Finally, Viktor buffs coming up.

As a Viktor main, I'm ecstatic to finally see Viktor getting some buffs, seeing how he was in a bad place for some time now.

Q: After upgrading his Q, he now gets double the initial shield. Very strong, can now hard counter a lot of burst damage / assassins, and having double shield (of what was already pretty big) is really good for any stage of the game, really.

R: Now deals 100/175/250 to 150/250/350 damage and hs 10% more AP ratio. Another strong buff. Seeing how Viktor can easily get around 800AP, maybe even more, at rank 3, thats 180 more damage PER TICK. If that's not a big deal, then the early game burst is also strong. Probably something like a 60 damage increase PER TICK at level 6 is probably what he needs to get his 1v1 potential back.

E: And now about his signature ability. The cooldown was lowered by 1 second in each rank. Not a big deal, right? Honestly, I think this is the biggest buff. Seeing how this is his main waveclear + poke tool, there are time windows where Viktor would E the minion wave, but not having it back up fast enough to poke the enemy laner before another wave comes in, or if he displaced the laser and didn't kill the wave in one go. With the reduced cooldown, even just the 1 second, this now opens him opportunities to have a better laning phase and working around minion waves and trading, let alone using it more often in later stages.

I'm not sure if the buffs are weak, strong or balanced, or it that's what's missing from Viktor, but I'll take anything and I think it's a good start. Now, on to the Rylai's slow buff and we're ready to go!