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the Herald of the Arcane

Viktor ADC build & stats

Mage A 979 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
52.6%
Pick rate
5.1%
Ban rate
14.3%

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
400 g
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 g
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 g
54.5% 244 games

Build in this order

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
2,800 g
Lich Bane 2
Lich Bane
2,900 g
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 g
8,950 g
66.7% WR 15 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
62.5% WR
32 games · 3% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Manaflow Band Manaflow Band
Transcendence Transcendence
Scorch Scorch
Legend: Haste Legend: Haste
Cut Down Cut Down
Shards AS AF HP

Summoner spells

Exhaust Flash 63.4% 41 games

Max order

Hextech Ray E Siphon Power Q Gravity Field W 60.5% 195 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Viktor

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Viktor wins 52.6% of games as ADC on patch 16.17 (979 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass — 59% win rate over 29 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 98% of games with a 52% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Katarina (80% over 10 games). Hardest: Vayne (25% over 8 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Hextech Rocketbelt 2
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
58.6% WR
29 games · 3% pick
Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Lich Bane 2
Lich Bane
Zhonya's Hourglass 3
Zhonya's Hourglass
66.7% WR
15 games · 2% pick
Blackfire Torch 1
Blackfire Torch
Hextech Rocketbelt 2
Hextech Rocketbelt
Rabadon's Deathcap 3
Rabadon's Deathcap
46.2% WR
13 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
54.5% WR
244 games · 25% pick
Doran's Ring
Doran's Ring
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.0% WR
2 games · 0% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
68.0% 3% (25)
64.7% 3% (34)
61.7% 12% (120)
60.6% 32% (312)
58.3% 25% (247)
56.8% 39% (384)
56.5% 26% (253)
53.2% 87% (853)
52.6% 24% (232)
50.0% 11% (112)
49.0% 11% (104)
41.7% 2% (24)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
51.8% WR
137 games · 14% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Manaflow Band Manaflow Band
Celerity Celerity
Scorch Scorch
Cut Down Cut Down
Legend: Haste Legend: Haste
Shards AS AF HP
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
46.5% WR
129 games · 13% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Bone Plating Shield Bash
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
57.0% WR
107 games · 11% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Celerity Scorch Legend: Haste Cut Down

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 52.5%98% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 54.5%1% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 57.1%1% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 75.0%0% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 51.9%82% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 56.2%9% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 63.4%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Hextech Ray E Siphon Power Q Gravity Field W 60.5%195 games

Most common first three levels: Q → E → W (53%), Q → E → E (55%), E → Q → W (54%).

  • PGlorious Evolution

    Viktor gains Hex Fragments whenever he kills an enemy. With every 100 Hex Fragments he obtains, Viktor permanently augments an active ability. After upgrading all of his basic abilities, he can gather 100 Hex Fragments t...

  • QSiphon Power

    Viktor blasts an enemy unit with magic damage, which grants him a shield and empowers his next basic attack.Augment: Siphon Power's shield is increased by 60% and Viktor gains bonus move speed after casting the Ability.

  • WGravity Field

    Viktor conjures a heavy gravitational field that slows enemies caught within its radius. Enemies who stay in the field for too long become stunned.Augment: Viktor's spells apply a slow to enemies.

  • EHextech Ray

    Viktor uses his biomechanical arm to fire a Hextech Ray that cuts across the field in a line, dealing damage to all enemies in its path.Augment: An explosion follows in the Hextech Ray's wake, dealing magic damage.

  • RArcane Storm

    Viktor conjures an Arcane Storm on the field, dealing magic damage and interrupting enemy channels. The storm periodically does magic damage to all nearby enemies and can be redirected by Viktor.Augment: The Arcane Storm...