Vi

Playstyle Profile

Vi is an initiator — excels at engaging grouped enemies with impactful openings

Teamfight Role

Vanguard Initiator

Power Spike

Mid game

Split Threat

None

Backline Access

Low

Vi's Strengths

• Starts fights on your terms — Vi's engage forces enemies to react, giving your team the initiative

How to Play Vi

Champion-specific pre-match tips

Lane Phase

Trigger your W quickly in short trades by executing a Q, auto-attack, and E reset sequence.

Lane Phase

Engage early trades only when your passive shield is off cooldown to absorb the enemy retaliation damage.

Lane Phase

Charge your Q from inside unwarded brushes to deny the enemy reaction time and guarantee the knockup.

Mid Game

Aim your Q past a target and Flash through them mid-dash to knock them backward into your team.

Mid Game

Position yourself to hit enemy champions with your E cone through the minion wave when you want to simultaneously poke and push.

Mid Game

Hold your ult during skirmishes until the enemy carry burns their primary mobility spell or Flash.

Late Game

Cast Q then R onto a primary target, and Flash behind a secondary target mid-ult to pull both of them into your team.

Late Game

Peel for your carries during teamfights by tapping an uncharged Q to instantly interrupt incoming enemy dashes or channels.

Late Game

Engage fights with your R only when your team is within immediate follow-up range to capitalize on the single-target lockdown.

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How to Counter Vi

Counter strategies and draft context

kite with range, burst before they sustain, or outscale with team-oriented compositions

• Weak to disengage and spread comps — Vi's engage loses value when enemies aren't grouped
• Hard CC shuts down the all-in — Vi has no escape once committed to a dive
• Forced to answer split-push instead of teamfighting — side-lane pressure neutralizes Vi's dive threat
• Ranged champions that maintain distance in trades

Vi's Weaknesses

• Heavy disengage compositions — Vi's engages get peeled off before the team can follow up
• Peel-heavy compositions — shields, heals, and knockbacks keep Vi away from priority targets

Best Synergies with Vi

Team synergies and draft context

• Follow-up damage dealers who capitalize on Vi's engage — burst mages and ADCs with range
• Backline carries that deal damage while Vi disrupts the enemy team — dual threats stretch defenses thin
• CC follow-up allies that chain lockdown after Vi's initial dive — guaranteed kills from coordinated all-ins
• Engage supports that set up skirmishes in your favor

Draft Context

• Pairs another engage champion with no follow-up damage to capitalize on Vi's initiation
• Lacks backline damage — Vi creates chaos but nobody follows up on the disruption

Learning Curve

Based on hundreds of thousands of high-elo matches — how Vi's win rate changes with mastery level

Vi has exceptional depth — there is always something new to learn, with a straightforward learning process. Steady improvement comes over a moderate number of games.

Skill Cap

Very High

Cost of Learning

Medium