Viktor Build Guide : [S11] [Items Update Included] Adapt, or be removed.

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can i pick him for top role?

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Yes you can, although his playstyle (in preseason 11) isn't as similar in any ways as his old Kleptomancy build - you play and build him like a mid Viktor would, maxing E and buying AP items.

You can take Teleport or Ignite summs depending on how aggressive you want to be.
In top lane there's a lot of bruisers/divers, so you have to play safer early since it's easy to die to such like Irelia/Darius/Shen before any big item buys - but after two items you can easily beat them with your range and good zoning tool. Lich Bane would work well as 2nd item since your range advantage makes it easier to proc them more often.

It's not the best option for a top laner since it fits awkwardly in a team comp but it's still possible to carry with it.

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what about the runes i could take, i prefer phase rush but i guess i could try more runes. Any suggestions?

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Every possible keystone choices I've listed them out in the guide

However, if it's in context of Top lane :

Grasp of the Undying : Good into melee matchups where you can proc it often, pair it with Shield Bash your early Q AA will be your poking tool instead of Hextech Ray. I would take it against Nasus, Cho'Gath, Rumble
Electrocute : Best for early burst, to bully enemy out of lane or to have a better trade in lane. I would take it against Vladimir, Kennen, Quinn, Renekton
Summon Aery : The damage is pretty mediocre in top lane, probably good against other ranged tops like Teemo
Phase Rush : Probably the best choice since it helps you trade and back off in a swift - heavily recommend this into difficult lanes like Irelia, Urgot, Sett
Fleet Footwork : Could work, it's my personal preference so I'm just listing it as a possible fun choice

You can get away with Phase Rush most of the time honestly because not everything is about lane but having certain runes do make the game easier. Top lane champ pool is different from mid laners so Viktor will have a small change following it - lower kill pressure, farmfest laning, weak teleport follows. However, having Arcane Storm gives you enough damage to kill enemy laners.

Smaller runes I'd recommend is :
Bone Plating : Absolute safety net, makes you tankier by lots
Manaflow Band : Easy stacking with short ranged matchup most of the time, you'd proc it easily whenever it's up
Legend: Alacrity : Having higher attack speed early game is severely underrated, you get more damage in trades with faster AA rather than having higher (a few of) AP. I'd recommend attack speed stat rune in first line too if you have no plans on getting alacrity
Legend: Tenacity : Tenacity is underrated too into heavy CC teams, you might get more use of this in certain (Top + JG) matchups
Biscuit Delivery : Can't go wrong with more sustain

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can i pick him for a support role

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Wouldn't recommend so, he's item-reliant - which in a way makes him very level/gold dependant

You can't upgrade his skills as well since you're not taking CS most of the time, without upgrades he's performing only 60-70% of what he's capable of

Alternatively, you can slot him in ADC position and have an aggressive support such as and

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Amazing guide, ty bro!

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Oh god, the urge to take him as an ADC now in preseason 9 is so big. Literally every preseason Riot somehow makes the role of a marksman completely useless, so the only things I can actually play in the bot lane are freaking and . And also I saw Sneaky play him at Worlds so I want to try it ;). He's getting somewhat nerfed (imo he's just going to require a better aim) in 8.24 though, but I think he will still be good.

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I think the viability of bot lane Viktor will die down if he gets nerfed more on his Q-max playstyle, and with a Viktor replacing Marksman, your team would lose a marksman that's capable of destroying objectives fairly quickly
I think he's viable for bot lane but I think you should only take this if your team is AD-saturated comp

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Yea, probably. I think I'll just abuse him in preseason.

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Voted +1

Very good build, once you upgrade twice and get lich bane its gg

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Voted +1

yes

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Thanks For the great Guide, if I may ask is there a way to play Viktor in the top lane and if so what runes would you take and what would be a bad/good match ups,and would he be viable or fun to play ?

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You're welcome, I'm happy that the guide helped you in any way possible! :)

I do play Viktor top lane from time to time if I'm filled top but I played it like how I do mid lane, which by itself isn't anything special really because I don't fill the gap that top laners should (Split pushing, Teleport ganks, etc.) but it's still possible

1. What runes to take?
-Refer to the build, usually top lane consists of melee champions; and I take Electrocute most of the time in the lane, learning how to zone enemy early is important and you can achieve this by trading early to assert your dominance.
- If I am against ranged top like Quinn or Lissandra, Aery can be good as well in scenarios where you don't think you can get your Q AA off easily
- It's more of personal preference, Grasp is possible as well against dangerous laners like Irelia or Talon

2. Bad Matchups ?
- Melee champions that can dive to you easily and scales faster than you (e.g. & as mentioned)
- Ranged champions that makes you hard to trade with them while also win you in quick trades (e.g. is the best example here)
- Tanks because its hard to zone them from farming while being so difficult to kill in lane (e.g. &

3. Favourable Matchups ?
- : Play around minion advantage, his E & AA attracts minion aggro easily and your charged Q passes through his windwall. Be careful of his tornados and you should be fine
- Not much comes to mind but most matchups are fairly equal unless as mentioned in (2)

4. Viable ?
- Yes, play what you like! If you feel uncomfortable playing at mid, feel free to try him at top lane :)

5. Fun to Play ?
- There's no difference in playstyle between top lane and mid lane but you do get more involved in trades in top lane
- Depends on build, some goes for tank mana build but some goes same build as of going mid

6. Max E or Q ?
- Q max is awful, and I don't recommend it if you're trying hard
- E max is always better even in melee matchups

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I didn't expect such a detailed and insightful reply in that short of a time window, thanks again!

