Talk:Vi/@comment-4677525-20121208045026

Very early thoughts on her from playing her on PBE:

1) Her ult is extremely powerful, excellent both as an initiation and a chasing tool. However, her ultimate has a long cooldown at early ranks so try to use it only when you can ensure a kill.

2) Her abilities have to be used with care; without Frozen Mallet, Red buff or ult, she cannot stick to her target very well. Her Q can help her chase, but the knockback is very slight and it (again) has a very long CD at early ranks. Any champ with decent mobility can escape her if she does not have some sort of slowing effect or her ult.

3) Speaking of which, Frozen Mallet is a great item on Vi because of how her passive scales with health. Triforce is good, but I feel the constant slow is mandatory.

4) Her kit is very "all-in", even though her Q can help her escape it's range is pathetic unless it is charged and the time it take to charge it can get you killed.

5) Her E is bonkers insane. It has a low CD and hits like a friggin' truck + helps her farm very well. In addition, as of now, the bonus damage applies to structures allowing her to push very quickly (not sure if this is a bug, though). A quick E-attack-E is enough to apply her W, speaking of which...

6) Her W is interesting. While the attack speed steroid is noticeable, I somehow don't really notice the rest of the effects. This may be because I initiate with Q which already pre-applies W, so I don't know...

7) Her mana costs are practically non-existent, seriously you can pretty much spam E all day and have enough mana for the rest of her kit.

Tbh, the combo I like to use is to charge in with Q while "priming" E, then upon hitting the target with E, auto-attack and then reset with a second E (reapplying W); then use the ult if they try to escape or finish them off with it in an execute. By then, your Q should be up so you can re-engage or attempt to escape with it. She seems like a decent jungler, but I have yet to try it out.