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Viktor build & stats

Mage A 211 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
55.0%
Pick rate
8.4%
Ban rate
0.0%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

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

Solid sample

Finish these three

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
2,900 gold
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
3,200 gold
9,600 gold
66.7% WR 9 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
900 gold
71.4% 14 games

Runes

Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
73.7% WR
19 games · 9% pick
First Strike
First Strike

When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt.

Inspiration Inspiration
Glacial Augment Unsealed Spellbook First Strike
Magical Footwear Hextech Flashtraption Cash Back
Triple Tonic Biscuit Delivery Time Warp Tonic
Jack Of All Trades Cosmic Insight Approach Velocity
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Heal
80.0% 10 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 55.0% of games as any role on patch 16.17 (211 games).
  • Most common core: Shadowflame → Stormsurge → Luden's Echo — 55% win rate over 11 games.
  • Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 46% of games with a 56% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
54.5% WR
11 games · 5% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
66.7% WR
9 games · 4% pick
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Luden's Echo
Luden's Echo
62.5% WR
8 games · 4% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
52.9% WR
174 games · 82% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
71.4% WR
14 games · 7% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
60.0% WR
5 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
67.7% 29% (62)
61.9% 40% (84)
61.8% 32% (68)
60.6% 16% (33)
57.9% 36% (76)
56.8% 21% (44)
54.3% 55% (116)
52.6% 9% (19)
50.0% 7% (14)
50.0% 4% (8)
49.2% 57% (120)
42.4% 16% (33)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
47.6% WR
63 games · 30% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
46.9% WR
49 games · 23% pick
Arcane Comet Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Inspiration Inspiration + Sorcery Sorcery
73.7% WR
19 games · 9% pick
First Strike Magical Footwear Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight Manaflow Band Transcendence

Keystones

  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 56.1%46% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 48.4%30% pick
  • Deathfire Touch Deathfire Touch Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time. 53.8%12% pick
  • First Strike First Strike When you initiate champion combat, deal 7% extra damage for 3 seconds and gain gold based on damage dealt. 71.4%10% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 52.8%59% pick
  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 55.6%17% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 61.5%6% 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...