Vi S11 Jungle: all you need to know to improve your mastery of Vi, with tips, runes and plays items in this French guide!

Tips

Here are some tips for mastering Hecarim:

• The principle of the combo : here's how to drop anyone except a tank if your trinity is in your pocket.
  • The 1v1 combo: A who hits, auto attack, R, auto attack, E, auto attack x2, it only takes a few seconds
  • The gank combo: A to get closer and immediately R, self-attack then E x2
  • The combo vs flash: Once your R is launched, it is unstoppable, if the enemy flashes you will go far and potentially under turn
• The invade at the start : I advise you to invade at the start of each game except in extreme cases (like Thresh bot + Shen jungle for example), warn your mates and check on the mini-map that he follows you. You have a bump and a gap closer with Vi which is excellent for invade.
• Vi goes everywhere : going around the walls is for dummies! Always keep your Q when you are in the jungle, either to surprise an enemy or to flee in case of bad posture. If you catch a person like the Brand in the video, start the combo and walk away like a flower! Use the detection trinket to see behind the walls and enter them.
• Vi, it's scary : imagine yourself creeping quietly, when suddenly a fully charged Vi runs over you. For the most part your enemies know little about the range of the dash, so use mental pressure when going through the lane if necessary!
• The use of R in TF : your R has two objectives, sniping an important element opposite (no need to YOLO a support for example), or protect your ADC / mid. If you decide to use it on offense, you must kill the target. The problem being that you are going to part ways with your team, leave them on their own, and potentially die. If you kill a mid or ADC and die you will have already paid for your death properly. For defense, as soon as you see an enemy on your mid or ADC, use the range of R to go chopper. I advise you in early / mid game to be offensive then defensive in late game.
• Teamfights : the use of Q is the sinews of war, it will help you save yourself and find enemies. In addition, the bump it generates will create precious seconds for your allies. With some practice you will be able to attack or protect any target of the 9 players. Therefore, target burst assassins without PV (Nocture, Evelyn, Kah, etc.), then ADC and mid. Ditto for your team, protect the weakest first, especially those without dodging. If you have any doubts don't worry, you'll quickly see it when your enemies pounce on them! A big difference between defense and offensive, you can engage enemies with a dash, if necessary you have an R. However, it will be worth prioritizing allies without dash for defense (an Ashe for example).

Runes

Here are the runes to take:

• Domination
  • Blade Flurry: Increases your attack speed and proc of the passive
  • Offensive rush: lethality after dash
  • Eye snapper: from ad to rab after kill
  • Ultimate Hunter: Reduces Ultimate Cooldown
• Precision
  • Triumph: Health Regen and Gold when you kill a Champion
  • Alacrity: Permanent attack speed after killing a champion
  • Attack / Versatility / Defense

Objects

Here is the order of the objects that I recommend:

1. Trinity
2. Boot level 1
3. Dance of death
4. Dawn of Haut-Lac-d'Argent
5. Boot resists magic
6. Guardian angel
7. Defensive item like Gargoyle's Lithoplastron

Jungle path

Here is some info on the jungle.

Order of spells:

• A (invade), E, ​​Z then max E, max A, max Z

Objects to start:

• refillable potion, red knife (glowing knife), trinket ward

Invade or not:

• Vi is very good at invading, with Q quickly gaining an advantage over enemies. I advise you to always invade with Vi (be careful that your comrades follow you!)

Counter jungle or not:

• Vi is ok for against jungle, especially if you have the advantage (item or level ahead), which will allow you to get even further ahead. Remember to use his Q to go through the walls. Be careful, it is quite slow, so that it does not turn against you!

If you start with red (more opti than blue):

1. Red
2. The piaf - potion
3. Wolves - potion
4. Blue - smite
5. Frog
6. Scuttler - smite
7. ganks
8. If you can (successful gank, enemy jungler out of position etc), take the carapateur opposite then golem then piafs or recall
9. Recall, shine, pink ward, trinket detection, attack speed dagger

If you start with blue:

1. Blue
2. Frog
3. Wolves - potion
4. The piafs - potion
5. The red - smite
6. Scuttler - smite
7. ganks
8. If you can (successful gank, enemy jungler out of position etc), take the carapateur opposite then frog then wolves or recall
9. Recall, shine, pink ward, trinket detection, attack speed dagger

Vi, an ultra powerful offtank allowing you to kill any target at any time, but also to keep your most useful allies safe! (not the others!). I hope you found this guide useful, and if you have any questions, post a comment directly!

By Alchemists, November 2020