Hello ladies and gents, My name is Flyx. I want to start of by saying my grammar is terrible. Feel free to correct me if you see any errors in this guide as it is my first guide I'm posting on Mobafire! (It's actually extremely intimidating to write your own guide!) Any constructive criticism you guys have feel free to leave it in the comments section below.

I want to give a very special shout out to Jhoijhoi and her wonderful guide on how to make a guide on Mobafire. It helped me a lot with BBCoding. With out her, this guide wouldn't look as wonderful as it does.

Another honorable mention goes out to the summoner Beastsaus. I've played 100+ games as Vi and after I began to make this guide, and came to the Match Ups section I realized there were champions I hadn't ever played before. He played a fairly big portion in helping me make this guide complete. This mention goes out to you Beastsaus. Thank you!

Pros + During her release, Riot gave her a theme song for the login screen! THEME SONG! ( Click here to Listen! ) + Great early game damage. + Passive shield is fairly big. + High mobility. + Phenominal at pushing towers. + Immune to CC during her ult. + In the Neon Strike Vi skin, your taunt toggles your shades on and off!

Cons - Vault Breaker can be dodged easily. - Until level 11, the cooldown on your passive is a little long. - Can be kited fairly easily. - Takes some time to get used to proper timing with her ult.

Passive: Blast Shield
Your activated abilities grant a shield equal to 10% of your maximum health for three seconds when they hit an enemy.


This passive is great. You can use it to soak up the opponents harass, survive ignite, or any other damage over time abilities.


Vault Breaker

First Cast: Slows your movement speed by 15% while increasing damage and dash range over 1.5 seconds.

Second Cast: Vi dashes forward, dealing physical damage and applying Denting Blows to all enemies hit (75% to minions/monsters). Vi stops upon colliding with an enemy champion, knocking it back.


This ability is Vi's gap closer and escape skill. When fully charged this move will deal double the amount of damage to your opponent as well as apply a stack of Denting Blows. You can also use this ability to charge through most walls. My favorite is through the base walls.



Denting Blows
Passive: Every 3rd attack on the same target deals additional physical damage equal to a percentage of the target's maximum health, reduces its armor by 20% and grants Vi bonus attack speed for 4 seconds. Denting Blows deals a maximum of 300 damage against minions and monsters.
This ability is awesome, it armor shreds, it gives you bonus attack speed, and it deals true damage all on the third hit making you extremely bursty. I max this last however, because while the attack speed increase and the initial damage increases, its armor reduction does not. The armor reduction is 20% at level one which is a HUGE amount of armor reduction. At level 5, it still is 20%.


Excessive Force
Active: Causes Vi's next basic attack to deal bonus physical damage to the target and enemies behind it. Vi periodically charges a new punch and can hold up to 2 charges at once.


This ability is your main form of harass, damage, wave clear, everything. Line your opponents up so that there is a minion between you and your opponent (It is roughly the same distance as your Vault Breaker ) and activate it to get off some nice harass off onto your opponent.



Assault and Battery
Vi targets an enemy champion and chases it down, knocking it up for 1.25 seconds, dealing physical damage and applying Denting Blows.While charging, Vi is immune to crowd control and will knock aside enemies in her way, dealing 75% damage to them.


This ability is your initiate ability. During your lane phase it is exceptional at chasing down your opponent, locking them down so your jungler can come help with a kill, and in some (though rare) cases, be used as an escape. While you're charging Cease and Desist you are immune to crowd control, which is great for jumping onto that Veigar during a team fight. During team fights you're going to want to save this ability for the AD carry or the AP carry. You will knock everybody in your way off to the side and charge right into them. (Also, during the cast Vi will scream "Get Dunked!" which is always enjoyable.)

Mark of Attack Damage
I pick up these for the extra damage. These will help you trade with your opponent easier and make farming go smoother.

Seal of Armor
These runes will help you sustain better in lane.


Glyph of Scaling Magic Resist
Helpful for when team fights begin, you'll be able to survive a bit better when this occurs.


Glyph of Attack Damage
Again, I get these to help harass, kill, and farm.

Summoner's Wrath
Nice to have since Ignite won't always be up.



Fury
The extra attack speed helps you get off Denting Blows quicker.



