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hey so quick question rito, WTF are you running Vi into the ground for?

AetherArising·3/6/2019, 4:51:24 AM·1 votes·941 views

As of 3/6/2019, Vi will go from a playable bruiser-assassin diver, akin to a more healthy version of Camille in the jungle, into a garbage low-damage tank with a diver's kit.

What, and I can't stress enough, the F U C K

She hasn't seen competitive play in years. She has ONE (1) challenger main to my knowledge, and that is Super Metroid. She is going to lose all of her ability to scale and snowball.

Vi is going from 1.6 bonus AD ratio on her Q to 1.4, so losing a sigificant chunk of damage. mind you, this nerf will become exponentially more and more of a problem the more AD you get, because of the comparable old stat being higher. Like, think of it this way. 2 people get a dollar. One person gets 40 cents a day and the other gets 60 cents. At first, this is like 2 dimes, big whup, but as weeks go by person2 would be getting dollars up on person 1. eventually they'll be 10 dollars up on person 1 solely because they get 2 dimes extra. This is the problem rn. It looks tiny, but it largely affects Vi's mid and late.

Vi already has a pretty "ok." lategame. Nothing crazy strong, nothing unworkable either. Vi is a snowball champ. The more kills and gold, the more AD she gets, the more useful she becomes. This usefulness is lowered greatly

Her W gets a little better late, but you max Q-E-W because of the importance of both Q and E.

Oh, right. She got some AP ratio up on E and ability to crit lul okay, those are meme changes and also went from 1.15 to 1.10 ratio. very small, not as noticable, still a fuckin nerf though.

Her R got more disruptive but the scaling got nerfed by .3, more noticeable than the .2, of Q, from a 1.4 ratio to a 1.1 Yes. Her R scaling got nerfed to be as good as her E. A basic, low-cd ability Her base scaling got an extra 25 dmg and 50 dmg at ranks 2 and 3. Y i k e s

You remember that Super Metroid challenger vi main? https://twitter.com/supermetroidlol/status/1103030773525827584 yeah he doesnt like these changes either

because they nerf his champ into the dirt

prepare to get fucking olaf'd or whatever that old meme was.

5 Comments

BigChinLesbian3/6/2019, 5:30:59 AM3 votes

I see where the concern is, but I believe what riot is trying to do is make her able to survive true team fights better as a diving front line for her team, rather than just someone who gets blown up for ulting into a team. That being said, if she has the capability to ult into a team and survive her damage should be reduced in return. Having more sustain and less damage is a fair trade for a diving champion. As your concern to the fact that she has not been played in pro play, that is not 100% true. She has not been played in pro play in the major regions such as LCS or LCK. She has seen play in other regions whether you choose to watch them that is up to you. Just because a champion is not seen in pro play though does not mean that they cannot still be really good in solo queue. Example, the old boosting strategy that is constantly done in solo queue by pick Kayle top and Master Yi jungle and funneling the Yi while Kayle builds support for him. That has does not get seen in pro play, but is VERY good in solo queue. Pro play and Solo queue are very different. Pro play (for the most part) is played around team comps and strategy. Plus honestly if they make her as viable as a tank such as lets say Sej, she could start seeing more competitive play. Just my thoughts though. I think she would be more useful as a diving tank into a team, than a diving assassin.

A Sutpid Idot3/6/2019, 5:06:22 AM2 votes

Wait. They gave Vi aoe crit and ap scaling and nerfed her ad scaling. What, and I cannot stress this enough, the FUCK. I seriously do not understand what the hell riot is trying to do with crit and ap but ok!