Just a reminder: Vi is still in the game

Hammermancer··6 votes·7,272 views

Anyone else know this?

Haven't seen one in months

33 Comments

BLIGHTBRINGER7 votes

I mean... Where are these champions...?

RekSai Skarner Azir Corki Gnar Ivern Nautilus Shyvana Taric Kalista

Hammermancer8 votes

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I mean... Where are these champions...?

RekSai

LCS only

Skarner

Hibernating

Azir

High elo viability, Solid OTP fanbase

Corki

I think he's just too wacky for people, definitely not even weak as a mid laner

Gnar

Outclassed, similar to vi but wayyyy cuter

Ivern

Intentionally kept kinda weak because he's the devil

Nautilus

Pre-rework pyke? Why'd they keep him in the game?

Shyvana

Trash dragon doing trash dragon things, until you run into the full ap

Taric

He's uncommon but actually the best in his class, still totally viable

Kalista

Kept as weak as possible to not ruin the LCS, unfortunately, still manages to ruin the LCS

D357R0Y3R4 votes

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Azir High elo viability, Solid OTP fanbase

thank you, it seems that people do not understand that

Hammermancer1 votes

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thank you, it seems that people do not understand that

I'm a silver jayce main trying to master this game in my oozey stupid brain so I can join my brothers in high elo

for now though, I must rise

Azir has a similar pattern to jayce

trash with abrupt hypercarries in low elo, but the majority of the quality mains are high elo

Lhuhz1 votes

Rek'Sai isn't even played on LCS, I only remember one game last year that I saw her, and it was FNC Broxah against C9 on Worlds

And Kalista doesn't ruin pro play anymore, they made that sure when they nerfed her range.

LTK KoRo1 votes

Gnar Outclassed, similar to vi but wayyyy cuter

Ivern Intentionally kept kinda weak because he's the devil

I think swapping these descriptions would be more accurate

Hammermancer1 votes

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Outclassed, similar to vi but wayyyy cuter Intentionally kept kinda weak because he's the devil

I think swapping these descriptions would be more accurate

Mind=Blown

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ºSilver1 votes

Nautilus is great champion imo he offers lots of cc and can engage he has root on his AA ,slow on his E ,stun on his Q ,max health shield on W and a knock up and a stun on his R Shyvana is great champion as well she doesn't have cc but with frozen mallet and the approach rune she can stick to her target also there is blue smite and in heavy cc teams she is godlike ( opinion) and she got good damage
she got max health damage on her E , AA reset on her Q , aoe over time damage on her W and ult that doesn't have cool down it requires fury which is easy to get while farming so u will get the ult quite often her ult offers great engage and peel for adc also good escape

Daddy Ants5 votes

Overshadowed by Camille.

Vi isn't weak in her own right.

Camille just does everything she does but better.

Lhuhz3 votes

Vi is weak on her own, nobody would have a reason to pick her even if Camille didn't existed because she's too slow and telegraphed to succes as a jungler.

Tormentula4 votes

I see a couple.

Vi isn't really a problem, as much as there's a glorified version of her in the current meta Camille she does well in assassin metas since she can lock them down and burst them, but right now there's champs that do that just well and have god tier gank pressure without 100% reliance on ult.

She probably does need buffs (not damage, more like clear speed buffs) but unless they bring up to OP levels to contest camille, she's not going to pop in the meta all of a sudden as long as she's around. Camille's E is just a better Vi Q, camille has vi's passive pretty much in terms of dueling, and camilles ult can actually dodge shit rather than her having to face tank them to lock somebody down, and camille has vi's auto resets except she can do true damage.

Daddy Ants3 votes

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I see a couple.

Vi isn't really a problem, as much as there's a glorified version of her in the current meta Camille she does well in assassin metas since she can lock them down and burst them, but right now there's champs that do that just well and have god tier gank pressure without 100% reliance on ult.

She probably does need buffs (not damage, more like clear speed buffs) but unless they bring up to OP levels to contest camille, she's not going to pop in the meta all of a sudden as long as she's around. Camille's E is just a better Vi Q, camille has vi's passive pretty much in terms of dueling, and camilles ult can actually dodge shit rather than her having to face tank them to lock somebody down, and camille has vi's auto resets except she can do true damage.

