User blog comment:Deshiba/No counterplay/@comment-5266525-20140516232549

There's nothing inherently broken with a unit-targeted knockup the same way there's nothing inherently broken with a unit-targeted damage spell.

It is perfectly fine for a champion ability to have low counterplay provided they make tradeoffs elsewhere in their kit to balance it. Debatably, Vi isn't paying the cost that she should, but she's not even close to the worst if you ask me.

I reckon the only reason you don't complain about the champions who are even more frustrating and toxic to fight against is because they're don't currently have a high win- or pick-rate, whereas Vi does.