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Chrispy
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Canada5878 Posts
January 13 2012 06:15 GMT
#3801
At first I thought Viktor was gud and was just getting the Rumble treatment.

But then I was like no.
Retvrn to Forvms
sob3k
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States7572 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-13 06:20:45
January 13 2012 06:17 GMT
#3802
On January 13 2012 15:03 Cloud9157 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2012 14:49 Craton wrote:
On January 13 2012 13:53 RogerX wrote:
I don't understand why majority of people I met says Viktor is weak...

His E is seriously amazing. With a really good CC for teamfights.
But yeah we've probably discussed this, just giving my opinons.

'cause if people can't go 10-0 every game with a champ within the first week of its release, they claim it's terrible.


Or maybe its because Viktor actually isn't all that good?

He does NOTHING better than any other mid. More burst? lolannie. More range? Cassio+Brand disagree. CC? Kennen and Swain have better CC than him.

The main issue (for me) is his garbage range overall. Q is a really nice skill, except the missile speed is too slow. Enemy mid will be able to damage you before it returns to give you shield.

My other problem is his passive. Don't get me wrong, it was a nice idea and all, but it will hurt him come late game. I would rather have another DC or a Void Staff than any of his augments.

Viktor also gets a lane pushed on him super hard. All he has to clear a lane is E, and if you constantly use it, you will run out of mana.

So his laning sucks imo, his mid is alright, and his late gets hurt because augments take up a spot.

The one thing I can admit is that if Viktor does manage to land W for the stun, opponent will be taking a lot of damage. E+R will drain so many champs. His ult is the one thing that saves him from being awful to me.


I play a lot of xerath, and I think Viktor has a few advantages.

-Clearing power is much better, one E clears it all easily, xerath has to get pretty fat to do that.
-Better autoattack, one of the best in the game
-More consistent damage output, Xerath burst is amazing, but Viktor lazer outdamages normal Q spam in poke wars
-More utility and safety in W, it can block an entire team from jumping you
-ult is better in teamfights
-mobility while casting (you can cast lazer while kiting)

Xerath is amazing but he's more of a few target burst whereas Viktor is more of a team player, viktor severely punishes being initiated on in a way that Xerath doesn't. Obviously Xerath is better sniper and single target with better burst range, I still have no idea why pros arent all over him.

Mana is fine also just get 2 Drings and no problem, same as Xerath
In Hungry Hungry Hippos there are no such constraints—one can constantly attempt to collect marbles with one’s hippo, limited only by one’s hippo-levering capabilities.
LoCicero
Profile Joined August 2010
1100 Posts
January 13 2012 06:30 GMT
#3803
I am willing to bet my ~2.2k elo that Viktor will never become competitive unless they make some initial changes. Here is what I would do for now:

1) Give him an extra item slot and give his passive a small nerf. It's a complete joke that his passive doesn't give him 7 item slots.
2) Make the missile speed on his Q faster and have the shield appear instantly after he hits his target. Most likely his early game numbers will need to be changed (to something like 20,25,30,35,40% shield per level)

The fact that his passive is actually a hinderance at later stages of the game is idiotic as I feel having a high tier item is better than his passive. I would much rather have an hourglass or WoTA or something later on in the game over any of his passives. I would nerf his passive and make it be a 7th item slot or something. I also feel that his Q doesn't really serve the purpose it should. It should theoretically allow him to favorably trade in lane, making him a pretty big beast during the laning phase. Right now the missile speed is so slow that he will almost always take damage before he gets his shield. His kit doesn't seem too terrible, but I just don't understand what riot was going for. I don't really see what role he plays as I don't think he's tanky enough to effectively use his ult and I don't he has enough burst damage or range to be played as a squishy, high AP champ.
anmolsinghmzn2009
Profile Joined June 2011
India1783 Posts
January 13 2012 06:32 GMT
#3804
On January 13 2012 15:11 Craton wrote:
I still don't understand how Xerath continues to be so underplayed.

He's just not satisfying enough to play. The effects and graphics from his abilities are lackluster and those things actually have a huge impact on how fun a character Is. Like the satisfying sound when nid's spear hits its target, panth spear, yi running around with his ulti melting everything, swain laserbird, cass E spam etc
Dunk first. Ask questions while dunking.
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
January 13 2012 06:39 GMT
#3805
Have I mentioned recently that I love saintivicious?