Camille's shield is also 20% of her maximum health.

Vi's is 10%.

Tormentula1 votes

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Camille's shield is also 20% of her maximum health.

Vi's is 10%.

tbf, camille's requires a basic attack on the target and only handles one damage type at a time. Its not nearly as good as vi's in a teamfight if there's split magic and attack damage, but nonetheless camille still has a shield in her kit. If vi's was 20% camille couldn't hold a candle to it.

chipndip11 votes

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Camille's shield is also 20% of her maximum health.

Vi's is 10%.

Cam's shield goes only one way. Vi's goes both wa-

nice...

both ways.

Lhuhz1 votes

Vi kit being too easy to outplay and so telegraphed is the problem, its not like if Camille didn't existed Vi would be a great champ, she was already dead and releasing Camille just buried her.

Hammermancer1 votes

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Help her

https://static.lolwallpapers.net/2015/01/caitlyn-and-vi-fan-art.jpg

At this rate caitlyn gonna go hook up with Neeko

Saevum1 votes

Oh my gah, you're bleeding!

Here, have a blunt.

Lhuhz1 votes

Vi 76 amirite

D357R0Y3R3 votes

you mean worse camille?

yea

PaffWasTaken2 votes

I don't want to be that guy, but I prefer NOT seeing her than actually having to play against her.

Live2LetDie1 votes

just played her 2-3 times in months, she was always one of two mains, still can kick ass with her. The game has changed though and everyone blows people up so its hard to be a diver haha

Piki Pico1 votes

I hate vi oh my god there is not any amount of dashes or flashes. The bitch is still stuck to you. Might as well just cancel being an adc cause that iso cc is all she does.

Live2LetDie1 votes

so now that true damage is so easily available... with your vast knowledge you explain how to kill top played adcs, that almost all have escapes, before they eat through your armor.

Piki Pico1 votes

I play me some adc the champion is fine, but god vis just own my ass. Not saying she shouldn’t get some help, I just struggle against her. I need to get better it’s my fault. I don’t see vi often at all.~~~~

Lhuhz2 votes

Man, there are way worse things to fear as an ADC than a Vi.

Noor Sakata1 votes

My problem with her was Dark Harvest rework , Old Dark Harvest was really good on her , her early is meh but she is pretty okay later when Dark Harvesr scales, but thar all changed

Tormentula1 votes

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Vi is weak on her own, nobody would have a reason to pick her even if Camille didn't existed because she's too slow and telegraphed to succes as a jungler.

Not necessarily, she was actually very potent late season 6 and she was picked early season 7, and thats just off memory, previously she was in and out since release. Primarily Courage of the Colossus Vi was incredibly good and Thunderlords Degree Vi adapted to the burst centric meta of season 7. She eventually got nerfed for being way too oppressive since she could 100-0 literally anybody while stun locking them, acting like a bruiser assassin.

Nowadays, Super metroid (a notorious vi one trick who constantly smurfs to challenger) is still playing her, but there's no real reason to play her over camille unless you one trick the champion. Vi's ganks are solid, but camille's are overall better due to her longer reach, flash E interaction, and true damage alongside PTA synergy, and in a high elo setting you can accomplish the same engage/lock down potential as camille over vi, holding mobile players in an area for an extended time. Being telegraphed and slow has nothing to do with it really, else the current meta junglers wouldn't be meta.

Séance1 votes

Trundle whens the last time you have seen the troll king?

Bisaknosp1 votes

if she ever gets strong people will just complain since her ult is point and click and will prob always result in a kill

maybe if they change it to a skillshot they can put more power into the rest of her kit

Marshbouy1 votes

I see her every once and a while in low elo and she'll stomp a game. It's not because she's objectively op or anything, it's usually because no one can play around her ult.

Düff McWhalen1 votes

We just going to ignore how tanky she gets while still doing all the damage?

Hammermancer1 votes

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We just going to ignore how tanky she gets while still doing all the damage?

i mean, that's every top lane champ and jg duelist

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