Vi vs Pantheon Counter Pick

A 53.4% result over 251 games on patch 16.13.1 is a genuine edge but a narrow one, and Pantheon’s stat sheet explains why it stays narrow. He opens with 40 armor, the higher base value of the two, and reaches 124.2 by level 18 against 109.9, while Vi deals physical damage and nothing else.

Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable to damage from the front while he strikes repeatedly, which answers a champion who commits from the front by design, since Vault Breaker charges forward and Cease and Desist runs the target down. Her compensation is that neither can be dodged once locked on, and Denting Blows breaks armor with repeated punches, eroding the stat Pantheon leans on. His 28 magic resist is the softer half of his defense, and Mortal Will empowering every few casts means his burst arrives in predictable pulses rather than continuously. Movement speed favors him at 345 against 340, so Grand Starfall often picks the moment of the clash. Both champions carry a difficulty rating of 4, unusually forgiving for something this positional, and both operate at short range, 175 against 125, with 650 base health against 655. Comet Spear can be thrust or thrown, giving him a ranged option she has no equivalent to. Both spend mana, and base attack damage reads 64 against 63.