Sorcery
Faster regeneration of Denting Blows stacks plus more Vault Breaker chase down's / escapes



Deadliness
Really isn't that useful, but is needed to go further down the tree. It's the lesser of the evils in this tier



Destruction
Helps with pushing down towers. This in conjunction with Relentless Force makes pushing towers a breeze.



Weapon Expertise
More armor penetration!



Brute Force
Extra AD isn't bad to have.



Sunder
Even more armor penetration!



Executioner
Helpful for picking off champions under half health.




Durability
Extra health for lane sustain.



Hardiness
For the most part you'll be against another AD bruiser top. If you're doing ranked or draft and know you're not, switch 2 points over to Resistance



Resistance
A little extra MR here and there.



Veteran's Scars
30 Health is a lot level one. Once more, this is for lane sustain.

Flash: This is my favorite summoner, use it for flashing over walls to escape, chase, steal dragon or Baron, either way you look at it, It's a good one to bring.

Ghost: "But Flyx? Why don't you bring ghost?" I really don't find ghost very necessary considering her Vault Breaker can be used as an escape.

Ignite: I take this for the healing reduction and the extra damage, I can't even begin to say how many times this summoner spell got me first blood and another summoner spell out of my opponent

Teleport: This is a strong lane summoner. It really depends on who your using this against. This could be useful against someone who push's hard.

Heal: I really don't find this summoner spell to be all that necessary on Vi given her Blast Shield gives you a shield to help you soak up damage. It is good for baiting people into tower diving you though.

Exhaust: This is a good replacement for Ignite if your team doesn't bring one. It's really good after using Cease and Desist and hitting them with this summoner spell. It will lower their movement speed, attack speed, attack damage, and ability and item damage.

Crystalline Flask: Restores 100 health and 40 mana. Starts with 3 charges and refills every time you go back to base. So through all the charges, You're bringing 300 health and 120 mana just via this one item. This will help you stay in lane longer letting you out level and out farm your opponent.

sight ward Sight Ward: Warding is a critical portion to League of Legends. Without wards you're a prime target for ganks. Grab this early and place it around the time you hit level two. You've only got one so make it count!

5x Health Potion: Again this is just for lane sustain. Much like the Crystalline Flask this is going to restore your health. Combined through all 5 Health Potion you're healing for 750 health. Which is more than your level one total health.

Frozen Mallet: Since you're heavily reliant on auto attacks and melee this item will give you health, damage, and a passive chance to slow allowing you to chase easier.

Black Cleaver: Pick up a little extra attack damage, some cooldown reduction to be able to use your abilities more often, and some additional armor penetration. The synergy between Denting Blows and this item is massive.

Boots: This is mandatory, fairly self explanatory, gives you more movement speed, grab your choice of tier two boots when you feel is necessary or have some extra gold.

Runic Bulwark: This item is good if you're doing poorly, or really good. It gives everyone around you that is on your team more armor, magic resist, and health regeneration. In addition it gives you health, magic resist, and armor which are all good stats to have as you will have to initiate some if not all fights.

Bloodthirster:This item offers a lot of damage and great sustain in lane as well as trade more effectively. A fully stacked Bloodthirster will give you an extra 30 attack damage and 6% life steal.

Randuin's Omen: If you need a tank on your team, i would strongly recommend this item. It is insanely good. I would say that it is probably, if not the best armor item out there. It adds health, armor, and an amazing active ability. The passive ability on it is also very nice for a tank.

Zephyr: This item gives you a lot of stats. Movespeed, to let you initiate, chase, and land Vault Breaker easier, The cooldown reduction is nice, and a fairly decent ammount of attack speed to land Denting Blows easier. Get this item if you have a tank and need to be more of a bruiser.

Guardian Angel: This makes Vi tankier and gives her a second chance. Late game when you have to protect your AD carry this item comes in handy to help do so. I generally pick this item.

Frozen Heart: Another armor alternative. I like to get this item over Randuin's Omen if the enemy team's carries are ignoring me.

Iceborn Gauntlet: This item is good if you are in need of more cooldown reduction and will slow everybody around your target which can be MASSIVE in a team fight.

Enchantment: Alacrity: I get these if I'm winning and want to get from tower to tower quicker.

Enchantment: Homeguard: I get these when my team is losing, it helps you get back to your towers that need defending quicker. I also get these if the enemy team has a Karthus for his pesky pesky Requiem summoner platform kills.

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Guide Published 1/13/2013
Fixed a few spelling errors (12/13/2013)