I know movespeed is important on Vlad, but... is Cosmic Drive really the move?

First-item Cosmic Drive is trash, and honestly Cosmic Drive itself is trash right now. It's making me want to just build Rocketbelt -> Stormsurge and play mid Vlad instead.

I feel like Riftmaker is the answer, and if you wanna raise the floor just drop Conqueror and go for it.

Liandry's -> Riftmaker -> Cosmic Drive -> Riftmaker This feels like the hottest build right now. It's a build Blood Pact left behind at dawn (old perma-inspiration Vlad build from back in the day).

Stormsurge has no CDR right now and won't get any either, so you can't even compensate with a stinky Ionian boots. It feels like you're barely scraping by with just one Ingenious Hunter proc. Ofc to proc Stormsurge you had to time your Q2 right or blow a summoner because your movespeed was goddamn slow. Even with boots lowering your Flash cooldown, it's still stupid long, making it hard to scale.

What if I just don't build Cosmic Drive, and instead of Ionian boots I take Swifties to make up for the lack of movespeed? Sure Deathcap gives more AP and HP, but having both stats in one item is what balances utility, making Mejai's stacking way easier.

This isn't even a tip, just a build theorycraft.. I've lost my own direction here.

For a Riftmaker build, I'd still need to figure out whether to focus on summoner spell cooldown or general ability haste, and I'll have to learn by playing it, so I might need to accept losing a game or two.. so much to think about.