Why NO ONE Plays: Vi | League of Legends

[@edde2429]

"Back then you had almost a 0% chance of getting offrole if you queued mid second."
Nowadays you have 0% chance of geting main role if you queue jungle second.

[@legendarynoodle2438]

They need to keep all the junglers auto filled

[@kreia187]

unless your main role is support

[@shamrockgaming9505]

Unless your a jg main but im not sure those exist

[@Sxrew]

@@kreia187 I main support and literally had to stop going jungle secondary because I got autofilled several games in a row

[@kreia187]

@@Sxrew That's odd, I main support aswell and I have hardly ever gotten filled no matter what I selected secondary.

[@aetherian7376]

You're gonna need to make a why everyone plays her now after Arcane.

[@pixelexc687]

It’s gonna be a simple video…
Why everyone plays Vi:
Arcane
End Video

[@creativeartivity]

To be honest, in the mobile version Wild Rift, she was regularly a top pick at the start

[@Yental]

@@pixelexc687 Theres also more to that, she got some pretty good buffs which made here just a straight up better champion

[@rezaldi1419]

@@creativeartivity vi kit is good. 2 cc. skill 1 gap closer and knock back. ult knock up. so in 1 v 1 situation with adc they cannot escape

[@creativeartivity]

@@rezaldi1419 Yeah, although her pick rate in PC version went down but there is some challenger in some region that runs tank Vi and is absolutely smacking ppl with it

[@g00r4l7]

Vars: 'Why NO ONE plays Vi'
Arcane: *Let me introduce myself*

[@HK-gm8pe]

nah...I still dont see her almost ever

[@Kisuke323]

Update: Everybody plays Vi now.

[@coffeelink943]

Thanks to Arcane her skins sale probably boosted as well

[@Kisuke323]

@@coffeelink943 She even not that good. Funny how suggestive Arcane is.

[@jimslimtim743]

@@Kisuke323 I mean she does have really consistent trading and flex potential

[@oxob3333]

@@jimslimtim743 and got buffed recently, is that enough? probably nope, but it's something

[@jimslimtim743]

@@oxob3333 guess not lol

[@thelastfloss1912]

Love this champion, but I have to say I'm not surprised she's appeared in one of these videos

[@dashsoulsthehornyone9125]

19 hours
Video of 3 Hours published

[@Kris-vb9uz]

Go crit

[@hawkshot867]

If it makes you feel better, there's 157 champions... Only 20 get mentioned in a game (5 picks, 5 bans), so the meta is probably like 40ish characters, with the other 110ish potentially never getting picked lol.

[@uzairahmed4197]

@@hawkshot867 which 20 get mentioned?

[@hawkshot867]

@@uzairahmed4197 Fuck if I know, it changes almost monthly lol. My point is the meta is a very exclusive selection of a very large pool of characters.
Go look at mobafire or gg, but a fair bit of advice - if you have to ask what the meta is, it's pretty useless information for you.

[@komododragon7619]

The character that looks like a Why Everyone, but is strangely a why no one
Edit. That. Thanks Penguin

[@penguinjesus8394]

I'm sorry, but your english hurts me to my soul

[@joshuaosei5628]

@@penguinjesus8394 He makes complete sense. Stop being stupid.

[@komododragon7619]

@@penguinjesus8394 it does? Why?

[@komododragon7619]

@@joshuaosei5628 no i like being corrected on my grammar

[@TaconIStenen]

Honestly, that’s a good one

[@imnoblueberry8502]

Why everyone plays Vi now: …Arcane… (myself included😂)

[@djmoriyama5255]

Also she's crazy good rn

[@cameronleach5902]

@@djmoriyama5255 she always was imo, Arcane just put her in the spotlight.

[@HK-gm8pe]

Nope ... I see Caitlyn and Jinx often but Vi....almost never

[@nicholas9268]

They should give Vi a slight burst of movement speed when she proc’s W so she has some stick potential

[@Electric0eye]

I do think a change this minor really is all she needs, which is all the more tragic she hasn't gotten it.

[@InnsannaStories]

I think items can accomplish that. Its why I like Wit's on her, though Triforce could be good. Little attack speed heavy of a mythic for someone who gets an absolute shitload of free attack speed and attack resets, but...

[@tyranmcgrath6871]

Just build frozen Mallett. Oh wait, they removed that.

