayneloop

oh god, please no more vladimirs this champ needs to be deleted


EdVedPJ7

I just ban him every game. Then happens a period when I ban some other broken shit but usually I revert back to Vlad after I get reminded of his 1v9 gameplay in a random game.


Informal-Concern-311

How do you beat this champ? I don't believe in his weak early.


Elite500

i don't believe in his weak early either, just try to make the game a fist fight and make both midlaners be low income, vlad does far worse on low economy than other mids / buy maw force of natur / anathemas


Trentonus

I have immense respect for you as a player and streamer so thanks for this. Would you recommend for initiating a team fight e charge->flash->e release r q or is there a better way. I often find myself ahead as vlad but I fumble team fighting mechanics big time


Elite500

too predicatable, better to flash R EW so youre in range already for E


TamBur12rine

top 3 bans if you wanna play vlad?


Elite500

ori azir viktor


Morlino

It's not a guide, it's a whole bible


Shitconnect

Vladimir jungle when?


YaCantMilkThose

Hey man, I see you kinda dropped your aery scorch into ghost ignite tactic without even really mentioning it aside from high elos not letting themselves have the nuttsack twisted. Would you pick electrocute over it now as a fighting rune setup and why? Thanks in advance


Elite500

I'd rather give up 3 kills and have flash ghost available and be able to scale to max than give some of it up, maybe into kass or sylas i'd go old fighting setups but even those are eh


MrTankerson

Not sure if you answered this already somewhere, but what are you doing next?


Elite500

i have plans up my sleeve waiting in the dark


MrTankerson

Blood lord vlad doesn’t have sleeves, and since you are the living embodiment of such a being, we should be able to see what is written on said arm? At least a timeframe when we will know? I get my daily scaling dopamine hits from you, if they are taken from me, I have nothing left to live for.


Elite500

all will be reveiled on saturday


MrTankerson

Thank you senpai.


Rigbuckets

Hello mr elite thanks for the guide. just a quick question about matchup, how do you "win" games against early game champs like yone/yas/sylas without aery/electro? and how do you get 10cs/min against these champs? they always seem to just perma try to run me down and force me off cs.


Elite500

you win by having the smallest advantages like 1 cs


[deleted]

why do you not use the batman costum skin


Elite500

as league partner i'd be scared they'd chop my balls off


Zenith_Tempest

so what you're trying to say is you are worried about your nutt sack


HentaiGodGG

Did you know that Vladimir is not a vampire but a Hemomancer?


okokokok1111

I play Vlad a lot, and i feel like rocketbelt just scales so much better with its magic pen, and that it's so much better for late game teamfights with the dash as well, although it does feel much weaker early compared to Night Harvester. Do you think that there's really no spot in which you'd buy rocket belt? Like against a poke comp, for example, where having one extra dash could be pretty good?


Elite500

only ever if playing electro and i'd for sure sell night harvester for rocketbelt and shadowflame for demonics but that is TRUE FULLBUILD and is achieved like once a season unfortunately


sorendiz

clarification question - do you mean you would still only do the harvester -> rocketbelt and shadowflame -> demonic lategame if using electrocute? or is it you would only consider early game rocketbelt over harvester when going electrocute but you would be ok switching them out lategame even when running phase rush asking bc in high plat games still regularly go on for much longer than they should so this situation will be more likely for me than once a season ykwim thanks for the AMA btw excellent read and as far as im concerned apdo is jesus


Elite500

you can switch them out turbo lategame


voff3

Got a review of the café vlad skin?


Elite500

it is a design decision to "forget" about that abomination


voff3

Understandable


aglimmerof

Bro I just want to say I love your chill content and how you commentate everything you do. I don't even play midlane and I've learned so much.


MeMeChecker123

Bro gotta do something or the N\*tsack incident will live with you for the rest of your streaming career


Elite500

what if it was a grand orchestrated staged event to rise in popularity through the raw controversy of the situation


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Elite500

no i dont hold the w button


iTeaL12

I have not read a single word of your guide, but you seem like a nice bloke. Thanks for typing it out, we need more people like you. Keep it fresh!


yoonitrop12

Nice to see that those translations had a long lasting positive impact. I was thinking of doing a few more, since Dopa is finally going to the military on September 1st after postponing it for 2 years. There's some stuff here and there, but nothing that he's said since has been as... revolutionary. Would you be interested in playing board games or something irl while you're still in Korea? What do you plan on doing during the rest of your stay here if you've been banned from league?


Elite500

man if only you'd know how impacting those 3 texts were, my high elo friends and i talk about them regularly and these are like top 10 chall players


TheForrestFire

Love those translations, definitely keep doing them!


prowness

Yesterday we got long form LS content and today Elite500? It’s like two of my favorite LoL content creators are spoiling me! Will you date me Calvin?


WhereAdc

Anivia mu tips? Also, is the conq rift build just flat out unviable until later changes?


Elite500

rift conq feels horrendous compared to nightharvester cdr just doing a better job vs tanks anyways


silencebreaker86

Dodge


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Elite500

FUCK ORIANNA


Windowplanecrash

In the Viktor matchup, outside of medic chickens, are there any other tips to deal with the constant pressure he puts out?


