r/ViMains • u/NemoTag • 9h ago
Help General playstyle suggestions/information
I was a Vi one trick a long time ago(wasn't very good though), I recently (unfortunately) picked up league again recently, and I have had some decent success with Vi in the jungle.
I've had a consistent problem playing against Zac and other similar tank engage junglers that can easily match my roam. What do you guys do/build? Is it just bad Queue luck, or is my mindset not correct to try and win those games?
My play style is pretty passive- I try to focus on full clearing, and I typically don't do a sub 6 camp gank unless the positioning is perfect. Even then, I will typically wait until I can get and cover vision around first drag/or hit lvl 6 before I start looking for full commit ganks.
I've always believed the best way to win as a jungler isn't to try and snowball and obliterate every game, it's to have high CS and regularly play and prioritize objectives. My job shouldn't be to win other people's lanes for them. I will still gank frequently if the timing is right, but I'd rather go get 3 camps, a drag, herald, or something else, instead of committing a bunch of time to a single kill and getting someone else fed.
When do you guys do first back? Is there a specific gold target you're going for? How often do you counter jungle/invade?
When playing against zac or someone with a really strong gank, do you just go somewhere else to support a different objective?
Who are our most problematic matchups? What actually makes the most consistent impact? Is it my passive, objective based playstyle, or is the balls deep fighter style?
Every time I've tried to match a jungler with a better blind gank/roam, we lose the fight or a ton of tempo.
Used to be Plat 1/d4 a long time ago, now I'm climbing up from Silver after account elo got reset. currently at Silver 2 as of today.
Current win rate with Vi is 55%.
This is my typical itemization:
1- Triforce 90%, eclipse 10%
2- Black Cleaver
3- Guardian Angel (ahead). Sundered sky (behind).
The rest are pretty conditional.