[@oliverpezelj]

Her W does give her movement speed on wildrift version.

[@vangoghsnight4268]

​@@oliverpezelj it only applies if you attacked the enemies 5 times (including the initial Q hit) and used your shield. it's not too reliable, it'd be better if it applied per 1 cycle of denting blows 3 hit mechanic

[@PixelCreep]

She’s my main. Below 1% pick ban rate she’s perfect to main and good enough skill expression that you don’t feel 1 dimensional. Best girl Vi

[@shrungdn7379]

As a shyvana main and a to be vi main, I can relate

[@ViolentNorwegian]

Its funny that you now can make an episode of Why everyone play Vi now. I had never seen her in any of my games before, but after arcane she is in every other game i play.

[@eliwiederhold4198]

She got alot of major buffs and the center seat in th biggest marketing campain in lols history.

[@TheOzumat]

@@eliwiederhold4198 She got QoL changes that introduced new bugs and completely removed her ability to short-Q. Then she got a small stat nerf and -0.1sec knockup on her ult. Then they fixed the aforementioned bugs, and we're back to the present day. She has barely changed.

[@sarull2188]

She cannot fight anyone if her q doesnt hit or they jump on her first. Her reliance on her q dmg too high that it needs some quality of life improvements on it. Such a easy champ to feed a lot even if you're doing the right things.

[@danha3107]

This.

[@thetaoofgaming7045]

This is dependant on build and what you max. There is a solid bruiser Vi build that maxes W and E b4 Q and makes love fights with her VERY deadly

[@thetaoofgaming7045]

Long*

[@neroforte6183]

@@thetaoofgaming7045 love fights sounds
*interesting*

[@SpitefulToast]

Yep. I mained Vi last season, took a year long break, came back to the game and it feels like she's unplayable. She used to be pretty strong early, now she feels like you need to get fed or you're inting if you can even see an enemy champ. Totally abandoned her.

[@lpk675]

This video needs a sequel called "Why EVERYONE Plays: Vi", where the entire video is just a one second shot of the Arcane logo.

[@tylermanthei1124]

Vi is the classic "jack of all trades, master of none". She's a great early/midgame duelist, a good tank, fast jungle clears, and offers strong engage or peel. I can't think of any other champion off the top of my head that does all of these things as well as Vi does.

[@LordBanana0]

Honestly she’s not bad, and really good for beginners, but there’s just a lot of better options

[@daito5114]

I agree, she's the first champion I really mained (played neeko a bit before, but really badly) , and still the one I played the most.
She's pretty much the one character that got me playing long enough to actually start to enjoy the game in itself.

[@paulmouatib9999]

As a former OTP Vi I agree. Now I prefer Hecarim / Phasic rush because you can be anywhere when needed

[@r100curtaincall]

Agreed. this is kind of the same problem with Ahri too. It’s not that she’s bad, it’s just that there’s always someone better to pick.

[@Racingismypassion69420]

Only champ in game with q that auto ints when missed

[@firdausgaara2006]

@@r100curtaincall Nah, ahri is one of the most versatile pick you can get at mid. She is nowhere near obsolete as Vi. She have a solid cc, solid burst that can one shot back line without ulting too. I dont see the problem you saying.

[@Uncle_Iroh.]

Arcane be like: Imma ruin this mans whole career.

[@wraith6233]

Vi’s problems are literally called being balanced…

[@XonixDerps]

Except for the wrong kind of balance, its the kind people try in fighting games and realize: Oh.. the base character is kinda boring huh?" Except in those games ( ryu as an example) you're still rewarded ( Atleast usually, I heard he finally got fixed in V lmao) for mastery. Vi however is so split between skirmish and burst while having a burst style that shes pretty weak even if balanced against good players. To the point where its the player making up for her failings that they usually pick up another champion as they fight better junglers I'd argue ya know?
Edit: its like others say: She isnt bad for learning but shes not the top nor even the roster itself, shes like a stepping stone atm that you might as well pick other champs unless you genuinely enjoy her. Like I do lol.

[@bruh3457]

"The champ has counterplay"

[@cennix]

LITERALLY

[@shrungdn7379]

@@XonixDerps as a guy that two tricked katarina and shyvana, who both suck at dueling, I find vi to be so much stronger. But yeah she kinda sucks in team fights. But playing her is so much fun. She has good burst and mobility even while building tank and I love it

[@shrungdn7379]

I just watched the video and you're right. Maybe we are so used to the new champs that we see the "balanced counterplay" part of champions to be weak.

