HOW TO PLAY VIKTOR - FULL INDEPTH GUIDE - RANK 1 CHALLENGER MID 

Hey shok. Can you do cassiopea video, I know you play her a lot. Thank yoi

@@Nik-ji5ck Yessir!

Hey, thanks for the guide. Atm the same with runes?

@@OlliSGer Yeah, I think aery is mostly better in the current meta tho, a lot of lanes you can bully

@@ShokLeague what about going phase rush? I feel like its really nice for split pushing in mid-late game and makes the champ feel way differently

Thanks for the kind words

I've thought about doing it yeah, just not sure if people will find it interesting, guess the only way to know is to try it haha

Generally you just get pushed in until you get your E upgrade, but there isn't really much he can do with that since his roams are weak and unless you contest the wave hard he can't ever kill you. After you get E upgrade it should be super easy to just spam push in waves and you outscale him.

@@ShokLeague Oh, I see. I honestly felt pretty useless but it's nice to know that being pushed in was something that just happens with Heimer. Thanks for the quick response!

That's a great idea for a video, will definitely think about doing that thanks!

We all do king

nah, this is Shok, K1ng moved to NA

Agreed! Shadowflame ludens seems a lot better.

I'd probably go luden > shadowflame or liandry > seraphs, you can also go ROA > zhonya > rabadon into assassins

I feel like quite a lot of these are niche picks that are in maybe 1% or less of games. Not all, for example vel and vlad he should add. Majority of the others are rarely picked or seen

I definitely should've added Vlad and probably Graves too, but the other champs I see maybe less than once a season. I guess there's no harm in adding them though I'll add more next time!

@@ShokLeague think viktor beats vlad pretty hard anyways

Yea just go into the void/rabadon after your defensive item. Sorry that wasn't clear!

Might be doing it wrong, but couldn't get this to work in practice tool. You can do it with spamming right click/a click though.

@@ShokLeague exactly. The spamming of right click is what I was referring to but I was too tired when I made this comment😂 I could have explained better. Thanks for all the content!

All good, I actually didn't know you could do that. Thanks for letting me know :)

Mainly you just have to take a defensive summ like barrier/exhaust, go seekers if it's an AD all in champion and just try keep the wave sort of close to your tower and poke them out from range. If you do fall behind it can be hard to get back into the game but you do scale better and farm faster so you just have to try not to die anymore and keep your CS up.

You must learn ur distance management ad well, the moment you get too close a decent Zed will use his combo immediately. Learn the max range of your E, and play it steady.

You can abuse your range early from lvl 1-2

I would say atm just take First Strike as your default unless you think you can hard win your lane in which case take Aery. Both are really good runes though

Not many champions out damage Viktor late game, but champions with long range poke like Corki/Xerath can do well into Viktor late game, or champions like Kassadin that are too strong for Viktor to 1v1 in the side lane.

Haven't planned on it but do wanna get around to it

bet you still below emerald lol

1. Try keep the wave in the middle or close to your tower which will make it hard for them to all in you, Yone and Yasuo are not that hard because they lack sustain early game so you can poke them out with Q auto and E poke. Irelia is very annoying though in this matchup basically just try farm. 2. Doran's gives more mana, but less hp sustain and also doesn't synergize with time warp tonic (because you don't have 3 corrupting charges each base for timewarp). Basically I take doran's vs most melees (Yone, Yas, Irelia etc) and the weaker early game ranged champs (Corki, Zilean, etc). Most ranged mids have lots of skillshots which means I take corrupting pot + timewarp which lets you sustain their poke and dodge skillshots. Especially important that you have corrupting + timewarp vs champs like Syndra, Orianna, Xerath, Lux etc. 3. Yeah I'd take aery, most artillery mages you can shit on in lane phase with aery as well and like you said first strike is somewhat unreliable vs them. 4. Not really, tabi's kinda suck for armor, they only really benefit you for reducing auto attacks but you're not often being auto attacked as Viktor because of your long range. If you need armor go seekers and/or zhonya's. 5. Rabadons second can be good, it's a later powerspike which can be detrimental but it's not a huge deal since needlessly large rods are good components. If you did want to rush Rabadons 2nd every game you should try get as much AP from other sources as possible such as absolute focus, gathering storm, dark seal, eyeball collection if you can get away with it etc. This will make sure you get the most benefit out of the Rabadons passive. Overall I think Shadowflame/Lich Bane is better, but if you optimize for Rabadon's second it's really good as well.

