Dang =/ Only games I've spectated today have been Vi vs Vi top lane and it's like watching something in the mirror. Played against one in a game and didn't really register her on the meter of "you're getting fucked up if this gets near you."Her skills are neat, animations are good, pretty entertaining.
But she's melee dps with a mana bar and no sustain, just where the fuck does she go? Her jungle is passable but nothing amazing, and she brings almost no CC with her for a gank pre-6 (ww syndrome). I'm kind of afraid she'll wind up being the worse version of Darius and thus never useful.
I think a solo queue ranked mode would solve a lot of that. There are a handful of champions which are very overpowered on the map that would get banned (Darius, Singed, Teemo, Xin Zhao, Jayce) and for the rest you could counterpick. Based on Riot's posts though they are firmly opposed to a solo queue ranked mode for Twisted Treeline.I like it as well, but it does bother me a bit just how obvious it is that there is an supper tier of champions for it and most others are close to unplayable. There's what, 10-15 champs that shine on that map? The rest are all junk picks that only work if you vastly out skill your opponents it feels like.
Riot understands the current meta but they try not to build champions that solely fit it in case it changes.So about Vi...
Does Riot really understand their own meta? How are they still making melee champs with mana bars that have no sustain? Like, they have to know what top lane is like right? The only way a champion like that works is if their damage is so bonkers they can brute force a lane (Darius), and even then they are almost always still situational picks as they have too many hard counters (Darius still). Vi is going to wind up on the bench just like pantheon/fiora/wukong/etc because the meta just has no place for her.
Not sure if you've played much since the S3 patch, but I've been seeing a TON of pantheon, talon, and even some wukong at higher elos. Panth & Talon mid are especially popular right now, Panth is almost always either banned or picked. I haven't played Vi yet, but the Flask/4pot/mpot/ward start has helped the mana/no sustain ADs a lot.So about Vi...
Does Riot really understand their own meta? How are they still making melee champs with mana bars that have no sustain? Like, they have to know what top lane is like right? The only way a champion like that works is if their damage is so bonkers they can brute force a lane (Darius), and even then they are almost always still situational picks as they have too many hard counters (Darius still). Vi is going to wind up on the bench just like pantheon/fiora/wukong/etc because the meta just has no place for her.
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