Overall i believe is she very fun and a great champ. I have had terrific games (3v3) with her.

EDIT: Some reasons why i think she should be played, and what works for me.

-Her Q Is a free flash, it can move over most walls at full charge.
-Her W Shreds through tanks + the Attack Speed you get.
-Her E Clear waves nice AoE damage in team fights or extra damage in 1v1's
-Her R Lands you right behind them and If Caityln is on your team just ult who shes ulting knock out everyone so no one blocks. DAT SYNERGY!
-Combine her Q+R to catch up to the villains running from the law! Or R>E>Q>E BAM! You have your W proc'd

Number 1 item that SYNERGIES with VI is BLACK CLEVER so much ARM PEN CAN'T HANDLE IT! Then SLAP on Trinity Force OR Frozen Fist TO FIST THEM WITH YOUR ROBO HANDS!

Just my reasons on playing Vi 24/7 for 4 days. I have only played on Twisted Treeline, on Summoners Rift may be different since its not as fast paced.

Give it time.

She's going through the early stages of release that every champion goes through.

They are created.
Played for a week or two.
Then players fall off.
Then they erupt once they are figured out.

It happened with Riven, Yorick (granted a buff came with his surge), Kha'zix, Rengar (a little faster than others), Lee Sin, Hecarim, Jayce, Rumble, Shyvana, Skarner, Viktor and Wukong.

Now, each champion listed "erupted" at a different rate. But it's the natural cycle of champions.

Vi will be given the time of day once the pros figure out how to best utilize her, then the community will follow suit.

Just won a 2v3 with her last night she is by far one of my fav champs. I think she is fairly good and balanced the way she is so I hope she doesn't see the nerf bat at all.

She's one of those champions I want to like, but can't. I can just get the job done better with others. Someone tipped me off to play her like a bursty ad caster, and that actually rather helped, but you can't exactly build her full offense, and unlike other champions I enjoy bursting with, she doesn't have mobility (yes, her q is very mobile, but you can either use it to initiate/damage or escape, not both in the same instance) or range. (Or tankiness, for that matter. Some champions can abuse some really nasty tankiness/sustain to get their combos in.) I just can't get her down because I can't figure how to survive with her AND still do damage, which is kinda too bad, rofl.

I play her when my team needs something like irelia but less gold hungry with faster jungling or more CC. She doesnt seem as strong but she has alot of nice benefits.

She's very fun but not particularly impressive. She has two gap closers and good sustained damage. Otherwise she doesn't bring much to a team. She has low utility, she's a mediocre jungler, and a mediocre top lane. She's not a bad champion by any means, she just doesn't really shine in any area.

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Originally Posted by Onimus Terlain Give it time. She's going through the early stages of release that every champion goes through. They are created. Played for a week or two. Then players fall off. Then they erupt once they are figured out. It happened with Riven, Yorick (granted a buff came with his surge), Kha'zix, Rengar (a little faster than others), Lee Sin, Hecarim, Jayce, Rumble, Shyvana, Skarner, Viktor and Wukong. Now, each champion listed "erupted" at a different rate. But it's the natural cycle of champions. Vi will be given the time of day once the pros figure out how to best utilize her, then the community will follow suit.

She's getting bug fixes which should increase her effectiveness massively. Her pushing power is ridiculous, she can jump into most teamfights and deal a large amount of aoe damage with her E, and you can't leave your turret alone with her, because she can demolish it in a single creep wave with nothing but a Brutalizer thanks to her low cd auto attack reset.

Basically, she's highly underrated, and her counters are hard, but get around the counters and you can do really well.

vi is definitely fun champion but with lack of QoL
from what i understand her effectiveness depends a lot on initial early game. also vi is one of those who requires items to be effective since she has no cc beside the knockback of less than 1 sec ( even for that it has high cd). plus most of her ability has high cd unless you max them and stack cdr

i hope riot is working on the fix

currently vi is more suitable in 3v3 rather than 5v5