Bruiser · Jungle

Vi Wild Rift Guide

Vi is a jungler whose kit is built for violent engages and precise picks — her ultimate Assault and Battery locks onto a specific enemy and launches her toward them…

★ Jungle Tier S July 2026 · Patch 7.2a bruiserjungleengage

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Win 53.1% #26 · ↑1pt

Pick 10.7% #2

Ban 2.6% #27

§ 01 — Editorial brief

Vi remains a very reliable jungler when the game is about isolating one carry rather than playing a slow front-to-back fight.

By WRC Studio ~ 2 min read Patch 7.2a

Vi is a jungler whose kit is built for violent engages and precise picks — her ultimate Assault and Battery locks onto a specific enemy and launches her toward them while knocking up everything in between. Her charged Vault Breaker shatters shields and armor. Her chain CC enables persistent lock-down of a target for the full fight duration. In Wild Rift, Vi is a pick-and-engage jungler who excels at targeting the enemy carry and creating repeated pick situations through her cooldown-reducing ultimate.

Vi fits in dive compositions seeking to eliminate an enemy carry through her targeted ultimate. She benefits from allies who can follow her engage with immediate burst on the punched target. All-in or collaborative burst compositions get the maximum from her kit.

Vi is countered by CC compositions that interrupt her charge before impact or neutralize her after engagement. Disengage or dash champions reduce her ultimate effectiveness on priority targets. Grouped compositions limit her solitary picks.

With Vi, signal your ultimate to your team to coordinate burst on the target. Use your charge from lateral angles to surprise backline carries. Your passive shield is valuable — use abilities frequently to keep it active.

Expert note

Expert take

Vi is an excellent choice for players who want a clear, direct, conversion-oriented jungle, but she is not a magic engage button. Her real strength appears when every action is prepared: pathing toward level 5, vision before the objective, target identified, follow-up available. She rewards decision discipline more than mechanical creativity. A good Vi sometimes knows not to ult immediately, waits for enemy Stasis, breaks vision, then hits a target with no space left. If you want to play a champion who gives your team a simple direction and quickly turns an enemy mistake into an objective, Vi keeps real value. If you engage without reading the draft, she becomes predictable.

Weak point

Hidden weakness

Vi’s hidden weakness is not only being kited: it is her dependence on the quality of first contact. If she engages the wrong target, arrives before her team, or spends Q and R to reach a champion who was already planning to stall, she loses almost all ability to correct the play. Unlike a more mobile or more patient jungler, Vi often makes her intention very clear once she commits. Her player must therefore win the fight before the ultimate, through vision, target selection, and timing.

§ 02 — Strengths & weaknesses Vi Wild Rift strengths and weaknesses

↑ Strengths

She punishes carries very well when they play without Stasis Enchant or use Flash too early before an objective.
Her level 5 turns a standard clear into the first real pick threat, especially against lanes without a reliable dash.
Her Trinity Force plus Sundered Sky core gives her enough damage and sustain to avoid relying only on the first burst.
She simplifies solo queue drafts: one priority target, one clear engage, then a fast conversion into an objective.

↓ Weaknesses

Avoid Vi if your team completely lacks immediate follow-up: her R isolates one target, but it does not finish the play alone against an organized team.
Avoid her against compositions that can absorb your entry, crowd control you after impact, then kite your team while you are overextended.
Avoid Vi if the only valuable target already has multiple defensive answers available: Stasis, peel, exhaust, shields, or short repositioning.
Avoid her when your lanes have no early priority: Vi can clear, but she needs space to enter river without being collapsed on.

Win Rate (30d) 53.07%+2.13 pts

Pick Rate 10.66%

Ban Rate 2.63%

Vi's win rate has climbed +2.13 pts over the last 30 days, now at 53.07%. See the full Wild Rift meta trends for more biggest movers.

§ 03 — Game planVi Wild Rift game plan: early, mid and late game

I Early

priority via fast clear, camera ganks on 5

Niv. 1 → 6

priority via fast clear, camera ganks on 5.

II Mid

Spike Trinity + Sundered Sky: force picks on…

Niv. 7 → 11

Spike Trinity + Sundered Sky: force picks on vision and links objectives.

III Late

Front-to-back: engage on isolated carry, keep…

Niv. 12+

Front-to-back: engage on isolated carry, keep Stasis Enchant/GA to exit.

Data — Stats per levelVi Wild Rift base stats per level (1-15)

Movement speed 350Attack range 150Bonus attack speed / lvl +2.2%

Show stats per level

Lvl	HP	AD	Armor	MR	Mana	HP regen	Res. regen
1	690	64	46	38	390	10.5	15
2	802	67.6	51.1	40	439	11.4	15.9
3	914	71.2	56.2	42	488	12.4	16.8
4	1,026	74.8	61.3	44	537	13.3	17.7
5	1,138	78.4	66.4	46	586	14.3	18.6
6	1,250	82	71.5	48	635	15.2	19.5
7	1,362	85.6	76.6	50	684	16.1	20.4
8	1,474	89.2	81.7	52	733	17.1	21.3
9	1,586	92.8	86.8	54	782	18	22.2
10	1,698	96.4	91.9	56	831	19	23.1
11	1,810	100	97	58	880	19.9	24
12	1,922	103.6	102.1	60	929	20.8	24.9
13	2,034	107.2	107.2	62	978	21.8	25.8
14	2,146	110.8	112.3	64	1,027	22.7	26.7
15	2,258	114.4	117.4	66	1,076	23.7	27.6

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§ 05 — Recommended buildBest Vi Wild Rift build for the current patch

Vi builds around attack damage and bruiser items offering survival and damage for dives. She can opt for tank items for extended frontline presence. Cooldown reduction allows her to frequently recast key abilities.

