Viktor buff ideas

TekkenPlayer·Feb 23, 2018·4 votes·425 views

has been struggling to the point where even tank viktor is an option. Assassins are doing much more damage, so it's harder to fulfill his old niche as the "assassin killer" mage, and long range midlaners like makes the lane barely possible to deal with. He needs BUFFS but design wise hes tricky to balance due to his point and click Q and E waveclear

Make his hex upgrades less costly/more powerful earlier: The overall cost of upgrading hexcore compared to just building other items pretty much holds his relevance spike back by 10+ minutes.

don't improve Q shield ratios: this makes his counterplay "well i cant trade back so ill just stand behind for an eternity" this is just bad design

make W stasis a slight damage amplification: W is a zoning tool that should be feared. Unlike charm from ahri, this is clearly visible and has all forms of ways to work around this

any thoughts?

6 Comments

Fear the KaynFeb 23, 20182 votes

If anything, replace the awful explosion on his upgraded E with the old burn.

SmitemuffinFeb 23, 20182 votes

Viktor's problem is that his rework failed to address any of his core problems and basically just consisted of dialing his numbers up with a little extra playability added. He's still a squishy mage who's mostly ineffective outside close range because every single spell requires multiple hits and he can't defend himself. Most champs can kill you in less time than it takes your W stun to proc.

And his augment item is his biggest problem. Viktor is the only champ in the game who has to pay gold for spell abilities everyone else gets for free. Mages rely on every single item's unique ability and a few extra points of AP don't compensate for what he's forced to give up.

PotchikirFeb 23, 20181 votes

the new item changes made victor really strong

TekkenPlayerFeb 23, 20181 votes

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the new item changes made victor really strong

What's the current build path? I'd like to try

PotchikirFeb 23, 20182 votes

the same xD new items are almost a nerf to all ap champs and with victor not using the items that got changed he is pretty strong now the costs of new items are high and the values arent so good