It used to be an okay item back in the days, but then they nerfed the item quite a bit. Before you'd usually run Spear of Shojin for the ability haste, that stat has practically been removed from the item entirely and the basic ability haste passive only affecting your regular abilities (not your ultimate) isn't enough to justify the cost of the item.

Also again like you mentioned, you only get SoS stacks via your abilities, basic attacks (even ones garnered by Denting Blows) give no stack progression. Overall I've always felt this item to just be clunky to use on her, there's almost always just a better option to pick from in my opinion.

I would say not really. Terminus just doesn't provide anything beneficial to Vi, which is why nobody really builds it. At the same time the only time you would build it, other armor pen items would just do that better. Even Lord Dominik's Regards would probably benefit you more and that item by itself is also pretty niche.

- 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.

Usually that isn't required. Try to get a leash on the red buff, then use your E charges that you get at level 2 on the golems when you have your passive shield up. It's very important to do so as otherwise you'll waste charges and potential shields which will lead to you getting out of your clear with much lower health. After golems, your main objective is still to do E > Passive shields until you reach level 3, then you can go away from the raptors and charge your Q, and go back in when it's fully charged to fully clear the camp, usually that's enough to take the camp and still have a healthy clear.

If it still doesn't work for you, you can opt for wolves secondary, however, this will lead to you losing potential xp and gold as your raptors will not respawn when you're doing your jungle clear for the second time, hence the reason this is the jungle route. If you think that the red side route is much harder to pull off with decent health I would recommend to go for the blue side route instead as it still gives you level 3, it only depends on the kind of gameplan that you have for the game which decides where you want to start.

I will include a section on how to clear with Vi using the different clears, hopefully by then it should clear these questions up. But that will come at a later date. :)