[@synysterR6]

Been a Vi main since her release and she to this day my most played champ in the game, to be fair I really don't play league often only like level 55 or something but Vi and a few other chars are the reason for me to play league cause their design and playstyle are fun and unique enough.

[@victoralejandrotrimmerestr3672]

basically
Q and R: long range individual lock down, makes her a diver
P, W and E: ramp up short range damage and combat utility, makes her a juggernaut
and those kits dont go as well together in practice as they do in theory

[@XonixDerps]

Funny enough, paragon had a char called crunch kind of like this, except his passive was after the third hit or combo a debuff would procc based on the ability last used? ( Basically Id say he was like vi except more nuance in which ability to end a combo string off)

[@bazyl3357]

@Dichang Feng Sett can't get all up in your face from two screens away.

[@epmcgee]

@@bazyl3357 I don't see why you're making this point, because unless you're in execute range when Vi does this you're likely to live or win the fight.

[@bazyl3357]

@@epmcgee If there are no allied champs nearby to peel for you straight away, you are dead.

[@epmcgee]

@@bazyl3357 hardly. =)

[@hinamiravenroot7162]

My guess: she's an auto attack heavy diver that focuses on single targets. Her ult puts her way up in a teamfight but she doesn't have the tankiness, crowd control or combat mobility to survive in that situation. In most cases she just trades 1 for 1 and even when she's ahead she doesn't snowball as hard as other junglers.

[@aatroxtheworldender933]

In short, she is outclassed by other junglers.

[@zreed545]

She needs to flank and then ult towards her team, her ult is best used as a reposition after you flash q for an engage.

[@cennix]

that's why she's the best in laning phase. when it's just the fighting phase she struggles

[@InnsannaStories]

@@cennix shes best in the later laning phase and midgame, post 6. Her base damage is enough that levels alone make her a menace before people get really tanky, the issue is she's so vulnurable to CC that her lategame kinda sucks unless she has proper followup

[@cennix]

@@InnsannaStories yes that's literally what i said

[@morosov4595]

You forgot to mention, she has the best login screen of all time.

[@HamsterPants522]

If by 'best' you mean 'most annoying'.

[@Marca-er6fx]

Finally, somebody who knows good music!

[@True_Damage69]

Jhin,pyke,camille and kindred would like to speak to you

[@nerometallica8677]

Dunkmaster Darius

[@dacoolad]

oh god don’t remind me about that loud song. it’s just too much for a login screen

[@luckypeanut9943]

Vi was the first character I considered "maining" for jungle, I was super new but the gauntlets were hella cool with a nice twist on the steampunk aesthetic

[@HamsterPants522]

Garen's Q also has decreased cast time with the purchase of attack speed. It's a subtle buff they gave to him a while back.

[@sugoidude7823]

Right? Sure, short term it kinda redefined his itemization too much, but after some adjustments it was a massive net positive because it made him more intuitive to play and also opened up more options for build paths. Vi would make great use of that change too.

[@HamsterPants522]

@@sugoidude7823 I used to be a garen one trick for years before they made that change. I can tell you that one of the most frustrating things about playing him was that his Q auto was slower than his regular autos if you bought attack speed (which was core on him with Triforce first item). I died so many times due to my Q not hitting fast enough.

[@sugoidude7823]

@@HamsterPants522 i can definitely see that, a lot of the time it's the small changes that actually define character feel

[@wilhammartins9898]

MAN, THIS IS WHAT SHE NEEDS, AND THE MOVESPEEED BUFF THE OTHER GUY SAID ABOVE.

[@EliteLenny223-Main]

Me: "Why no one plays Vi..."
Everyone after watching Arcane: "Why you should play Vi..."

[@bwebbuva9785]

I'm loving the new background footage with the cinematic angles! Feels like it makes the video a lot more engaging

[@fiddlemage6894]

Ayy my main is getting the attention she deserves

[@revyrev28]

You mean our main :) hi im the other vi main

[@woogie9434]

@@revyrev28 hi from another vi main

[@ashemoney3173]

Literally the only 3 Vi mains in the chat

[@JAWDSKATE]

I am not a vi main and I can in fact confirm you guys are the only 3

[@michaelarmati]

Hello, Vi Mid only here

[@Kasperjoga2]

now everyone plays Vi

[@Kasperjoga2]

after arcane lol

[@nightangelx1513]

She’s more of a peeler rather than a diver IMO. She’s great at stoping a sett/Darius from killing your squishes. Her sustained damage and shield is usually enough to chunk them down for your carries to finish them off.

