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Viktor Mid build & stats

Mage S 72 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
61.1%
Pick rate
5.2%
Ban rate
10.1%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Solid sample

Finish these three

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
2,800 gold
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
2,650 gold
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,250 gold
8,700 gold
62.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
900 gold
70.6% 17 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
70.0% WR
10 games · 14% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
61.4% 57 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 61.1% of games as Mid on patch 16.16 (72 games).
  • Most common core: Blackfire Torch → Hextech Rocketbelt → Zhonya's Hourglass — 62% win rate over 8 games.
  • Take Deathfire Touch as keystone: picked in 94% of games with a 59% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
Zhonya's Hourglass
Zhonya's Hourglass
62.5% WR
8 games · 11% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Hextech Rocketbelt
Hextech Rocketbelt
57.1% WR
7 games · 10% pick
Blackfire Torch
Blackfire Torch
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
60.0% WR
5 games · 7% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
61.9% WR
42 games · 58% pick
Crimson Lucidity
Crimson Lucidity
70.6% WR
17 games · 24% pick
Chainlaced Crushers
Chainlaced Crushers
50.0% WR
6 games · 8% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
76.5% 24% (17)
75.0% 11% (8)
66.7% 4% (3)
64.7% 24% (17)
63.6% 46% (33)
62.5% 11% (8)
61.5% 36% (26)
59.1% 31% (22)
58.7% 88% (63)
57.1% 10% (7)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
58.3% WR
24 games · 33% pick
Deathfire Touch
Deathfire Touch

Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
70.0% WR
10 games · 14% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Shield Bash Bone Plating
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
20.0% WR
5 games · 7% pick
Deathfire Touch Manaflow Band Celerity Scorch Cut Down Legend: Haste

Keystones

  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 58.8%94% pick
  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 100.0%6% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 61.4%79% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 63.6%15% pick
  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 66.7%4% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • 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...