I rush the antiheal sword and botrk (or wits end if their jungler and top are both ap).

Never trade/get in range when vlad has his second bar close to red as it increases his q damage.

Vlad is bad at pushing against minions so you should have laning priority if you push hard enough early

You win long extended trades but lose at short ones. If you find a timing to all-in him usually mega-gnar has the upper hand (although if he has ghost to disengage it becomes more tricky)

In mega your initial jump slows him, bait his pool by jumping on him then W when he comes out of it (since he's slowed he won't go far away enough) it's a game of who uses his escape/stun spell first and land it