[@captaineflowchapka5535]

wait vi support....POG

[@amandaslough125]

@@captaineflowchapka5535 I have a friend that does this. I don't get how he makes it work so well. Vi is like the one champ I can't take out of their home terf, and I like several champs in off meta locations.

[@captaineflowchapka5535]

@@amandaslough125 it simple : easy lockdown , fast engage and good early game : like panth supp

[@dakcka]

I’m awful but I have a lot of fun on Vi support. My friend who is a lot better than I am actually really likes when I play her.

[@blacklotus561]

This is correct. Almost everybody plays her wrong and just presses R on the enemy carry instantly. You want to do that after the first flurry of spells has been used already, not at the start. A typical vi teamfight looks like this: Q into the enemy frontline, proc hullbreaker on them and then a few seconds later ulti whoever is the priority target at that time.

[@giovannivinicius2253]

I always liked playing Vi, she was my go to jungler whenever I got autofilled.

[@TaconIStenen]

Just wanna point out that I loved the editing in this episode.
I didn’t see any comments on it but I wanted to say it looks fantastic :D

[@felixgley1844]

So funny, I had the same thoughts. Great editing, Vars. The fly through the rift and the text in the front with that little bit of shadow on the letters. I like how much effort you put into these videos. When a new episode comes out than I leave it for the next day to watch it while breakfast. Gives me a great start into the workday. :)

[@nirvaanmehta8691]

Vars: Why no one pla-
Arcane: No

[@TheBossDiavolo]

THIS AGED VERY NICELY

[@HeartabyssKoi]

I feel like something that was neglected to mention or possibly even forgotten about is Most divers have a lot of their damage behind an ability that is NOT their mobility (Hecarim Q, Diana Q + W, Xin Zhao W, etc.)
I feel like a better way to improve Vi would actually be shift her power from her Q to her E and W. This way, she isn’t so heavily punished in her burst combo for not landing it and she can actually burst targets more reliably.

[@yuhhhhhh4259]

Love the new editing style especially the cinematic shots and Problem X descriptions

[@sanketower]

Vars: The game has too much damage
Also Vars: Let's give Vi more damage

[@Osric24]

I always loved Vi. It makes me sad that her move away from burst hurt her Vi-ability (heh), because her being a scrapper really fits her theming and style. But you are absolutely right that the way her kit is *designed* favors burst, frontloading her combo and following up with another proc of Denting Blows. I'd like a balance between her brawler and burst diver setups, so that she can blow up a squishy, then turn around and try to hammer down another squishy or keep a fellow bruiser busy before she goes down. And taking away the slow on her Q charge would be *so nice*, cuz as you said, the numbers are beaten out by J4 just straight up anymore. Also, I'd argue add to her lockdown theme with some kind of slow on her W or E. Adds stickiness, gives more utility, just needed if they're gonna favor that bruiser style with her a bit.

[@yfrums2563]

Arcane: And I took that personally

[@misteriousgamers9290]

Tbh i want to see "why no one plays nami" idk if she is played or not but last time i saw her it was my friend trying the mythic items in preseason

[@bulletcola7890]

Actually, Nami has a pretty fine pickrate of around 5.8.

[@misteriousgamers9290]

@@bulletcola7890 oh didn't knew that tbh so maybe she is then more fitting for "perfectly designed" series then? I mean i find her design engaging for enhancer and i don't even play enhancer's.

[@misteriousgamers9290]

@Arita Akimichi type off support's that mostly focus on healing or shielding ( and has some little amount off cc to protect their carries)

[@michaelwright1295]

@@misteriousgamers9290 nami is like the only balanced enchanter support rn

[@misteriousgamers9290]

@@michaelwright1295 i have to agree maybe that's the reason she is the least seen out off the enhancer's

[@jinn_val]

I recently started playing Vi mid, I've been having an absolute blast with her; Electrocute, level 2 all in with Ignite.

