Viktor is busted and idk why he's not getting nerfed

exigentomic·10/24/2016, 4:49:54 AM·17 votes·4,218 views

Let's see, I can't even lane Ziggs vs Viktor if he's good. He wins every trade and even beats me in waveclear after one back. His teamfight damage is higher and with more CC. He has shields and MS boosts. He can insta-burst anyone not building full tank late game. I can go on and on but the champion is straight busted and it's absurd he's allowed to exist in this state for so long. What does Ziggs have? Oh he can take turrets faster... great. Can he take turrets vs a Viktor who one shots the wave? No... but Viktor can easily outperform any Ziggs in a teamfight unless he's clueless and then guess what? Easy turrets. Hell, even if Viktor didn't have great waveclear, he'd just one shot you as you try to attack the turret.

The only reason his winrate isn't ridiculous is that you need to be familiar with his kit. Being OP and easy to play aren't the same thing. Viktor's not a champion you pick up and immediately wreck faces with. However, just because you need experience is no excuse to allow a champion to be this obnoxious and broken. Viktor just does everything that pretty much any comp. wants while being a good laner and scaler too. Ziggs' late game is laughable relative to Viktor's. Viktor might not be an amazing laner but he's definitely up there and easily outtrades Ziggs even if you land your unreliable Qs etc.

It's no accident that if you look at the top Challenger rankings pretty much every mid has Viktor as their top 3 most played mids and usually quite successfully. I know I'll get downvoted by either Viktor mains or people who aren't actually good at Viktor and thus think he's fine. Oh well, shooting the messenger doesn't change the truth.

17 Comments

Chalizard10/24/2016, 6:02:49 AM8 votes

There are so many mid champions like syndra, velkoz, Annie, Ahri and you keep complaining about Viktor? Seriously?

DoktorKaiser10/24/2016, 5:45:22 AM5 votes

Problem isnt Viktor, problem is Rylai's on him, he didnt feel broken as he does now before the Rylai changes and I should know better than you since I play a ton of Viktor since forever.

All Skillzz10/24/2016, 6:33:23 AM3 votes

i dont mind facing viktor mid compared to shit like annie. i pick ap ez into viktor like all the time an just dodge his lazer and throw Q at him when he walks up to Q me. can also E W Q kill him instantly after a single item lol. annie is just i stay the fuck away if she has a doran ring or im get 100-0 while stunned.

MunchCrunchLunch10/24/2016, 5:33:41 AM2 votes

yeah hes generally safe and before his early game was weak now its pretty okay with the buffed Q he can trade so well with it.

Vekkna10/24/2016, 3:37:32 PM2 votes

It's the combination of range, damage, move speed, and a shield. His Q is like Lux's E>AA>W with +30% MS and 1/3 the mana cost.

Big Lincoln10/24/2016, 5:37:12 AM1 votes

should have protested when riot wanted to rework him a second time

you reap what you sow

HazyCloud710/30/2016, 1:07:37 AM1 votes

Here, have a downvote :)