Buff Viktor Mid Needs
So basically, because top laners decided they wanted to spam viktor, Riot had to nerf him. Unfortunately, amongst the many nerfs they dished out, one of them had too significant of an impact on viktor mid and has seriously reduced his viability. This is a small change but necessary to help bring Viktor mid back into viability. That change is the cooldown on Q. Raising it from 4 seconds to 5 seconds at max level may seem small, but considering the cooldown on his laser, it's the very heart and soul of his damage output going into the later game. Viktor mid doesn't always get full CDR and usually relies on lich bane, so nerfing the cooldown very drastically ended up nerfing his late game scaling. He has a really rough early game as he tries to farm up his hex core items, and now his late game scaling is essentially shot.
I realize that Riot wanted to nerf the cooldown to reduce the bullying potential of viktor in top lane, but I think it's safe to say at this point that with kennen, ryze, jayce, and vlad being seen as much as they are in competitive, viktor isn't the only potential bullying top laner. I would like to see Riot change his Q cooldown back to 4 seconds so he can once again be the late-game scaling mid laner he is meant to be.
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