[@lillyie]

because she's a stat stick. she either stomps or gets stomped due to her extremely simple yet high damage kit

[@timocalliari8729]

Actually isnt a stat stick

[@Tawleyn]

@@timocalliari8729 Agreed. Even if you're ahead, miss an important Q against the right opponent, and they will absolutely shred you.

[@KaizerRemix]

A few quality of life changes and Arcane and her playrate doubles and she needs a hotfix nerf.
The thing about Vi is she can never be *bad* like, the ability to hard lockdown someone for as long as she can is always going to be useful. She might not be the best, but there's a long way from 'not optimal' and bad pick.

[@nicklarocco4178]

The problem that immediately comes to mind is that if Vi was made today her W would have its passive. An active, and probably a secondary passive ability too. Oh and her E would be a dash.

[@trymv1578]

If Vi were made today she'd have been Sett. Dude literally kidnapped her boxing power fantasy and does it 10x better.

[@alejandropetit6573]

Playing with my own drain tank Vi mid build is some of the most fun I've had playing this game and I mean it, the burst, tankiness and shielding/healing is insane, and I've spent weeks theorycrafting it,
Runes: just the usual hail of blades with precision secondary, nothing noteworthy here
Build: eclipse every game with either tabis or mercs for boot options, then sterak and spirit visage, just with this items you already have passive shield, sterak shield, eclipse heal and eclipse shield all getting buffed by visage, which is insane value, after that go thornmail, but if you are vs something like yone go bramble before visage, and for the last item either ravenous hydra for more healing, cleaver, for the extra haste and armor shred or stoneplate to be more of a teamfight focused tank that can kill squishies in 4 seconds
How to play it: take e level 1, vs melee matchups look for quick auto e auto trades, they can't beat you in short trades because of your passive shield negating all of their damage, vs ranged matchups walk up to minions level 1,and when they try to poke you e a minion, you negate their poke and deal some poke to them in return,both vs ranged and melee champion you can go for a level 2 all in with q and kill them, the damage is extremely high and you will either get a flash or a kill, most people don't know to play passively against you because they have no experience in the matchup, so almost all of my games I either get first blood or force them to flash and either recall or get killed by me under tower, ultimately it all comes down to practicing and limit testong over multiple games but I really reccomend you give it a try

[@user-zg4bk6rv1q]

You just made me want to try Vi mid, good job

[@Frightning]

13:10 The mini-rework happened precisely because the type of high-burst Vi build that I most enjoy playing was actually OP and needed to be nerfed, and they did it while giving compensation so that her more brawly styles would be more worth considering, and in that respect, it was a very good and healthy change (they didn't even trim *that* much the burst either).

[@gordonchine4235]

Love having her on my team but not on the enemy team since I play ADC. Noticed the editing on this vid was a lot cleaner and creative than other one's in the past. Definitely like this style more!

[@Hououin818]

3:29 They already fixed this in Wild Rift by changing her W in the pc version into her passive and viceversa and turn her shield into an active ability, now whenever she attack or hit someone with an ability it build up a stack and her shield is increase with every stack, at max stack (5) she gain a shield that absorb (60 + 5% of her health) at rank 1 anyway and gain like 50% movement speed. Weird how they never make that change into the pc version tho

[@Hououin818]

@Caio Facchinetti de Almeida The cd is really low too only 11.8s at rank one and cost 30 mana, plus at max rank it cost 0 mana so it's pretty easy to spam it late game

[@Naarii14]

I also agree that that mini-rework was REALLY bad. The Vi subreddit were all going crazy about her rework and how it was shit. Asassin Vi literally died with that rework. I've been maining her for 3 years the rework really hurt her.

[@bulletcola7890]

I just feel like I can't do anything as Vi compared to other Divers or Juggernauts personally.
She has abilities akin to a Statchecker, but she doesn't seem to statcheck as well as the others that are statcheck in a sense like Voli, or Wukong, not to mention her way of going in as a dive is a bit more risky than the likes of Wukong, and Camille due to it being a charging skillshot dash instead of an instant dash or a leap as well as being on a big cooldown for a simple dash stun that she heavily relies on, meaning that its a lot more risky in terms of her Q usage.
Those are my best guesses honestly.