@@ShokLeague Legend! Thanks a lot! Any rules of thumb on choosing between barrier/exhaust/tp in hard matchups?

Not good vs Vlad imo because against a good vlad you won't be able to get through his sustain without aery/scorch. Cass could be an option though if you look for a level 3 all in or something. The keystone itself scales well but generally the other trees scale better (sorcery tree in particular).

Razer Trinity, I mainly got it so I could bind my F keys to the buttons on the side lmao

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding, but I think Aery is for easy matchups that you believe you can snowball. First Strike is better for scaling up faster and getting to your core items quickly.

Aery if you can win lane hard enough for it to matter, otherwise just First Strike for scaling.

I think Shadowflame is better most of the time, I definitely overestimated Lich Bane a bit.

I don't think you really need to buy tear at the moment, if you did it would be so you can build archangel second instead of Lichbane/cosmic/shadowflame

If you really want a bigger 2 item but weaker 3 item spike. So if the next dragon for example is really important or if the game itself is going to be short Shadowflame is probably better.

Mainly you just have to play to kite a lot more. It can also be good to evolve your Q before E in top lane.

@@ShokLeague ya evolving Q first work much better, can escape ganks easier now! Which shoes would you recommend? Started with sorceres but meanwhile Switched to Mercurys and took ghost now with flash. Feels like escaping in early game is much easier with them. Thx for the comment even your vid is a few days older, much appreciated, on Abo more🍻

@@mrscapegoat8804 Yeah mercs or seekers could both be good early buys top lane depending on what you're vs. Ghost/exhaust sound good too.

atm I think default to First Strike, take aery if you think you can destroy your matchup

Hey mate, talked about phase rush at 7:00!

Seraphs used to give a huge amount of AP (like 160 or something when fully stacked) and now in season 12 it doesn't give that much anymore. Simply put it's not worth buying anymore.

Just any right click, basically when you click to move somewhere.

@@ShokLeague Yeah that's what i thought. I was overthinking :D Much tnx.

Decent option but not as good as the others, Seraph's has only been built once out of almost 50 pro Viktor games in season 12.

Nah it doesnt stack sadly, so rylai is useless on him (unless I guess for ult ticks but still pretty useless)

@@ShokLeague thanks, another question, do you think Cosmic drive is decent on him?

ye its solid

hmm personally I don't like ROA that much in soloq cause it slows you down too much. You can do it in assassin matchups but I don't like to default to it. Void second is good if they have MR but otherwise you'd get more damage from something else (rabadons 2nd or shadowflame or something)

@@ShokLeague tested shadowflame vs void, shadowflame barely outdamages it as a second item, but as you get into 4-5 items, void staff always deals more damage EVEN into squishy champs that dont build MR, the vision of the build is full-lategame ultrascale as for rabadons second, the components are too expensive and too inconsistent timing with backs and the whole item is 800 gold more expensive

I think you could learn a champ or two to make it easier to vs those champs, like Vex or something. But most likely you just need to build differently or position better or just play better overall. It's kind of hard to say without more info but it sounds like Vex could be a really good fit for your situation.

Thank you for the answer, vex sounds like cool to my elo, i need to improve my champ pool. If you make a video about how should we play in hard winning matchups and how should we use our advantage in game. that would be so nice. Thank you very much for amazing guides 😊

@@lordsauronsregards5686 I definitely want to do some videos on landing for sure!

@@lordsauronsregards5686 Yeah for sure I want to do some laning videos!