Core

Trinity Force

Sundered Sky

Yordle Death's Dance

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves

Plated Steelcaps

See the full build

§ 06 — The matchup wallVi Wild Rift counters and synergies

Hard Unfav. Skill Fav. Synergy

Galio turns Vi's single-target engages into full team collapses. Vi goes in with her ultimate, forces the fight around herself, then Hero's Entrance adds a massive knockup that prevents any clean enemy response. The synergy is especially strong against backlines that believe their frontline is enough protection.

Strong

Kai'Sa

Vi gives Kai'Sa stable backline access by providing a marked and already disrupted target. After Vi's ultimate, Kai'Sa can choose a very clean Killer Instinct angle and chain burst without needing to play a slow front-to-back. The duo becomes very threatening as soon as an enemy carry plays even slightly out of position.

Strong

Orianna

Orianna loves champions who can carry the ball into the heart of the fight without collapsing on impact, and Vi fills that role very cleanly. A Vi entry with Vault Breaker or Assault and Battery creates the perfect opening for Shockwave on multiple compressed targets. The duo excels in prepared fights and narrow fronts around objectives.

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§ 07b — Advanced MechanicsVi: combos & tips Wild Rift

Basic gank combo

2 AA

4 AA

6 AA

Charge Ability 1 whilst clearing the jungle, dash towards the target, auto-attack to stack Denting Blows, then use Ability 3 to reset auto-attacks and trigger the AoE

Full all-in combo

2 AA

4 AA

6 AA

8 AA

Engage, maximum DPS, ultimate as a finisher for the knock-up and lockdown

Long-range Flash combo

Flash

Charge ability 1, Flash whilst dashing to cover a long, unexpected distance — alternative:Vault Breaker (1) → Flash → Assault and Battery (Ult)for the longest possible engage

Mechanical Tips

Vault Breaker (1) charge: the longer you charge, the further you dash and the stronger the knockback — short charge = quick gap-closing; max charge = engage across an entire area
Denting Blows (passive): 3 AAs on the same target = a Denting Blows stack that reduces armour and deals bonus damage — always chain 3 AAs on the same target before switching; insert the 3 (Excessive Force = AA reset) between normal AAs
Excessive Force (3) resets AAs: the 3 resets the AA animation — use immediately after an AA to double DPS without delay
Assault and Battery (Ult): a point-and-click ultimate that targets a champion and knocks up all enemies in its path — use in teamfights to knock up multiple enemies whilst charging through the group

Common Mistakes

Uncharged Vault Breaker: Releasing the 1 key immediately (micro-charge) is much less powerful — charge for at least 0.5–1s to ensure a powerful engage
Ultimate as a sole engage: the ultimate is a finisher after Vault Breaker, not an opener — if used as an opener, enemies can react with Flash whilst the ultimate is channelling
Wasted Excessive Force: using ability 3 on minions whilst a champion is adjacent wastes the DPS window — save ability 3 for champions in combat

Notable Interactions

Assault and Battery is unstoppable whilst dashing — it cuts through Crystallise, Braum’s passive, etc.
With Sunfire Aegis + Thornmail, Vi becomes extremely tanky, and enemies who attack her whilst Denting Blows is active take damage in return
Vi synergises well with burst mages (Orianna, Lux), who benefit from the guaranteed lockdown provided by Vault Breaker + her ultimate

Patch 7.2 build — computed

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Full variants, runes & power spikes →

§ 07 — PreceptsVi Wild Rift tips for ranked

Tip · 01

Announce your angles: Vi engages a target, the team must convert instantly.

Codex

Tip · 02

Pre-stack W before objective/gank and guard Q to punish a failed spell.

Codex

§ 08 — DialoguesVi Wild Rift FAQ

Q.01 Is Vi a good blind pick in jungle? +

Vi can be blind picked if your team already has enough damage or follow-up to convert her engage. She becomes riskier if you do not yet know who can play around your R, because her entry is highly committed and hard to cancel. As a blind pick, she remains solid into fragile or low-mobility drafts, but less comfortable against heavy peel, disengage, and junglers able to punish her before level 5.

Q.02 Should Vi always target the enemy carry? +

No. The carry is often the best target, but only if they can actually be converted. If the carry has Stasis, Flash, a support ready to peel, and a frontline between them and your team, your R may only isolate you. Vi should target the champion that wins the next play: sometimes the carry, sometimes the jungler before an objective, sometimes an overextended frontline your team can kill very quickly.

Q.03 What is Vi’s most important timing? +

Her level 5 is the first major turning point because it turns her ganks into much safer plays. But her strongest real cycle often comes with Trinity Force and Sundered Sky: she then has enough damage, sustain, and pressure to start a pick and remain in the fight. The right habit is linking these timings to objectives, not only isolated kills.

Q.04 Why does Vi sometimes become useless in late game? +

Vi becomes useless when she engages without a clear window. In late game, carries more often have Stasis, Guardian Angel, peel, or Flash, and one wrong target can cost Baron or Elder. She remains useful if she plays through vision, forces defensive spells before the real fight, and chooses a target her team can kill immediately. She mainly falls off when she engages automatically.