Is Viktor the Forgotten Champion?
For some reason I feel that Riot has forgotten about the Machine Herald.
Lord Viktor has seen his winrates fall down dramatically ever since the Rylais nerf. Ever since the MYMU, he's been getting nerfs (most of it indirect but still).
- Hexcore 1 changed to 1250 = awkward backs, screwed if you die before you get that magic number
- Ult speed nerf (again, FINE if Rylais had not been nerfed)
- Rylais nerf
- Ghost nerf
At present, he's sitting at a measly ~47 percent win rate.
Most of his damage is delayed and is easily counter played; he has less range than many mid lane mages, his damage has become even harder to land ever since the Rylais nerf.
Lux has a higher win rate in Solo Q and yet receives immediate attention from Riot, getting new skins, unecessary buffs to the Ult... meanwhile, Lord Viktor is still in disarray.
Despite his reputation as a "pro champ" that sees pro play, the recent games actually show that he's very rarely picked and when picked, doesn't do so well.
He deserves to be buffed because honestly 47% win rate is just too low. Also, there's got to be a reason to pick him (besides him looking like a boss and having high theoretical damage numbers, most of it never hitting). He already has less range than most mids, struggles against assassins and anti-AP itemisation, and now most of his damage can't even be landed.
Does Riot plan on looking at Viktor????
Of has Viktor become... THE FORGOTTEN CHAMPION (dun dun dun)
"I'll make their life bars disappear" When Viktor drops his ult without good set up from his team.. it's just blink dash, hookshot, leap, swing, bounce and whatever other fancy mobility BASIC ability you want to use to get out of it. Now with 40% slows applied from your E and R, and a stronger ghost you aren't getting away so easily, but now... CYA!
He really doesn't need much to compete with Orianna, just reliability. It's just small tweaks like this that bring variety cause I can't imagine anyone picking Viktor first over Orianna in LCS or in Ranked, maybe just a normal cause he's fun, or if you're really good at Viktor.
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(but you can't easily approach either).