Hmm... well I personally like the concept, so... How about we make a bit of a compromise?

Since Vlad obviously took quite magnificent a beating his powers have waned - in a 'survival over style manner'. He doesn't have the hypnotic powers any more - nor the shape shifting, apart from maybe a limited use of the mist trick. By limited I mean able to still pull it off, but not quickly and precisely enough to say... let a single bullet pass through a part of his body and then reforming in an instant, but still usable enough for say, stealth operations and such - getting past people without notice and all that.

Now I actually doubt Vlad would be quite aware of how much his powers have waned so... Trying to hypnotize someone and noticing it doesn't work might be a bit of a situation.