Why no Vi love from the pros?

John 13 34·6/5/2016, 2:01:36 AM·3 votes·880 views

I asked Meteos about this on stream last season, and he pretty bluntly said she isn't played because her ult cooldown is "like an hour", and that she has to be balanced around her ult for solo Q play (HAHA REMEMBER SOLO Q?????).

Thoughts on his remarks, or other ideas why she isn't played professionally?

14 Comments

UnwardiI6/5/2016, 2:35:52 AM3 votes

I think he's right on the money. All the top tier pro junglers are junglers who are pretty much able to fight whenever. Vi CAN ONLY fight when she has her ult.

TurquoiseYoshi6/5/2016, 4:46:44 AM2 votes

Meteos is right. Her ult is pretty much the only good and reliable thing about her, and that has to have a really long cooldown or she's OP.

III BAKURYU III 6/5/2016, 8:42:12 AM1 votes

Idk I think Vi is very similar to RekSai both can create fights easily, and Rek is played so I'm expecting to see Vi played as well in the future games HOPEFULLY.

GamblerOfLives6/5/2016, 8:49:18 AM1 votes

vi wins most, if not every matchup, if she lands her q. But, how can you land your q when all the champs have alot of escapes and flashes?? hard to do that:)..She is punished very hard if she missed her Q:).

TThat's why she is not played:)

Kal Vas Flam6/5/2016, 4:19:43 PM1 votes

She was seeing pro play when Cinderhulk was OP. She's an all-in champ though and I've noticed a trend of most pros liking champs with some kind of reliable escape or a way to delay death for a while if they do go all-in. So that's why you see Alistar but no Leona for example. We are seeing a new roster of champs being played so far though so that's exciting.

Marshbouy6/5/2016, 2:16:20 AM1 votes

shes easy to counter if you know how to dodge her Q

III BAKURYU III 6/6/2016, 11:59:24 AM1 votes

I'm sure once NA sees Korea play VI they will hope right on that Bandwagon and think they are the next faker only to find out that the Korean scene has already found a new meta.

X8ViEhkPS06/5/2016, 6:56:29 AM1 votes

Because brawl heavy fighters aren't meta right now.