- Spirit Visage ends up with the same problem as Kaenic Rookern has, which is that nobody builds them, at all, and on the off chance they do then they choose rookern instead. The only purpose these items have is to give you magic resist, so spending 200g more to get +30 more magic resist with Kaenic Rookern is just the better choice. There's almost no reason anymore to run visage at all. "All stats are welcome" just doesn't matter when the core reason either item is bought is for the MR, of which visage just gives far less. Rookern gives more and has a magic shield, helping even further for the difference of 200g.

- As of this new patch I can actually change it back to Alacrity again. Legend: Alacrity and Legend: Haste has very similar pick rates and winrates, people use them equally as much if it's to have the rune together with Conqueror. If you're running Hail of Blades where Precision is secondary, Alacrity will always be the dominant choice.

- I just don't believe this at all. If Shield Bash & Revitalize has good synergies with her, scales with all items she builds, gives you enormous numbers of damage and interacts well with her, then that would reflect in people picking the runes, which they don't. In S15, the most dominant primary trees for her is Precision with Conqueror and Domination with Hail of Blades, Resolve here isn't picked whatsoever, it's not even a consideration. The only place is secondary runes and for there they're picked so little that almost any other rune Vi can build is better and picked more. It's definitely a matter of personal preference as everyone who plays her would rather run Inspiration or Domination with their Conq tree or run Precision for their HoB tree. These runes aren't ever picked whatsoever so it's extremely unlikely that they're as good as you say they are. The purpose isn't for tankiness either which is what I mentioned in the comment below as well, they're good coupled with the right champions that can heal and shield you, otherwise they serve no purpose.

I don't have Resolve secondary as an option for any rune page just notably because it's not something anyone's running on Vi at all aside from sometimes. I think if you're playing with a team that can provide a lot of shields or healing (e.g. enchanters), this option can have merit. If not however, you're not really going to be getting that much from these runes. Blast Shield does help in granting shields but it feels pointless to run it just for shield value and ignoring the fact Revitalize plays off of healing as well.

With Eclipse there can potentially be a build going, but then comes what to run it into, and personally I don't really see a team comp or matchup where you need to be tankier or need to have more shields, so I'd say it comes to preference there.

I'm glad to know it's able to help you on your jungle journey. 😁

Happy to hear it's of help. 😁

Planning to add in matchups soon so don't worry, just a bit of a process. 🙂

I don't believe Trinity Force is as good of an item as it once used to be - compared to people currently playing Vi during this patch, almost everyone is still running Divine Sunderer as it's still the stronger choice.

As for Bloodthirster - it definitely is a well made item for lifesteal/damage, however its bonuses are pretty lost on a melee champion like Vi. Most of the times you'll see this item being used on ranged champions because proccing the lifesteal is far easier on someone who can damage from afar. I just really do not believe the damage while >50% HP is more worth the 3200g price tag than to just build another item of similar gold value that gives you many other stats that are more worth.

Currently going to make changes soon to include the new Radiant Virtue build as it's very popular this patch as of the recent changes made to the items. Personally the build is very good, the only time where it isn't is if you're against an enemy team that doesn't have many melee champions. It's very hard to make full use of radiant's abilities if you aren't clumped together and can just get poked from afar.

Honestly a bit debatable. Divine Sunderer is still the current most popular and strongest item on her, however it does not mean that assassin Vi is weak.

Ah, I did not notice these when I checked through the guide. Considering Treasure Hunter is still an optimal pick for Vi, they have now been changed.

Thank you!

Counter jungling is a simple concept once you get the hang of it, but can be hard to grasp at first. Basically, if say the enemy jungler is at the top side of the map, you'll have an option, either to gank the bottom side, get drake (if available) or you can walk into the enemy's jungle and counter jungle, hence the word. You're basically stealing your opponents camps whilst they're on another side of the map which can garner you a good lead if the jungler is oblivious (below Diamond I'd say). However, the higher up you get, you need to understand that your opposing jungler can do the same thing to you as you do to them, taking your camps on the top side of the map. The map gets split, top side is theirs, bottom side is yours and vice versa, for the most part.

As for builds to counter junglers, it completely depends on the jungler. If it's a burst AP user (say Evelynn), you can go Maw of Malmortius, if it's an AD user, you can stack armor, if it's an AP user in general but can't 1shot you, you can stack magic resist and so forth. It more or less depends on the matchup you're facing.

imo routes are just something you can personalize. make yourself more unpredictable by making your own routes. making standard routes makes you predictable and easier to counnter gank. suit yourself

I mean what I could do is to just add that route as an alternative in terms of the playstyle you might be looking for, even though I feel like the one I have at the minute is better.

The reason I think Red > Krugs > Raptors > the rest is a good route is because you're able to maximize experience & gold on your clear, not only this but you're also going to get both raptors & krugs up again when you're about to go for your second full clear after your first clear & gank (+ recall). The only difference is that you need to make sure you use your Relentless Force + passive correctly because the clear relies a lot on her shields to maximize your health bar as it'll make the clear even better if you're able to get a gank off directly after it.