[@villain_gaming_x8393]

im here because arcane got me on the VI train

[@penyshanus2671]

Arcane be like: I got you homie

[@danha3107]

I’m a lowly silver but from my experience maining her, she’s great if fed and building lethality funnily enough but I feel like she just can’t do enough damage as bruiser or gets kited out too easily if Q misses or the enemy survives her engage combo
edit: I feel proud for some reason lmao I literally predicted 90% of what he was going to say

[@sethdavenport8373]

Exactly, 3 words: play as assasin

[@Frightning]

Her biggest weakness is subpar teamfighting (her lockdown, while good is mostly single target, Q is technically AoE but it's small so it's hard to get multiple opponents with it). She is honestly almost an assassin with how good her burst can be when built for and hard to get away from she is, but, like Diana, she lacks any real damage/ability avoidance mechanism that most actual assassins have. Her subpar teamfighting is why she isn't all that popular now, as the meta heavily favors teamfight champions (notice how many well-known split-pushers aren't as popular as they used to be? This is why.)

[@chunkywaffled2152]

The new editing style was really good! Nice work!

[@MrJDozzo]

I play since season 3 and remember when she was actually very popular

[@PixelRory]

Your use of the creator suite was really good in this good job Vars! If you haven't I suggest playing around the depth, floor fog and depth of field effects some more if you haven't already they can really boost the quality if done well!

[@VarsVerum]

I didn't edit this! My friend Jake did :D He loves creator suite haha

[@PixelRory]

@@VarsVerum Ah I see I see, send my compliments to him anyway!

[@HexQuesTT]

Been playing Vi for years mostly because she can perform decently in almost any meta, assassin? go burst, tank? go aftershock, bruiser? grab a triforce, I mainly play her as a fighter with triforce but will change it up occaisonally, phage allows her to keep up with opponents and building stuff like sterak's or DD gives her good survivability

[@mttssst]

I really liked your new editing style

[@arcayve]

The editing in this video is new and nice

[@Gachimon2000]

After arcane. Every other game there's a Vi in my team and all they doe is play PVE jungle then tries to gank, fail, and go 0/7 10 minutes into the game then leaves.

[@calmuellerWAR]

Man watching these videos years later is a hell of a difference

[@Loop0001rath]

Vi was one of my first loved champions, and she used to be popular. sad that she isn't as great as she used to be

[@kyriosxx1627]

WOOO THE ONE I'VE BEEN VOTING FOR IS FINALLY GETTING WNOP

[@integrant5206]

this aged well

[@merdufer]

Why everyone plays Vi now: Cupcake.

[@MrLaafish]

Ever since the Arcane show and free skin, everyone is playing her, Jayce and Jinx

[@Taric682]

**Arcane and Vi buffs drop**

[@BerkSonmez69]

You wasted a perfect chance in naming this video “Vi no one plays”

[@jiiaga5017]

underrated comment

[@Electric0eye]

undercomment rated

[@NoOne-qi4tb]

ratedcomment under

[@NikoCat11]

I play a lot of Vi in the Mid lane and I think this route fits her better. Vi has one of the best base HP regen in the game, so coupled with a Doran Shield, she outsustains everyone while her E is a incredible skill for laning, as it means free poke, push and has low mana. Basically, you use her Q only to escape ganks or go all-in, you lane almost only with E (you max it first). In lane, her ult also means a free kill as she deals a LOT of damage.
What I build for her is: Trinity Force (aspd and sheen effect), Blade of the Ruined King and Ravenous Hydra are her cores, but you can build a Wit's End if needed. Then I usually go for a Guardian Angel and something like a Sterak. I really think that's her best role, specially in this meta.

[@Azazreal]

Punching characters are my jam, i just tend to love them so Vi and Sett are big loves for me. I totally agreed with nearly everything you said though, she does have big ole weakness' but......damn is she fun

[@plegianscum]

My kind of people. Sometimes you just wanna punch some fools.

[@TheFi3nd]

After arcane she got a big jump in player rate

[@macross3745]

I really like Vi, I hope rito upgrades her or something when Arcane comes out

[@arforafro5523]

Gonna go with two small changes, her 3 hit gives her move speed and her auto attack reset gives her a "lunge" like Udyr's bear stance (increased AA range, closes in on the enemy target if you attack)

[@hazyVADOR]

I am a Vi main with 16 wins in a row at the moment. She may not be a challenger pick, but I'm sure up to diamond she's amazing. I disagreed with a lot in this video. Once you've put hours into understanding her and how to react in the random moments league throws at you, I think she's super OP. Play her combos correctly and you down all squishies in game in one shot! She builds bruiser so she can stick in fights a little more than this video suggests.

