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Vi or J4?

MrBuffington··2 votes·1,049 views

I personally enjoy playing Vi more, but I feel like J4 offers more. Which champion would you pick and why?

EDIT: Thanks for the help! I'll probably get both eventually, ahaha

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season is doomed2 votes

I have both but I have to say J4 Offers a lot more utility that doesn't exactly carries the game but helps get his team very fed. Also J4 really really needs tanky items. He offers a lot of great tankyness in Teamfights and great double buff lvl 3 ganks. But my point for Vi is she is one of the carry junglers that will really take over a game if fed. As long as you keep wards over dragon early game as vi youll be getting all the gold and be doing tons of damage. It really depends on your playstyle and whether you want to carry games or help your team carry.

MrBuffington1 votes

Interesting, I play a lot of utility junglers right now, maybe it'd be good to have another carry jungler that isn't Yi, lol.

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

Vi, because I wanna punch things. I guess J4 has better overall teamfight (unless you screw your own team with Cataclysm) and jungle clear, but he doesn't punch things.

MrBuffington1 votes

Haha, I like Vi's personality infinitely more than J4, too

Smoke Krug2 votes

hmm.. they both kinda the same gap closers % health damage shields lot of CC

dont realy think it matters w/e u like better

12tales2 votes

I personally prefer playing Vi because she pressures dragon much, much better thanks to her W. Also, her mobility is somewhat less limited than Jarvan's over extended skirmishes.

I do think that Jarvan's stronger levels 3 and 4 on top of his ability to function without much farm make him a generally better pick, tho, if only by a little.

MrBuffington1 votes

Interesting, thanks! What do you think of their viability in lane? I only ever see Vi in jungle, but I've seen J4 in every role except ADC

Merxamers2 votes

i played vi top at release; it wasn't very good. I've heard some high level players play her mid sometimes, but you will see her in the jungle 99.99% of the time. J4 is a much more versatile champion; i've played him support, top (as tank or high damage bruiser), and mid (AD Assassin J4 so troll), and of course in the jungle.

If you happen to prefer Vi, just play Vi; she is really strong and once she gets ahead she steamrolls lanes

MrBuffington1 votes

Interesting, I guess I can see Vi being a pretty strong melee assassin in mid lane?

Honestly right now I'm saving IP for either runes/rune pages (I think there's a sale coming soon), and perhaps another marksman (not sure yet, I've heard the new champion might be an ADC). I'll probably get both eventually, but I was mostly wondering about the differences between the two champions; Vi seems more of a carry jungler where J4 seems more tank/utility

Pinker 101 votes

Interesting, I guess I can see Vi being a pretty strong melee assassin in mid lane?

Honestly right now I'm saving IP for either runes/rune pages (I think there's a sale coming soon), and perhaps another marksman (not sure yet, I've heard the new champion might be an ADC). I'll probably get both eventually, but I was mostly wondering about the differences between the two champions; Vi seems more of a carry jungler where J4 seems more tank/utility

They're both carry junglers, in exactly the same ways. They either feed their allies hard, or get fed hard. Jarvan's bases are extremely good, and with even a 2 level lead he destroys enemy teams due to his passive, his knockup(s), the scaling shield and his q's armor shred A vi with enough of a lead can 1v3, a j4 with enough of a lead can 1v4 and get a penta on the fifth guy stupid enough to run in after, Depending on your playstyle, it's not that hard to net a lead on j4, blue side start red gank bot for at least one kill and a summoner spell blowing fiesta. Purple side start red gank top 3 for a guaranteed kill through knockup shield slow and red slow that most tops will proceed to win off of. SotEL first cus gold is important followed by treads.next you have a choice, with an early hydra you can insta clear camps on your way from kill in lane to kill in a different lane(rich man's choice), with an omen you get your SotEL gold and roam mid/bot(poor man/dying alot choice) after both of those build tanky. Cataclysm-wise learn it's radius. If an ally(or enemy) is halfway through the minion wall when it casts, they will be shoved out. Use this to save allies, by forcing enemies off your ally or uninviting your ally from the party. If you initiate with ult, it works better(unless you know enemy flash is down). e+q has longer range than flash, your shield slow pretty much lands the kill for your laner at that point, assuming you remembered to lower the wall in their way.

Merxamers1 votes

that's pretty much spot on; both are good, just give both a try and see how you like them

2000boxes1 votes

j4 is tankier has more utility and plus vi brings nothing but utility in the late game but that goes with jarvan only except he has more utility only except jaravan's utility is relevant all game while vi is only relevant for damage early game which makes farming on her very important and can only live long enough in team fights when she gets tanky so thats when late game comes and her damage falls off unless you are one of those junglers that build all damage in that case pls learn that you can't expect your top laner to tank ALL the skillshots you need to help with some of the tanking just let your top laner do most of the tanking unless you have a lulu or nidalee top in that case you and the support do all teh tanking

Drukyul1 votes

Vi when you absolutely must get to the ADC and crush them at the start of every fight.

Jarvan for pretty much every other situation.

OmniMoto1 votes

I personally play vi a lot (I have played J4 before, but I didn't really like him) and I believe that the only difference is that J4's ult affects multiple people, and Vi's only effects one, but it is a lock down. J4 can do damage, but I view him as more of a tanky champion than damage. Vi on the other hand is very strong, tanky, and can snowball, and can annoy the hell out of any enemy if done well (I don't see many people who build trinity on her, I mean seriously, you do more damage than a frikkin zed with that item xD), and dunking people is fun.

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