This card is far better than it looks. Given that it has Tough and you're most likely going to have played at least 1 card before playing her, Vi's basically better than a 5 Mana 3/6 Challenger. Against aggro decks it also serves as an amazing blocker.
I'm of 2 minds on this card. The obvious comparison is Thresh: they have similar stat lines, and Thresh is strong enough to include in many decks. However Thresh can be relatively easy to level up, and most Thresh decks get a huge power spike if he's able to pull a free Lux / Kalista / Tryn / Anivia. I think Vi is going to be much more difficult to level--not only does she need to increase her attack +8, but she also needs to successfully strike and survive--and the 5 free damage is nice-but-not-game-closing. That 10 attack is just so awkward without having barrier, quick attack, and/or overwhelm, and I think its going to be too clunky to try to combo those tags to Vi.
I see a handful of players trying to build memey decks that try (and usually fail) to use her as a win condition, and I see other players just using Vi as a 5 mana challenger and rarely attempt to level her up (i.e., comparable to how most players are currently using Draven).
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This card is far better than it looks. Given that it has Tough and you're most likely going to have played at least 1 card before playing her, Vi's basically better than a 5 Mana 3/6 Challenger. Against aggro decks it also serves as an amazing blocker.
I'm of 2 minds on this card. The obvious comparison is Thresh: they have similar stat lines, and Thresh is strong enough to include in many decks. However Thresh can be relatively easy to level up, and most Thresh decks get a huge power spike if he's able to pull a free Lux / Kalista / Tryn / Anivia. I think Vi is going to be much more difficult to level--not only does she need to increase her attack +8, but she also needs to successfully strike and survive--and the 5 free damage is nice-but-not-game-closing. That 10 attack is just so awkward without having barrier, quick attack, and/or overwhelm, and I think its going to be too clunky to try to combo those tags to Vi.
I see a handful of players trying to build memey decks that try (and usually fail) to use her as a win condition, and I see other players just using Vi as a 5 mana challenger and rarely attempt to level her up (i.e., comparable to how most players are currently using Draven).