Depends, electrocute ignite is much better for all ins but is less damage overall. If you think you can get a real spicy all in with elec ignite in your matchup go for it.

Yea I think so

Just need to trade defensively until you have laser upgrade then you can spam push her in. She's really strong early game so as long as you don't die early you'll be in a really good spot

@@ShokLeague Thanks i'll try!

Yeah I might make an updated version

It's definitely good against tankier comps but against squishier comps Shadowflame/Lich Bane is probably gonna do more for you, archangel is solid too though

@@ShokLeague Thanks! I'll keep it in mind.

+barier or ignite

The 1v1 is doable, Fizz has really good gank setup though which makes playing post 6 pretty annoying, Zed kinda forces you to take defensive summoner/build armor which makes it harder for you to actually impact the game early.

Yeah Vlad can be annoying, focus on getting lost chapter and then just keep him shoved in with your wave clear, try not to waste too much mana before you get lost chapter cause he'll just outsustain you.

Don’t ever trade and just farm, Id say it’s a more or less neutral lane and you both scale so it’s a pretty even matchup.

@@jamesmorseman3180 I dont agree with this. Viktor with aery scorch and tp absolutely shits on vlad in lane. Just take aery scorch, poke the shit out of him, base when your out of mana and then back to keep him stuck in lane, where you can dive him with jungle or move to river fights first. Ater you get E evolve you have a couple of seconds of tempo on vlad as you one shot the wave while it takes him a while to kill it.

Yeah it can be good

@@ShokLeague ty!

Real and true.

Try use your E in a way that kills his voidlings and hits him, he only has waveclear when his voidlings hit the wave other than that he basically has no push so try and kill them as soon as you can

Eh it's decent, just inferior to other options.

Start q and look to harass him with q autos making sure you don't get hit by his E. After the first few levels try make sure the wave is always at least in the middle or on your side. Save your W for when he goes into you, same with Ult. Honestly this matchup I'd even consider taking ignite as well since he needs to heal off you in melee range which will be reduced if you can ignite him beforehand.

@@ShokLeague thanks for the response and insight!

It's decent but not as good as the others normally. I'd say the only time it really gets a lot of value is when you can combine it with ignite into some short range melee champ, so maybe like electrocute ignite vs sylas or something? I think otherwise aery will provide you with more damage. Also the red tree in general isn't as good as the sorcery/inspiration trees on Viktor so that's a factor too.

@@ShokLeague Oh ok, I understand. I like the agressivness of it in some easier match ups, paired with ignite as youve mentioned. But I will try to switch over to aery more then, since its more dmg + the sorcery tree. Thank you for such a quick reply.

Probably ludens, because an artillery mage is going to constantly proc your crown shield and you won't get to use it.

Another question. Do you still go aery when you're in a hard winning matchup if you're in low elo (gold/plat). Or would in general first strike be better for scaling if games tend to be longer?

@@maguiregoated6929 Honestly I'd say still take Aery but it depends on you. You should be able to win lane harder in gold/plat. It's possible that first strike is higher winrate for you if the games go forever, but I think it would be better to just improve your laning and play what 'should' be optimal.

Ye Viktor is good imo

Probably just because he's immobile in a meta with tons of pick/hard engage. I've been playing a lot of Azir lately

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Just press q then right click the ground like you would to move, then auto attack and it'll make the q slightly faster.

Think it's decent, but haven't played it personally.

Haven't done in a while, it might change in the future though and I guess I'll make a channel announcement if it does.

Yeah shadowflame 2nd better most of the time

Definitely on the way!

You should be able to if you're not behind, Viktor is pretty good vs adcs

@@ShokLeague From what I've noticed is, her invis and tumble make it hard to land the skill shot, and if you don't one shot her, she can kill you before you kill her bc she has no cds and does insane dmg. So now I just auto ban her.

I play with chat off completely! Pretty much any time I'm playing ranked I make sure to turn it off since it's just not worth it, and there really isn't much to be gained from it being on.

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