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Welcome ! Keep in mind that he's still a late game beast even when played Top Lane so it's fine if you can't get any leads early :)

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Voted +1

amazing guide

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Can you update it often?

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I'd have to say I update this guide after every patch; at maximum of 3 days if I'm not busy IRL -- there's a detailed changelogs chronologically arranged in order
Thanks for reading however ! :)

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i very like this

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Ah... Just the guide to wipe the rust off these Hex-Tech plates of mine after my countless hours of research...

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Hey, that guide is just great. It helped me so much to play Viktor. I just wanted to ask you wich Champ you usually ban.

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Thanks for commenting, usually my top priority is , for obvious reasons - but I'm sure she wouldn't be that great after the nerfs so its not a necessary after the patch

Xerath - I can't dodge his Q most of the time, only his Q; but regardless, he's a high difficulty lane matchup for Viktor. Usually if you can dodge his Q it would be easier, if not, you can't win the lane at all
Zed - Self explanatory, he's easy to control in lane but you can't outplay much after he gets Duskblade and his damage would be really high by then. Either you play aggressively and smart or you play very safe and open up opportunities to snowball by roaming to other sides of lanes
Katarina - Very self-explanatory as well, she can punish you in lane very fast if you mis-stepped once, and its super difficult to stick with her without risking to die. However, she can be stopped easily if she fails to snowball or get killed once or twice

Usually I ban those - for , , they're pretty rare matchup and its not worth banning them rather than banning risky matchup. For others, try checking the matchup section and check for the hard difficulty ratings

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Voted +1

Hey! Just leaving a like since I've used this guide about a million times and honestly it was overdue. Great job and great insight on Viktor. Love him. Cherish him. Protect him, from Riot mainly.

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Thank you for the upvote! I'm glad someone is able to make use of this guide as a stepping stone for getting better at :)

I'll continue to update the guide so it gets as updated as possible to the meta :D

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- Sir Wellington's Review Shop -

Cheat Sheet

- Not sure what the "A-Must-Buy" section is for. It looks like a repeat of your Core Items section. If so, then just remove it.

Setup

- In your masteries section, remove the wiki bar at the top. Having the actual mastery pages below is immensely helpful and a much better visual aid than the wiki bar.

- In your Summoner Spells section, take out . Currently, Barrier is in a bad spot because does what it does, but better. Not only does Exhaust shut down an enemy's damage output better than Barrier, it slows AND shreds resistances, making it more useful. The only time I could see Barrier being useful is if you're facing extremely long range champions like and , but even then it wouldn't be enough to save you from their ults if you have less than 200 health.

Items

- Take all the items that you don't recommend (like Athene's and Hextech Proto-belt) and put them at the bottom of the list. Rearrange the list so you have your core/important items at the top, then your good/situational items, then the last few you don't recommend. Consider segmenting them with a line or divider or labels.

Matchups

+ Nice, clean formatting for the individual matchups themselves.

- However, the overall setup is poor and takes up a lot of unnecessary space. An easy fix would be taking out matchups like Urgot, AP Malphite, Kennen, Karthus, Katarina, Teemo, and Zyra. These champions are either off-meta niche picks that are extremely rare, or have very easy counterplay that's almost self explanatory or common knowledge (use R to interrupt things, use vision wards for Teemo).

- This section (along with Synergies) should go towards the end of your guide, or at least after the Gameplay section. Your audience needs to know how to play Viktor in-game before they can understand how to adjust his gameplay for certain matchups.

Gameplay

- This section needs less centered text and more columns. Instead of putting everything in center tags and separating your thoughts into 1-2 sentence paragraphs with *~~~*~~~* for dividers, use columns, use in-game pictures, GIFs, videos, graphs, anything to give this section more life and communicate better. In-game visuals are so important in a Gameplay section!

- Subtitles are necessary here. Break this section down into sections like Lane Phase, Midgame, Lategame, Teamfights, Objective Control, Proper Use of Chaos Storm, etc.

Cheese Strategy

- Once again, reformat this section so the entire thing isn't centered. Organize your thoughts more coherently instead of just pressing Enter twice and adding another sentence or two. Punctuation is also needed here (and elsewhere in the guide, but particularly here) - it looks lazy when you don't finish a sentence with a period.

- A video of how this works would be extremely helpful here.

Conclusion:

This guide is fairly solid. It's quite long and fairly detailed, but has some overused coding (center tags) and needs help in other areas (artwork, in-game visuals, formatting, grammar) before it can truly shine. I'll give it a 3 out of 5 for now, but if it evolves (hehe) then I'd be happy to reassess ;)

I hope my review was helpful! Let me know if you want any more feedback or advice.

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In the earlier version of the guide, I've added subtitles on Early ~ Late Game but I removed them since I want to make it fancier (trying out new graphics banner for them but I can't find good fonts to do so)

Honest thanks for the review and here's a +rep for your hardwork, I'll try my best to dig time to upgrade the guide :)

[S11] [Items Update Included] Adapt, or be removed.

[S11] [Items Update Included] Adapt, or be removed.

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