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Questions on Viktor and his possible changes.

200ms50fpsmacOS·9/28/2019, 11:21:12 AM·1 votes·2,354 views

Apparently his shields can only go up to a limit (12.8% max mana + 0.24 ap)? I've played viktor for a while now and I've just noticed this, The build I use on Viktor is very weird and only works if I get to late game. This build always contains seraph embrace and lich bane. I usually end up around 1000 ap and 3100 mana which gives 630 shield but if my calculations are right, Riot only gives me up to 550?

Anyways, this q change gives you more shield if you're under 1440 mana so in my case I'll be losing out like 200 shield damage every 2.5 seconds.

I've calculated, at lv 1 you're actually getting 2 less shield and the only way to turn this into a buff is to max this first. This actually means it's a Q nerf because eventually it will also get outscaled by the current one. This is arguably encouraging Viktor top again.

Also I don't understand this "Augment slow changed to 20% for 1 second from stun/vacuum combo." Can someone help? Does this mean after they're stunned they'll be slowed for 20% ?

3 Comments

BubbaMachina9/29/2019, 3:16:19 AM1 votes

The W augment means that all of viktor's other abilities will act like a rayalis i.e. When augmented, all of viktors other abliites will slow enemy by 20%. So hitting a Q and a laser will both slow enemy by 20%. This is a passive abliity. You dont have to land or even activate the W. all ur abliites suddenly slow now. I heard they just just removed it from the (R) ult though, as having 6 procs of slows basically means enemy will never get out of the ult.

Yago9/29/2019, 7:42:04 AM1 votes

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Apparently his shields can only go up to a limit (12.8% max mana + 0.24 ap)? I've played viktor for a while now and I've just noticed this, The build I use on Viktor is very weird and only works if I get to late game. This build always contains seraph embrace and lich bane. I usually end up around 1000 ap and 3100 mana which gives 630 shield but if my calculations are right, Riot only gives me up to 550?

Anyways, this q change gives you more shield if you're under 1440 mana so in my case I'll be losing out like 200 shield damage every 2.5 seconds.

I've calculated, at lv 1 you're actually getting 2 less shield and the only way to turn this into a buff is to max this first. This actually means it's a Q nerf because eventually it will also get outscaled by the current one. This is arguably encouraging Viktor top again.

Also I don't understand this "Augment slow changed to 20% for 1 second from stun/vacuum combo." Can someone help? Does this mean after they're stunned they'll be slowed for 20% ?

The Viktor changes are pretty awful. (Except R being allowed to move through walls. )

Q's changes are pretty much straight nerfs which also gut his build diversity (there goes Seraph's Embrace Mage Viktor and Iceborn Tank Viktor), W losing its displacement is going to hurt his utility and skill expression since you can't group enemies up, interrupt dashes, or peel a melee off anymore, and the new W upgrade is going to make Viktor's abilities far harder to react to which, again, lowers his skill expression and makes him far less healthy to play against.

None of these changes fix his core issues.

But what do I know? I only have like some 400 or 500 something games on the champion and a 60% winrate in high Platinum / low Diamond MMR across this and last season.