"Doublelift, you are like a fountain of stupidity. The stupidity never ends."
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17274 Posts
January 13 2012 06:46 GMT
#3806
On January 13 2012 13:57 sethrakill wrote:
TeamLiquiders:

Last december I announced that I was going to be running a tournament with the purpose of promoting the amatuer 5v5 scene. Recently Riot has cntacted me with the good news that they are willing on contributing the following prizes, if I meet a registered teams stipulation.
1st place: $15 RP + Triumphant Ryze + Champion Skin Bundle (whatever the next release will be) per player
2nd place: $15 RP
3rd place: $10 RP
4th place: $5 RP per player

Once again I'd like to announce that I am accepting teams to register at sethrakill@gmail.com. The tournament is a 32 team single elimination tournament each round played as a best of three, the rosters will be 3 permanent members with up to 4 subs. I am using http://sites.google.com/site/leagueopen/ as the location for team pages, brackets and rules.

Thank you

It's a shame how troublesome it is to find 4 people at a skill level similar to your own with personalities you mesh with and availability to play with any regularity.
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Hidden_MotiveS
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada2562 Posts
January 13 2012 06:54 GMT
#3807
On January 13 2012 15:32 anmolsinghmzn2009 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2012 15:11 Craton wrote:
I still don't understand how Xerath continues to be so underplayed.

He's just not satisfying enough to play. The effects and graphics from his abilities are lackluster and those things actually have a huge impact on how fun a character Is. Like the satisfying sound when nid's spear hits its target, panth spear, yi running around with his ulti melting everything, swain laserbird, cass E spam etc

Xerath's ult is pretty fun :3
Zdrastochye
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
January 13 2012 06:54 GMT
#3808
On January 13 2012 15:39 Two_DoWn wrote:
Have I mentioned recently that I love saintivicious?

"Doublelift, you are like a fountain of stupidity. The stupidity never ends."


That's that retarded Doublelift decisionmaking we were JUST talking about.
Hey! How you doin'?
whatsupchan
Profile Joined August 2011
United States61 Posts
January 13 2012 07:03 GMT
#3809
o my god im colorblind
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Promises
Profile Joined February 2004
Netherlands1821 Posts
January 13 2012 07:22 GMT
#3810
The problem I see with Viktor is only his Q. I've been doing fine with him but I use q almost only as an afterthought. The damage is ok'ish but the CD is quite high even lategame, the missile speed is slow, the shield appears late. I don't mind the augment much to be honest, at lvl 18 the Death Augment gives 93 AP, which isn't that bad. The Lazer clears quite well, and harasses better. In teamfights it does really nice damage, as does his ult. It's just the Q that's non-spammable, not good damage and has a short range.
I'm a man of my word, and that word is "unreliable".
Terranasaur
Profile Joined May 2011
United States2085 Posts
January 13 2012 07:25 GMT
#3811
So who wants to be on my team for that tournament?
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dignity
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada908 Posts
January 13 2012 07:28 GMT
#3812
I would agree Q is the main problem with viktor right now, mainly because it doesn't make sense with his kit. Viktor wants to kite people, and the delayed shield means there mind as well be no shield since you are going to be running.
ihasaKAROT
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Netherlands4730 Posts
January 13 2012 07:32 GMT
#3813
I think the Viktor skills are pretty good, but since you have to get really close, its just not gonna happen.

This week so far ive been getting free wins vs all the viktors mid, hes just too easy to counter.
KCCO!
JackDino
Profile Joined July 2010
Gabon6219 Posts
January 13 2012 07:34 GMT
#3814
Anyone know how long the Lunar skins will be avaible? I checked riot's site but couldnt'find any date on the lunar event page.
This isnt Broodwar so I dont owe anyone respect for beating me. -arb
Norada
Profile Joined August 2010
China482 Posts
January 13 2012 07:34 GMT
#3815
On January 13 2012 13:57 sethrakill wrote:
TeamLiquiders:

Last december I announced that I was going to be running a tournament with the purpose of promoting the amatuer 5v5 scene. Recently Riot has cntacted me with the good news that they are willing on contributing the following prizes, if I meet a registered teams stipulation.
1st place: $15 RP + Triumphant Ryze + Champion Skin Bundle (whatever the next release will be) per player
2nd place: $15 RP
3rd place: $10 RP
4th place: $5 RP per player

Once again I'd like to announce that I am accepting teams to register at sethrakill@gmail.com. The tournament is a 32 team single elimination tournament each round played as a best of three, the rosters will be 3 permanent members with up to 4 subs. I am using http://sites.google.com/site/leagueopen/ as the location for team pages, brackets and rules.

