Talk:Vi/@comment-26433263-20150803234855/@comment-9705522-20150819203230

Well, if we are getting on a technical level, Lee Sins identity was actually "master of everything", having every single major mechanic excluding stealth, but you get the idea. And no, actually vi wasnt built around her ult. Like, at all. She was actually designed around her Q, the only spell that existed since kit 1, and stayed nearly the same.

In fact, in the dev blog of Vi, the creator actually specifies that the ult was the last spell to be finished. He had a full kit, excluding the ult we know. Instead, it was an ult that was fair. Shorter range, less impact, far more counterplay (it presumably was even QSS-able).

Why did he change the ult? Get this. Because he saw no reason for Vi being picked over someone like Jarvan. So, instead of looking at if that is actually true, and if so, what might change it (hint, it wouldnt have been true), he just decided to give her an ult with no counterplay. He just too the easy, and of course, wrong way out.

But what does that tell us? You can simply remove her ult, since it was a (very bad) afterthought, and replace it with something else. Something similiar, but fair (like the original iteration). Vis design isnt dependant on her ult (which is not only a boring spell, but hardly unique as well), its on the rest of her kit. You would still pick her for that, even if her ult wasnt as stupid as it is now.