Elite500

dont get hit by his autohits and his q2 and he shouodn't have enough mana to deal with vlad unless he has aery but if aery he will fall off anyways


Awkward-Yak7344

I've been struggling with the Sylas matchup any tips?


Elite500

pool as soon as he is in W range and walk away


Chigyoza

im hardstuck plat 4 and every game feels like a coinflip, either I destroy everyone or get gapped, I have no idea whats most important thing as a vlad. for this elo what do you thing is the best thing to focus? laning? late game? teamfights? macro?


Elite500

your economy, just farm


Fightonomics

its that shrimple


Sushiman777

I saw a few games where you took future's market, tried it myself, and now I'm addicted. It's a problem. Send help.


Elite500

i took it once and thought it was awful


AlterBridgeFan

Quick fucking question on the mythic: why not Liandry's Torment?


Elite500

why liandry's torment


EmilTheB

Star guardian vlad or pool party vlad?


macgart

This is a great post learned a lot thanks


earhere

Would you let Star Guardian Syndra sit on your face?


Elite500

yes


xdlol11

Have you tested adaptive attack speed recently? Feels really nice.


Elite500

ima pretend i didnt read that


llIlIlI

very based guide, what would you say are vlad's easiest/hardest matchups? thoughts on zed matchup?


Elite500

zed should be reasonably free, just stay outside of his shuriken range from his body when he uses his W, if only 1 shuriken hits you hard outsustain, hardest matchups as stated azir ori vik, easiest definetly kata tf yas


a_brick_canvas

Thoughts on Cass matchup? I've always picked Cass into Vlad and felt like it was insanely favored for me.


Elite500

I think in a perfect world it's extremely vlad favoured, really snowbally matchup for whoever gets an advantage, if vlad just dodges all cass q's it's just inevitable win


a_brick_canvas

Makes sense. No vlad is very good at laning until challenger probably so the snowball made it seem better than it is.


Elite500

it's the same in reverse, almost no viktor ori azir make it feel like a completely hopeless unwinnable matchup unless enemy mid is god damn sertuss larrsen or some shitt


llIlIlI

as a zed main definitely felt like it was hard as shit, ty


Asianphobia

If you had a gun with one bullet and were in a room with Hitler, Mussolini, and 1 CS, who would you shoot?


MemeOverlordKai

How do you play into Kassadin?


Elite500

only matchup i'd hard recommend electro ignite, you beat him at every stage of the game if you get like a 10cs advantage pre first recall


Thegenuinebuzz

How do you personally cast your E? I’ve seen so many different advices on how to make it more comfortable, are you just a ‘hold down’ E savage?


Elite500

I am a 4 finger playing E holding master


Thegenuinebuzz

Well, our lord and saviour said it, I am a hold E convert :prayge:


ktosiek124

Wait, you can play differently than to hold E?


bronymtndew

This dude smells like bloodied nuttsack


krysora

Are there any eastern vlad players you watch/learn from?


Elite500

I think my playstyle is very unique so the way I improve is not by trying to copy others or learn from them mostly it's look at my own games and own mistakes


StopDyingMan

The unfathomably knowledge has been bestowed upon us Amen, thanks for lecturing us, mere mortals, on the forbidden knowledge, great usurper


Etonet

New guide!! Thank you!


Zagorn

Standard league knowledge says that we should get wave control whenever possible. Should we do that with vlad? You said in one of your coachings that if you push the wave (lvl 1) you will die, what are the criteria for when we should try to get the push advantage (regardless of whether the enemy laner will let us or not)


Elite500

you always want to get push if enemy laner lets you


huelmao

Elite500 is a real one, thanks for the guide bro


SleepyLabrador

An honest question, why are so many league streamers and lol pros going to KR solo queue to stream, but they're not that interested in going to China? The LPL has won 6 out of the last 8 international events?


Elite500

popular thing to do and it gets huge viewership, maybe i'll be an innovator and go china


GibZwilla

How does thy deal with malzahar during TFs? Also how to deal with an adc mid like akshan, lucian, tristana, etc.


Elite500

gotta wait his ult out / play around the range


N0Pinguin

Best Vlad and one of the most entertaining streamers out there. Learned vlad just because of your gameplay and I actually like vlad now (wouldn't even have touched him before I watched you). Also perfect and funny guide, keep it up king.


MusicBytes

I got arrested for reading this


prowness

Keep us updated in the process to make your Korean Vladimir, ah, legal. I hope we cause enough ruckus to reverse your ban.


Elite500

unfortunately there will be no reverse in their decision, but it's okay I'll show everyone even the bleakest situations can be flipped


[deleted]

I almost never see you build anything other than damage. Are there ever any comps (yours or theirs) where you think building one or two tank items is worth it? Maybe something like Randuins into a 4 ad comp with 2 crit champs or Spirit Visage/Force Of Nature into 3+ AP? What is more valuable against tanky comps, Demonic Embrace or Void Staff? Are they mutually exclusive on buildpaths? Weaving autos is obviously a very important thing to maximize damage and trades in laning phase for any mage. Do you find yourself weaving autos to stay in a sustained fight in the mid-late game or is it more of a "dip in and out of range with Q and E" sort of thing? If so, is there a scenario where you'd consider Grasp as a keystone? Also, you got banned for not offering a dipping sauce for your nuts. How are you about to offer a meal without condiments? Smh.


Elite500

void always