Buff Viktor Mid Needs

TheGrot··5 votes·3,831 views

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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Fear the Kayn2 votes

The buff he needs is for his E to return to the burn effect instead of this blowing up shit that even a monkey who has never played league of legends before could avoid easily.

Mavëríck2 votes

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The buff he needs is for his E to return to the burn effect instead of this blowing up shit that even a monkey who has never played league of legends before could avoid easily.

This. I will never figure out why Riot though a second shockwave was better than the burn effect. His stun field also needs widened by like 2 pixels and it would be perfect.

Voluug131 votes

Because around that time some dev got killed by a Cassio and started an anti DoT crusade (the biggest victim being Cassio herself). It was a mess of buzzword riot crusading against DoT mages.

Sir Gusi1 votes

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The buff he needs is for his E to return to the burn effect instead of this blowing up shit that even a monkey who has never played league of legends before could avoid easily.

Trust me they can't dodge it in teamfights and it's a great tool for farming bloody hell by item 3151 if you want a burn

Love Anastasia2 votes

Viktor mid doesnt need any buff

Sir Gusi1 votes

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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.

Dude I carry games when I complete my hexcore he is in a beautiful place mind you he is my fav champ so don't think I'm just a toplane bitch trying to deny him a buff but Viktor is really good if you have skill with him he has one of the best outplay kits on league and at 800 ap you oneshot everything

TheGrot1 votes

But you're in Bronze 4...?

Nhika1 votes

Viktor mid is still really good. I got my ass handed to me by one the other day. His team fights are insane when you have upgraded W.

Just run exhaust or barrier if your jungler sucks.

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