Vladimir - QoL Buff for Tides of Blood

If we were to look at Vladimir and the spot he is in, I would say that it's underwhelming.  He isn't awful in lane by any means, nothing like say, Poppy, but he isn't a laning monster either.  He's still fairly open to ganking in top lane and has some issues with being heavily outraded with mid match ups.  He does have a pretty solid 1v2 in terms of CSing because of his Q and his range but once his pool is down he is very very killable.

His pick and win rates are both lower than average in general.  He's almost never banned and I find him to be generally considered a weaker pick.  He has good AoE damage and survivability with items but he has no CC and unlike other champions that lack CC he doesn't have huge ranged poke or massive burst to kill a carry.

Taking all of these things into account, I believe that a small buff to Vladimir's E wouldn't be out of line.  So, I suggest that the cast time on Tides of Blood be removed.

How this would help:

One of the major influences on laning strength and honestly champion strength in general, is the ability of a champion to kite.  By kite, I mean their ability to do damage while making distance.  Champions like ADCs are usually very good at this because they can do a lot of damage with the auto attacks they can fit in while running from an enemy.  As of now Vlad isn't terrible at kiting but because of the casting time on Tides of Blood he has a lot more trouble than he could have.

By removing the cast time on Times of Blood Vladimir would be able to retreat while doing damage much more easily.  It would help him handle ganks, especially ganks more towards mid game where he already will have spell vamp and Tides can actually heal him despite it's health cost.

It's also a very realistic change.  In fact, most of the abilities that work mechanically like Tides of Blood (Such that it's a champion centered ability that does damage within a certain radius of the champion) already have no cast time.  Zac's W Unstable Matter, Ahri's W Fox-Fire, Diana's W Pale Cascade, Katarina's W Sinister Steal and many others don't have cast times already.

But putting all of this aside, this change would make Vladimir less clunky in general.  It will make it much easier to move through his other abilities before pooling which I've seen even Diamond players mess up with.