Talk:Vi/@comment-84.251.20.14-20130213102458/@comment-84.251.20.14-20130213141053

It's not odd that people need to take their time with some champions to determine whether they're good or not. It usually happens with characters that have some level of ambiguity to which lane they should go to, which role they should be playing and what items they should be buying. That was the case with Elise who was also thought to be UP because many people went mid with her, played her as a stereotypical mage and bought AP items instead of penetration + durability and playing as top lane bruiser or jungler. Likewise, it took a bit of time to realize how ridiculously good jungle Vi is with Spirit of the Elder Lizard and generally a very tanky build to go with it.

Characters like Syndra and Nami were almost universally agreed to be UP upon release because learning matchups and optimal item builds is a very quick process for them and they really have only one possible role they can fulfill.