[@neotronicfulbro]

*Laughs in Arcane*

[@leadinthepenstudios]

Really love the new style for this wnop great video

[@QuestionableLogic_]

Sonic Lost World's Dragon Road as the background music?
Truly, a man of taste

[@VarsVerum]

I'm surprised only one person out of 350+ comments knew this music LOL

[@nooscrim3674]

Why no one plays Zac, pls. He has so low pick rate while having amazing kit for engaging and peel and I can't understand why is he so unpopular.

[@nsreturn1365]

hes a tank that loses every lv 3/4 scuttle fight /invade. like i think even a kain can win that 1v1 early. However hes has insane late game. main reason is really doe, hes a tank and you cant make a penta with him ........

[@nooscrim3674]

@@nsreturn1365 but you can easily get double on adc and enchanter supp bcs your dmg is insane for a tank. I can understand your early game argument tho. He's basically as good as support in early game, and his role is to support by perma ganking and giving out cc so your allies can get kills

[@anubis7457]

@@nsreturn1365 AP zac mids would like a word

[@peschionator7873]

I feel like every time I intend to pick him at least one of the opponents can counter my engage. It can be a Thresh, Janna, Lulu etc that simply stop my E or other champs that make followup from my team difficult or irrelevant. It's also quite awkward that Zac is kind of gank focused but needs levels so he can engage from reasonable ranges.

[@nooscrim3674]

@@peschionator7873 I can assure you that Zac can gank well with just LV 2 if he knows how

[@tigerlily7863]

After arcane:

[@isaaclira4844]

Yo this editing is really good! Nice vid btw

[@DoremiFasolatido1979]

Vi about to get a whole lot more popular...at least briefly...
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Along with Jinx, Jayce, Viktor, Caitlyn, Heimerdinger, and Singed.

[@alex2005z]

Urgot and Warwick too

[@rifandyadnan9501]

now go make video why everyone's plays vi 😂

[@jinsakai5749]

Well well, how the turntables

[@TheHarimir]

VI remains i of my 2 jungle "mains" (other is zac) she is my AD pick for when i dont reeealy trust my team.
one of her strenghts is that even if far behind her ult into Q combo is basikly unstoppable

[@Joshuwa8]

The quality of this video in terms of editing and footage reminds me of exil videos keep up the good work

[@bagel2121]

Don't mind me, just waiting for the influx of comments after the release of Arcane and vi's buffs

[@dragunovx93]

12:50 exactly! Riot gutted her ad ratio to make her more of a “fighter”. We need the ad ratios back

[@TeaTimeWithU]

I love your videos Vars. They're informative and bring to light these champions who are underrepresented :)

[@hamzasami8362]

Vi's passive: shield once u hit an ability every 12 seconds lvl 1
Akshan: Lucian, Vayne, and Vi on hit passive without cooldown
Riot: Balanced, as all things should be

[@hamzasami8362]

@@mypersonalaccount4934 Miss Fortunes passive: pew pew different targets every auto for a little bit more damage!
Doesn't ruin your purpose as an adc or anything!

[@leandroleguizamontaz]

Cómo envejeció este vídeo pa

[@8bittyRae]

Well, this aged like milk.

[@budinhapalmieri]

YOOOOOOOOO new camera angles looking sick

[@karsonkammerzell6955]

Something I think many people forget is that Vi was never created with the Jungle in mind. She was created to be an anti-tank top lane bruiser; portions of her kit scream it.
Intense sustained fight potential into tanky targets with HP based damage, armor shred, shielding, and attack speed.
She can swat the frontline out of the way to disrupt it with R and stop engages with Q.
In the end, like many games, people tunneled into one aspect and hard locked her into a role she wasn't envisioned for.
Very similar to how people tunneled into making Ninja in FFXI an evasion tank when they saw shadows absorb damage despite it being originally created to be a damage dealing job.
UNLIKE FFXI and SE being cryptic and silent about everything FFXI, Riot has said multiple times she was designed with top lane in mind and that mini-rework you mention was intended to encourage use top lane and try to shift her back to the original intent with the champion.
So yeah. It did make her worse at jungling. That was the point, lol.

