Thoughts on these Viktor buffs I made?

shofaz·9/22/2018, 6:35:52 PM·2 votes·1,420 views

Yo Riot/Meddler I was wondering - what do you think about Viktor and what buffs could you give him? I thought of a few ideas. Now these are just ideas and I am not asking for all or any of them to be implemented. I'm just asking if you could look at my buffs individually and say why or why not you would give him buffs. Also do you have any future plans for Viktor at all?

Q - Increase augmented movement speed from 30% to 40%. With so much more mobility in LoL nowadays Viktor would need someway to escape or catch up to his targets faster.

W - Increase slow from 28%-44% to 38% - 45%. With all of the mobility in League, no one is going to be trapped in his W at rank 1 and since you rank this last, it just feels like you can never get them stunned unless they are chain cc'ed.

W - Enemies who stand in Gravity Field will take 10% more damage from all sources. This would make gravity field feel more like a threat rather than just a zoning tool and would increase Viktor's teamfight potential.

E - Lower aftershock delay from 1.0 seconds to 0.8 or 0.85 seconds. Now I know why you had to increase it from 0.6 seconds. But 1.0 seconds is too much as it will almost never hit unless they are cc'ed. The only reason the delay needed to be raised was because of Rylai's. But that is now nerfed and useless on Viktor. So a 0.8 second delay would make it feel like its not impossible to land it when they are not cc'ed.

R - Increase max and min movement speed by 50. Again this was nerfed because of Rylai. Rylai is useless now and it is rare for Viktor to get any damage off from it after the initial discharge. So this would make it feel a little more possible for Viktor to actually get some ticks off from his ult onto his enemies.

R - Viktor can control his ult even after he dies AND/OR in stasis. I dunno about this one I just thought it would feel more satisfying. Especially when you die and your ult is just sitting there doing nothing. Also when he needs to get Zhonya's it would just feel like a nice interaction to have against a harder matchup. I just felt like this would be a nice QoL buff.

But yeah what do you think about these buffs individually. And why or why not would you give him these buffs. I'm just interested in hearing your reasoning and thoughts on them.

3 Comments

D357R0Y3R9/22/2018, 6:41:38 PM1 votes

Q buff: would make viktor very good against a set of champions that can be kited with huge movement speed boosts (darius olaf skarner) 10/10 buff

other buffs: 0/10, unneeded Viktor's main problem was fixed (his hexcore) he doesn't need powercreeping buffs Q buff is interesting that's it

shofaz9/27/2018, 9:22:39 PM1 votes

Hey meddler, thanks for the reply on Viktor from Wednesday! On Wednesday you said that you were less confident about whether Viktor's E delay and R speed should or should not be buffed. Could you get a rioter with more experience/context on Viktor to see if he does need some buffs in this area? Because as I said before, it feels impossible to land his E unless the enemy is already cc'ed and his R can't get more ticks off because of how slow it is now. With Rylai's rarely used on Viktor now, do you think that you guys could potentially do a partial revert of his E delay to where the delay is 0.8-0.85 seconds or his ult's ms is increased by 50? These things could help Viktor a lot and make it feel like it isn't impossible to get your damage off without them being chain cc'ed in a fight. And if you don't think any of these are needed, then what do you think is needed and future plans do you guys have for Viktor in the short term and/or long term?

Again I appreciate your time in answering these questions and for doing your Gameplay Thoughts! Have a good friday!

shofaz12/7/2018, 4:23:41 PM1 votes

Hey meddler good morning!

I just wanted to ask how you think Viktor landed with his changes. Do you think that you guys will try to help AP Viktor some more?

Because the changes so far are hurting Ap Viktor more than Tank Viktor because of his weak early game. Do you guys intend to fix this anytime soon or will you continue to see how he has landed this patch? What are your thoughts?