Talk:Vi/@comment-5574937-20130509043236/@comment-8234800-20130510095956

Oh, everyone built Triforce on her when she came out. Now everyone builds Frozen Mallet. For good reasons.

You don't get as much out of Triforce as with many other champions - despite her E. Let's look at her kit closely. She only has two abilities (other than her ult) to proc TF - Q and E. Her Q has a very high cooldown (18 seconds) and you'll usually lvl that one last, so it will stay that until the late game. And you'll need that one most of the time to initiate, so that one's out of the question to proc TF effectively. Now her E. Potentially, you could use it to proc TF twice. But to do that, you'd have to wait a whole additional, unnecessary second to cast it again, which means a lot in a fight. It also means you'd take more time to proc her W.

So, realistically, you'll be able to proc TF only once every 8 seconds. That's horrible, when compared to champs like Skarner, Nasus and Wukong who can proc the effect way more efficiently because they have spamable abilities, AA modifiers with lower cooldowns and/or more spells to potentially proc TF.

Now let's also take a look why Frozen Mallet is so good on her, shall we?

What Vi really lacks in her kit is a way to hold the enemy. She needs to be able to hold him somehow to autoattack him, and you need to autoattack the same enemy over and over again to get the most out of her kit. Now, picture this: You hit an enemy Nidalee with your Q, follow it quickly with your E - now what's stopping that enemy Nidalee to turn cougar and just jump out of your reach before you can punch her with your E again? Nothing at all! You wanna tell me you want to rely on your ult to give her the rest? Tough luck with such a high cooldown (in early game). And even with that ult, you're still not guaranteed to kill a really high-mobility carry champ, which are all the rage atm. (Why don't you guys just play Veigar? Sigh)

Vi really needs a reliable slow. So, don't be a fool, don't fall for pretty visuals and get a Frozen Mallet. I still sometimes buy TF as like one of the last items in my set, but you really shouldn't rush to buy it as your main item.