Thank you


if any 1800+ team is looking for a support player id be interested in playing. play during aussie hours though
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
January 13 2012 07:35 GMT
#3816
On January 13 2012 16:34 JackDino wrote:
Anyone know how long the Lunar skins will be avaible? I checked riot's site but couldnt'find any date on the lunar event page.

They are not limited. Buy them whenever you want.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Attakijing
Profile Joined June 2011
United States693 Posts
January 13 2012 07:50 GMT
#3817
op or up, viktor is awful because he is one of the shittiest character designs in a long while. his moves have absolutely zero synergy. his W E R and hexcore are just 4 ideas that riot wanted to test out, and instead of playtesting them they just put them in a champion and see who will buy him. Looking at the numbers it is really obvious that they were too scared to try to make him fill a new role and just made his E powerful with augment (.91 ap ratio)

for another example of what i am talking about look at leona. there is literally nothing interesting about her whatsoever. her passive maybe but it is literally a copy of lux's passive right down to the "light" effect.
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-13 07:57:14
January 13 2012 07:56 GMT
#3818
On January 13 2012 16:50 Attakijing wrote:
op or up, viktor is awful because he is one of the shittiest character designs in a long while. his moves have absolutely zero synergy. his W E R and hexcore are just 4 ideas that riot wanted to test out, and instead of playtesting them they just put them in a champion and see who will buy him. Looking at the numbers it is really obvious that they were too scared to try to make him fill a new role and just made his E powerful with augment (.91 ap ratio)

for another example of what i am talking about look at leona. there is literally nothing interesting about her whatsoever. her passive maybe but it is literally a copy of lux's passive right down to the "light" effect.

Well, leona is a failure from a design standpoint because Riot doesnt understand what a "tank" is and what a "support" is. They assumed that if you threw a bunch of cc and that passive together you would get a tank. Instead we get a champion who is realistically anything but.

Actually, new champ looks like Riot take 2 at trying to put a new tank in the game. Of course, they had to lift 3 abilities from another tank to do it, plus use a bastardized version of the best initiation in the game. We shall see if they actually learned anything or not.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
deskscaress
Profile Joined May 2011
United States399 Posts
January 13 2012 08:00 GMT
#3819
lol leona is like one of the best champs in the game imo

has she gotten any buffs or nerfs since her release? i feel like she's the epitome of a balanced and awesome champ that truly relies on skill rather than herp derp spellvamp resourceless derp herp 15 dashes kinda shit they've been releasing
would you ever miss it?
JackDino
Profile Joined July 2010
Gabon6219 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-13 08:16:43
January 13 2012 08:00 GMT
#3820
On January 13 2012 16:56 Two_DoWn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 13 2012 16:50 Attakijing wrote:
op or up, viktor is awful because he is one of the shittiest character designs in a long while. his moves have absolutely zero synergy. his W E R and hexcore are just 4 ideas that riot wanted to test out, and instead of playtesting them they just put them in a champion and see who will buy him. Looking at the numbers it is really obvious that they were too scared to try to make him fill a new role and just made his E powerful with augment (.91 ap ratio)

for another example of what i am talking about look at leona. there is literally nothing interesting about her whatsoever. her passive maybe but it is literally a copy of lux's passive right down to the "light" effect.

Well, leona is a failure from a design standpoint because Riot doesnt understand what a "tank" is and what a "support" is. They assumed that if you threw a bunch of cc and that passive together you would get a tank. Instead we get a champion who is realistically anything but.

Actually, new champ looks like Riot take 2 at trying to put a new tank in the game. Of course, they had to lift 3 abilities from another tank to do it, plus use a bastardized version of the best initiation in the game. We shall see if they actually learned anything or not.

There are no real tanks in this game, most tanks are somewhat of a support anyways.
Btw, take a solo lane on leona, farm, build tanky cdr, run into the enemy team and stun whoever. You are now tanking.(This works for anyone, just build tanky and overextend, they all jump on you and your team kills them).
This isnt Broodwar so I dont owe anyone respect for beating me. -arb
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