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Why I Think I'm Still Doing Poorly as Vi

Howldoom·4/30/2015, 6:11:46 AM·1 votes·436 views

Going too ham. Trying to save someone who gets caught out. Trying to save the game from going further downhill and ending up dying and making it worse. Not knowing when to gank and try to give my team the advantage and when to just farm for my items. when I'm on one side of the map and the lane on the other side dies. Not having experience with forcing pressure on account of many games in the former winning streak being the lanes doing well, allowing me to farm my items. Ulting the Fed carry to try and make a pick, and my allies being too weak to follow up at that stage in the game. Tilting too easily and not wanting to quit for more than the rest of the day, which I do when I really feel a loathing for the game, like queuing and not feeling like we can win. Constantly asking the forums for what I'm doing wrong, perhaps trying to find those few special tips that will see my losing streak disappear when I use them instantly. Hating to be told that I can't do this or that, or that I shouldn't play Vi at all unless I can understand why it would be a waste of my time. Giving up way too easily at times when the game goes too far downhill, sometimes occasionally going afk to stop from seeing myself fail again and again, though I am wary of incurring penalties.

This was a vent post trying to get to the bottom of the issues I'm having. I was ADC in season 4, fell to Bronze four before quitting for the season. Took jungler to take more control over games, found affinity with Vi, starting at the bottom of B5, winning streak to B3, then losing repeatedly before just going to normals. Still losing, 30% something win rate with her in Normals. Feeling that the game has changed around Vi and I can't adapt to make her work. Asking for help, not toxicity or an "I told you so" kind of attitude, would aim to mutilate such a person in public in this mood if I lacked the discipline or moral bearing. Toxicity is mainly a non-issue, I endeavor to not spam or abuse in chat.

2 Comments

Only Play Darius4/30/2015, 6:20:04 AM1 votes

Even though Vi is an anti-tank, as of current cinderhulk is just a stronger jg item. Not saying that fighter junglers aren't playable, but they are not overlords of the jungle like they were pre-cinderhulk.

And playing on tilt is never good. Take a break, or play a round of ARAM, works for me.

Live2LetDie4/30/2015, 7:13:19 AM1 votes

Long story short i went from b1 to p5 last season on the back of xerath support and was placed g4 this season and was struggling to climb up. It didnt matter which champ i played i just couldn't get that play style to carry my team again. Once i grabbed vi and switched her build to the XJ9 build i carry games in gold. Look at my recent match history, it doesn't matter if lost or won i would have the most damage on my team. Here is what you have to do to carry as vi jungle.

  1. FARM, FARM, FARM: its not your job to make a lane go EVEN. If that person cant even go even with there lane opponent then there going to lose that lane no matter what. You should be farming anything and everything in your path. All the jung, all the scuttles, you cross a lane? tax that lane. Harsh i know but its how you carry.
  2. DON'T GANK UNLESS YOUR GUARANTEED A KILL, lets be real, ganking any lane that has flash up is usually a waste of time. Most of the time you have to show presence, get the flash and then circle around again to get maybe an assist. By that time you could of gotten 2-3 camps worth way more than 100g.
  3. DAMAGE, your the carry so build accordingly. Jungle item, tabis, botrk, clever, rands. ga, and your set to go. You will murder anyone and any tank 1v1 esp with the buffs this patch.

So that's how i play vi and arguably the best jungler in NA, even though he is perma banned, got to master 1 in no time at all.