Best Build, Runes and Gameplay Tips

Viktor is the newest Arcane-themed champion to join the Wild Rift roster in December 2024’s Patch 5.3c. Viktor is a powerful new mage with unique abilities that thrive on wave clearing, zoning, and team fight dominance. As of December 12th, 2024, Viktor will join the Wild Rift champion roster in-game. In this Wild Rift guide, we will look at Viktor and his skills, best builds, tips, and tricks to have the game in your favour while using him.

Wild Rift Viktor Guide: Skill Analysis

Passive – Glorious Evolution

The skill gains Hex Fragments whenever Viktor kills an enemy:

• Killing minions or normal monsters grants 3 Hex Fragments.
• Killing epic monsters, siege units, or super minions grants 5 Hex Fragments.
• Champion takedowns grant 25 Hex Fragments.

Every 100 Hex Fragments Viktor gains permanently upgrades an active ability. When all of his basic abilities are upgraded, the Hexcore will be perfected, augmenting Chaos Storm.

Skill 1: Siphon Power

Blasts an enemy, dealing magic damage to enemies hit and gaining a shield that lasts 2.5 seconds. The next attack within the next 3.5 seconds deals bonus magic damage to enemies.

Upgrade – Turbocharge: Increases this ability’s shield and grants Viktor a 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2.5 seconds

Skill 2: Gravity Field

Deplos a gravity field for 4 seconds, slowing enemies within by 25%. After a short delay, the field applies a Gravitation stack to the target every 0.5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. At 3 stacks, all stacks are consumed to stun the target for 1.5 seconds. The target then becomes immune to Gravitation for a short duration.

Upgrade – Slow: The first time Siphon Power, Death Ray, and Chaos Storm deal damage to enemies slow them by an additional 20%

Skill 3: Death Ray

Viktor fires a Chaos beam that cuts across the battlefield in a line, dealing magic damage to enemies in its straight-lined path.

Upgrade – Blastquake: On Upgrading the ability, an explosion follows the beam’s wake after a brief delay dealing damage to surrounding enemies.

Skill 4: Chaos Storm

Conjures a Chaos Storm at the target location for 5.5 seconds, dealing magic damage to enemies within the area and disrupting their channeled abilities. The storm then deals continuous magic damage to enemies within it every second.

Upgrade – Howl: Chaos Storm moves faster. Champion takedowns empower the storm, extending its duration by 3.5 seconds and increasing its area of effect. The storm can be empowered up to 5 times.

Notes

• Hold and drag the ability button after casting to direct the storm to another location.
• The closer the storm is to Viktor, the faster it moves.

Skill-up method for Viktor

Prioritize upgrading Skill 1 as it allows for easy laning and poke, follow up with upgrading Skill 2, then Skill 3. Unlock and upgrade the ultimate ability whenever available.

Best Runes and Spells for Viktor in Wild Rift

Based on his skillsets and ability potential, Viktor can be used in the Mid Lane, as he can easily help the team dominate.

Best Rune Setup for Viktor

Viktor’s rune setup is geared at granting him extra ability haste, ability power, and ability penetration that would boost his overall performance on the Rift.

• Arcane Comet: Adds consistent poke and damage over time during trades.
• Shield Bash: Increases Viktor’s survivability and synergizes with the shield from Siphon Power.
• Mark of the Weak: Amplifies damage to impaired enemies, pairing well with Gravity Field.
• Eyeball Collector: Boosts AP for takedowns, rewarding aggressive play.
• Gathering Storm: Provides scaling AP for late-game dominance.

Battle Spells

The best battle items for Viktor on the Rift include:

• Flash: For safety purposes, it is advised to pick up Flash. Viktor could maximize this spell to increase his mobility on the battlefield, as it helps him to reposition easily.
• Ignition: This spell is quite useful especially to finish off Low Health champions.

Best Builds for Viktor in Wild Rift

Viktor’s item build will contain lots of magic-damage items that boost and enhance his overall ability power. Items like Luden’s Echo, Rabado’s Deathcap, and Liandry’s Torment will serve as his core damage items. These items incredibly complement Viktor’s skills allowing it to deal lots of damage making it more dangerous in the late game.

