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On December 20 2012 10:02 Alaric wrote:
It's known, Ryze's a beast.

Jungled Vi, managed to do it with 0-9-21 masteries and a flask+machete start, even though I had to back after level 4 (road to double buff + wraiths, no gols).
ohmygodohmygodohmygodshe'sSOOOOOOOOOfun
I can jump everywheeeeeeeeeeeeeerre! Went QWEQ R>Q>W>E because I'm dumb and didn't get W at level 1, the clear speed is 0K, and having a low cooldown on Q changes stuff so much. Even if Q was her worst ability you'd still have to max it first just because of the cooldown reduction, having 2-3 Qs per fight (had an Elise mid who didn't want the blue buffs and 6% cdr from masteries, bought locket later, had a cd around 6-7s) helps you so much, repositioning, reaching the other side of the fight once your target is down, interrupting (Katarina in the enemy team)... and it's a pretty fun dash skill (Sej's can be kinda frustrating I personnally feel because of its slow traveling speed notably).

W isn't always obvious to see when it procs (even when jungling, the sound effect is pretty quiet), but as long as you do your stuff calmly, you'll have it up for the most part of the fights, which helps regarding AS.
E is really fun with the "pass-through" damage, I picked up several kills during ganks and fights by repositioning and using it on another target (often a minion) to get the AoE damage on the runner.

I built wriggles+bulwark because I was kinda fed (loads of assists) (swifties because mercs aren't worth it against Nautilus + another Vi + Ashe), but even then I felt rather squishy, even at 176 armor and 2300 HP after locket. The fact that they had 2 BCs on their team probably played a role... my damage dropped a lot against anything non-squishy (when doing nashor and dragon I felt that my damage output was pretty nigh) from the lack of damage items, but on the other hand Bulwark is like the trademark of defensive items now, so I'm not sure what to build instead to retain some tankiness while having damage. Randuin's probably a great pick on her, since she has gap-closers but few ways of sticking once Q is on cooldown, and her ult really puts her in the thick of things.

On December 21 2012 21:03 Ryuu314 wrote:
I think if you're laning Vi, Q should probably just be a 1 point wonder, while you max E then W. The hitbox on Q is kinda small and the charge time is really bleh. Max E lets you harass your opponents really darn easily and W makes it impossible to trade with you.

On December 21 2012 18:27 gtrsrs wrote:
my acct got hacked when i was SG guitarasaurus. i lost all friends, ranked teams, etc
shortly after that time i took the chance to move my name to "i am guitar" with all my SG teammates (who changed to SG Dazzleking -> "i am Anjo", SG InnocentKing -> "i am Shihao", kwr -> "i am kwr" etc).
that was like in july

noobpaladin

so yeah if you had "SG guitarasaurus" on your f/l and wonder why we don't talk any more, add me again on "i am guitar" and let me know you're a TLer

On December 22 2012 00:19 Requizen wrote:
Alright, on Vi, I need a bit of input. What are my matchups that I can fight into? She doesn't seem nearly as safe to just farm with like Riven (who can dash in and out) or Jayce (Ranged mode). I went against Olaf and Garen, and I felt each time I went in to farm, they dumped on me. If I tried to duel to force them out, they out damaged me and were able to get more health back through regen mechanics.

Were these just bad matchups? Who do you think you can/can't pick her into?

On December 22 2012 00:27 AsmodeusXI wrote:


Maybe it would be good to go with what someone suggested earlier and max W and E for more dueling power. Barring anything else, maybe there's a few matchups where you just have to use E to farm?