Talk:Vi/@comment-20434720-20140225215456/@comment-24609871-20140301073528

You should also remember that Vi is a Meta Champ. She's strong when there are Assassins that can follow up her single target lock-down with Strong burst. She was strong when Fizz/Ahri/Kassadin/Zed were the top mid picks and is strong again thanks to the Yasuo/Kassadin/Gragas trio being the top picks. When AOE Initiation was favoured, she was in a pretty bad spot and Jarvan IV would be seen as superior. She also suffered countless nerfs since the beginning of Season 3 and while her numbers still look good, any more nerfs would break her once the Top Midlane Picks change. Also notice that Damage Bruiser Junglers are not viable in Pro play. That's why she's build almost exclusively as a tank in LCS/OGN. All-in all, we should see how the nerfs affect Gragas, Yasuo and Kassadin once LCS starts being played on Vel'Koz patch. If you want to try a fun build in Normals try Metoes's Damage Vi build from Solomid and if you want to do damage in <Diamond 1 Ranked games with Vi, get SotAG+ TF+ BC+ Banshee+ Tabi+ Randuins. You can sell SotAG and Tabis late game for Mercs + Sunfire/Warmogs/Locket/Thornmail/SV/Maw of Malmortius/Mercurial Scimitar/FH if you feel you need more tankiness or damage. It's my go-to Vi build in D V if I'm ahead or equal.