Talk:Vi/@comment-4131177-20130307070834/@comment-112.208.38.29-20130310174226

Vi (and the likes of jarvan and xin) are more popular than malphite because:

1. She is strong at all levels. Malphite is weak pre-6 and his ganks isn't that strong pre-6. Vi will destroy malphite 1v1 or 2v2(when ganking/counterganking). Vi's team will have more pressure pre-6 because malphite have to be careful when moving around. Vi will destroy her when she sees him.

2. Because of the efficiency of the current tanky meta, Champs that scale well with defensive items and minimal offensive items are at a premium. Malphite with pure tanky items is just an ulti-bot (that can be flashed) and deals minimal damage afterwards. Vi with just a lizard spirit stone + tank items will kill your carries if left unattended.

3. A small advantage of vi's ultimate is that it locks on and can't be flashed. Alert carries can flash malph's ultimate.

Btw, I'm talking about jungle vi and jungle malphite. For laning, Malphite top is better than Vi top because Vi pushes her creeps too hard and is easily ganked.