Vi vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Vi
based on 4,144 Vi vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Blitzcrank
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Advice to Win Against Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Vi vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several significant Vi vs. Blitzcrank counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Vi typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Vi or Blitzcrank?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Vi usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Vi makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.
While Vi does have a lower win rate compared to Blitzcrank, when facing one another, Vi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vi into Blitzcrank.
Moreover, Vi also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vi vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Vi is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vi against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Vi in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Blitzcrank. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vi versus Blitzcrank build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Blitzcrank than with most other common item sets. In fact, Vi boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Blitzcrank as Vi, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Vi vs Blitzcrank clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.
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