• Boots of Mana: This boot grants extra mana regen and magic penetration for Heimerdinger. You could enchant it with Stasis Enchant to boost survivability, especially during risky scenarios.
• Luden’s Echo: Provides ability power (AP), mana, and cooldown reduction for better poke and wave clear.
• Lich Bane: Enhances burst potential with empowered auto attacks after casting abilities.
• Rabadon’s Deathcap: Boosts overall AP for higher burst damage.
• Hextech Soulstealer: Reduces cooldowns for frequent ultimate use while amplifying magic damage.
• Crown of the Shattered Queen: The skill grants survivability by reducing damage taken during initial engagements.

League of Legends: Wild Rift Viktor Guide: Gameplay Tips

Viktor is a mage champion with lots of unique abilities, that allow him to poke and zone enemies effectively on the Rift. Coupled with the ability upgrades from his passive ability, Viktor will be able to dominate enemies during team fights easily via strategic positioning.

Early Game

Buy the Amplifying Tome as a starting item, then proceed to the mid-lane. On reaching the mid lane, place a ward near the bushes to grant extra vision over the surroundings, thus preventing unexpected ganks. Ward placement at strategic points is crucial to give your team an advantage on the Rift.

You can then proceed to clear out your minion waves while using your first skill to poke enemies. While laning with Viktor, always remember to last-hit the minions to gain extra gold and extra Hex Fragments useful for upgrading your abilities.

Unlock and use Viktor’s second skill for extra control and poke enemies from a farther distance. While using Viktor’s second skill, ensure to place it around the center of where enemies are, this will ensure that the Stun effect is triggered.

Using Viktor’s Death Ray ability after stunning and slowing enemies down with his second skill is highly recommended to ensure that the Chaos Beam sure hits enemies. You should note that Viktor excels at poking enemies from a farther distance, so you should make the best out of it. Nonetheless, focus on farming to gain and accumulate lots of Hex Fragments with Viktor which will in turn unlock powerful new upgraded abilities.

You should also pay close attention to the map, just in case enemies are ganking your team’s ADC or Jungler. A few early-game rotations would benefit your team, just in time for Rift Herald to spawn. To easily perform in the early game, one must use the following combo:

Skill 1 + Enhanced Basic Attack + Skill 2 + Skill 3

This Combo allows Viktor to easily harass enemies in the laning phase.

Mid Game

By assisting your team in securing jungle objectives like the Rift Herald, you and your allies will receive lots of bonus gold. You should then utilize the extra gold to prioritize some of your core build items, which include Luden’s Echo, Lich Bane, and Rabadon’s Deathcap.

With at least, two Damage items and an upgraded ability, Viktor’s ability combo will start to hurt. Core items like Lich Bane will greatly enhance and boost the damage output of the enhanced basic attacks from Viktor’s first skill. In the mid-game, it is advisable to prioritize farming to ensure your enhanced abilities are fully upgraded before proceeding to the late game.

Viktor’s ultimate ability can be really helpful to limit the potential of mobile enemy champions as it disrupts their skills giving your team the edge in crucial teamfights. When joined with Viktor’s upgraded second ability, enemies hit get slowed down allowing you to dish out maximum ability damage. To easily burst down enemy ADC in the Mid or late game using upgraded abilities via Viktor’s ultimate ability, then you should try out any of the following combos:

Skill 1 + Enhance Basic Attacks + Skill 2 + Skill 3 + Ultimate ability (Recast again)

Late Game

With all the necessary items with you, Viktor can be exceedingly powerful dealing burst AOE damage to enemies with his abilities. Do also keep in mind, that enemy champions are also quite as powerful so properly time the use of the Stasis enchants especially when facing a high burst damage dealer. Since positioning yourself matters the most, one must not engage alone since Viktor lacks much mobility.

Thus, Viktor should always ensure to be around his team’s Support or tank. Play safe while leveraging Death Ray and Chaos Storm for maximum impact during team fights. You should also prioritize helping allies secure major objectives and take down Epic monsters like Baron Nashor and the Elder Dragons, as it would undoubtedly give your team the upper hand in each match.

Let’s check out some of Viktor’s best counters, strengths, and weaknesses.

Champions that counter Viktor	Champions that Viktor is strong against
Lux	Katarina
Akshan	Annie
Ekko	Yasuo

Final Thoughts

Viktor sure seems like a promising new addition to the League of Legends: Wild Rift’s roster. All in all, mastering Viktor requires a blend of patience, precise skill usage, and strategic positioning to make the best of his powerful abilities and skillsets.

That’s all for today’s League of Legends: Wild Rift Viktor Guide. Do you prefer to use Viktor in any other way? Let us know in the comment section below!

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