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Viktor Build Guide by

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Spells:

Teleport

Clarity

Ability Order

Viktor Passive Ability

Introduction

Hey guys, My name is Lorne (summoner name: Llorne). I've been playing League of Legends for quite a while, pretty consistently over the course of 5 months. I prefer playing ranged carries, usually Lux. When I saw the preview for Viktor I jumped in day one of his release and got right to learning how to play him. There are two main reasons for this, 1) The utility he offers, and 2) He's a guy.

So here I am, offering up whatever I've learned over the course of the few weeks he's been out. If there's any constructive criticism you'd like to offer please leave a comment. I'm looking forward to reading your thoughts on Viktor.

Pros / Cons

Pros

Great harass with Death Ray.
Death Ray gives vision in bushes or behind walls.
Gravity Field can shut down multiple champions and allow easy escape from ganks.
Can control the flow of a fight with Gravity Field and Chaos Storm by pushing other champions out of position.
Isn't as squishy as most AP carries.
Farms amazingly well after purchasing Augment: Death

Cons

Easy kill for anyone with a gap closer.
High mana cost early game.
Will be focused.

Masteries

Damage build 21/0/9

Suvival Build 9/21/0

Runes

Greater Mark of Insight

Magic Penetration allows you to bypass some (or all if you stack enough of it) of your enemies magic resistance. All champions have natural magic resist and this is meant to help counter that.

Greater Seal of Clarity

has a bit of a mana issue when you're spamming constantly to harass and farm. Early game I rely on and Catalyst the Protector for sustain, but at higher levels these seals are more than enough to keep you going.

Greater Glyph of Force

These delightful glyphs give you better bite late game, which squishies will hate you for. When you're knocking out 1/3 of their health with a

Greater Quintessence of Potency

15 Ability power early game? yes please. This is going to make your early game harass even more powerful. Watch then try to farm, and make them pay.

Items

Main Item build:

Chosen Augment: Death
This is the build I use almost all of the time. It gives me enough health to take a few on the chin and live as well as give me enough AP to be a substantial threat to the other team.

Starting items:
x2

Build Process:
Build the into a catalyst the protector ASAP and buy . Work up enough gold to buy your Augment: Death and finish . Complete and then proceed finishing the build in the order shown above.

Pure Damage build:

Chosen Augment: Death
This build is great for ripping your opponent's to pieces, but don't expect to live long if they decide to focus you, and getting in close enough to use during a team fight will almost never happen because you'll be putting yourself too close to danger. This build is recommended if your facing a team without any gap closers like or

Starting items:
x2

Build Process:
Build the into a ASAP and buy . Work up enough gold to buy your Augment: Death and finish . Complete and then proceed finishing the build in the order shown above.

Skill Sequence

I use this skill sequence almost all of the time, and it works exceptionally well. Make sure you've got one point in , , and . Then focus on getting to level 5 as fast as possible while putting points into whenever available. This will allow you to harass well and max your damage quickly so by mid game you'll be one-shotting waves of minions with your .

The only reason I would change this skill order is if there were champions with ghost/increased movement speed on the other team. Then to keep from getting collapsed on I would max first, and then focus on to help me escape mid game ganks.

Summoner Spells

Preferred Summoner Spells

Teleport and Clarity

Teleport
Teleport is becoming increasingly popular among LoL players and why wouldn't it be? Teleport lets you maintain presence in your lane and quickly assist teammates in their lanes or set up sneaky ganks by teleporting to a ward in the bushes. There are so many uses for teleport I couldn't imagine NOT having it.

Clarity
Clarity is essential for early game mana sustain. This allows you to be aggressive with your spells and keep your opponent away from your turret. Late game you'll be using this more to help your team than to top yourself off as your mana regen is going to be good enough to sustain pretty consistent spell spamming without worrying if you'll have mana to hold the lane.

Other possible choices:

Flash

A lot of people still use flash, it's a great escape but not necessary if you're using properly.

Ignite

Not a spell I choose often for but I will if nobody else picks it up. Mainly for the debuff it applies to the target, reducing all healing by 50%. Going up against a or without ignite makes them 100x more annoying.

Team Work

Now here is the reason I love playing over most other champions. He can make, or break a team fight with his . I have looked through the LoL forums and other places online and most of what I see are people complaining about how useless it is. With this build you should be able to get in close enough to drop in the middle of the fight which can shut down multiple champions easily. Dropping just before you will ensure none of them will flash out before becoming stunned and eating most of the damage puts out while being lazered by and the rest of your team cleans up.

is great at controlling the flow of a fight. You can force champions out with chaos storm, and prevent champions from assisting teammates with . If you think gavity field is useless you may want to rethink how you use it.

Summary

In conclusion! is definitely one of the more fun champions and I recommend him to anyone who enjoys playing an AP carry with some great utility. He's got great harass with , good survivability with and and the ability to control the flow of a fight.

If you like the guide please toss me a vote and any feedback would be really appreciated!