Viktor

Viktor is an AP mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a strong pick — a 51.9% win rate, 9.9% pick rate, 115,390 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Viktor is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Viktor wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Viktor tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 9/10 teamfighting, 9/10 waveclear, 8/10 siege. Play around where Viktor is thin, roaming and split-push (3/10, 2/10), and the enemy loses their angle.

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 55.3% win rate across 5,255 games this patch. Pick the enemy team to adapt each item slot to the specific matchup.

The matchup to respect is Xerath, where Viktor sits at just 40.0%, the lane swings the other way into Ezreal (62.4%), and on the team side, Viktor gains the most from a Graves (+8.0% pair win rate).