[@BeanMan157]

because Sett was an better, tankier and easier version of her.

[@JustaSmilingHedgehog]

Not calling the video "VI no one plays Vi" seems like a missed opportunity

[@raphaelthierry2953]

Love the montage with moving camera and not only from the top

[@rike971]

When Wukong (AoE burst) Jarvan IV (very good teamfighter), Xin (can ignore ennemies damage as long as they aren't in his ult), Kayn (can one-burst squichies or counter tankier targets, depending of the enemy team) Jax (designed to counter and kill ADCs with his E and his point and click jump. Also counters any AA-reliant champ while being a great duellist late-game), Hecarim (very fast and very good and consistent burst) and Olaf (Immunity to CC thanks to his ult) bring something consistent on the table, it's complicated to Vi to reclaim her place in the jungle.

[@consta2831]

In wild rift her w has an activable that makes her gain up to 5 stacks, when activated depending on how many stacks she got she gains a shield and if she activates the w with 5 stacks she gets movement speed too, I haven't seen or played Vi since january but since the meta is different in the 2 games do you think bringing this to lol pc would help her at least in the current meta? As you said she lacks stick potential and that kinda gives it to her even if she has to hit 5 times.

[@fragglerocker8316]

I haven't played Wild Rift yet, but I'm surprised to hear they've made the champions different between the two. Is there a reason you think why she'd get a stacking ability in Wild Rift but doesn't have it in LoL? Are there other champions that are changed between the two?

[@consta2831]

@@fragglerocker8316 there are some champions that have different details, teemo is basically another champion, but 90% or more of the champions are the same. The only reason I can think of why they made these changes are 1 for the map difference, wr has a smaller map, and 2 maybe because they wanted to try things with champions that maybe will be part of a future small rework on lol pc

[@yy_ngz]

Lmao i play her more in mid than jg cuz her lvl 1 burst is insane with HoB

[@thetaoofgaming7045]

Yes, I love bringing her against certain mid matchups like Malzahar or any melee assassin like Zed, Talon or Yasuo as she hard counters all of these

[@yy_ngz]

@@thetaoofgaming7045 yone is the only one i think beats vi in mid cuz his q stops vi's q charge, but apart from that its just funny seeing her hard counter most champs.

[@welkijken]

I think she needs a small rework to further enhance the what they were going for with the brawling theme.
Making her assassinlike makes me role my eyes, she will just be another diver that has nothing special beyond just killing a guy and than dying. So many champs do this already. Dont cater to the meta, create a more intesting one. I dont want to see 40 cookie cutter champs per role as that what will eventually happen if this is the main design philosophy going foward.
So, to enhance i would lets say.
P: let the shield be regenerated every hit with the fist. The whole getting energy back through kenetic energy.
Q: let her dash faster per lvl as you stated
W: add active charges(like the current E ) that give staggering effects to the opponant. as in a rapid decrasing heavy slow.
E: Just a single charge and you can use the AOE without hitting anyone. This while still retaining any on-hit effects.
R: classic, feels nice to use, love it, dont change it.
Off-course some numberes need to be changes around to keep it balanced.
Also overall i would change the animations and sound effects on Vi to sound way more visceral. Just like the show. She is not lightly tapping people or playfully punching you. she is beating the living shit out of you. The gameplay doesnt reflect this. I dont feel like i am hitting people with giant heavy steel magical gloves. So far only the Ult and Q give me the feeling. Autoattackes need to come with.
Just play more into the theme until it works. I love her design, but there is a lot of room for improvement. modernize her and make her even more unique.

[@needle5681]

imo vi has really good potential as a rushdown if only she had more survivability, also really like the editing in this episode; feels super professional and stylish ^__^

[@arvidpersson2993]

Could you do a video about “Why no one plays Evelynn”? A very stable pick who doesn’t get a lot of changes from patch to patch and can solo carry games in the right hands.

[@blopstudio]

inst she pretty popular tho ? i feel like i see her a lot

[@arvidpersson2993]

@@blopstudio I can’t speak for your experiences, but I would say that I see her in 1/30 games I play. And from what I’ve seen from sites like champion.gg she has about a 5% pick rate.
I personally love her and she’s my go to when I play jungle. It’s just strange to me how such a stable champion with the right conditions can dominate an entire game doesn’t have as many mains as other junglers.