Viktor

The Herald of the Arcane

Mage · Mana · Ranged

About

Viktor, the Herald of the Arcane, is a mage champion who uses Mana as a resource and attacks at range. Their kit focuses on magic damage.

On the official scale, difficulty is 9 out of 10: a champion very hard, one of the most demanding champions in the game.

Compared with other champions, Viktor starts with average HP (600), below average armor (23) and average move speed (335). Attack range is 525 units.

Viktor has 8 skins besides the default look.

Difficulty

Attack2

Defense4

Magic10

Difficulty9

Abilities

Passive · Glorious 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 to augment his ultimate ability.
Q · Siphon 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.
Cooldown: 9/8/7/6/5s · Cost: 45/50/55/60/65
W · Gravity 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.
Cooldown: 17/16/15/14/13s · Cost: 65
E · Hextech 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.
Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8s · Cost: 60/70/80/90/100
R (Ultimate) · Arcane 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 moves 25% faster, and whenever champions die after taking damage from it, the storm grows and increases in its duration.
Cooldown: 120/100/80s · Cost: 100

Tips for playing Viktor

Hextech Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.

Tips for playing against Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Base stats

HP: 600 (+100 per level)
Mana: 405 (+45 per level)
Armor: 23 (+4.4 per level)
Magic resist: 30 (+1.3 per level)
Attack damage: 53
Attack speed: 0.658 (+2.11 per level)
Move speed: 335
Range: 525

Lore

The fully biomechanical evolution of his former self, Viktor has embraced his Glorious Evolution and become something of a messiah to his followers. He sacrificed his own humanity under the logic that eliminating emotion would thereby eliminate suffering—and now seeks to bring the revelation of the hexcore to the rest of the world, even if they're incapable of understanding the benefit. After all, to this master of the arcane, violence is merely a variable necessary to balance the ultimate equation.