Champion profile

Viktor in draft

Played at Mid in 86% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Presence (pick + ban)

39 %

picked or banned · 3rd of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.3%

Picked 20% · 552 of 2,710 gamesBanned 18% · 366 of 2,009 drafts with bans

Win rate at Mid

2,710 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA

Population: amateur tournaments created with tournament codes — neither solo queue nor the pro scene.

Everything below reads on 474 games at Mid. · 149 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (2,009 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Ryze

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other mid lanersTeamfightDamagePokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstGood against Leona, bad against Yunara.Good against

Leona64%36 gamesBad against

Yunara39%52 gamesBad duo withno clear pairGood duo with

Ornn64%39 games

04 · BuildOne path: Blackfire Torch.

Deathfire Touch

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Where it is played

Share of Mid picks taken by Viktor, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

4.7%19,342 picks out of 415,601banned in 18.0% of games · 13,391 of 74,465patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

9.0%331 picks out of 3,686banned in 19.1% of games · 254 of 1,329patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

9.1%200 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 26% and 42% since 16.12 · 26.2% on 16.21 · 38.2% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	26.2%	2,671	Deathfire Touch93% · 284
16.20	38.2%	7,858	Deathfire Touch95% · 1,183
16.19	35.9%	6,733	Deathfire Touch96% · 962
16.18	35.9%	5,762	Deathfire Touch94% · 805
16.17	35.6%	5,728	Deathfire Touch95% · 723
16.16	39.3%	5,992	Deathfire Touch95% · 843
16.15	42.2%	5,530	Deathfire Touch94% · 768
16.14	38.1%	5,702	Deathfire Touch94% · 763
16.13	35.8%	7,391	Deathfire Touch94% · 1,033
16.12	37.5%	5,118	Deathfire Touch96% · 799

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

366 bans of 2,009 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: priority pick — taken in G1, burnt afterwards.

G125.0%
G215.5%
G3+9.3%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Syndra23

Ahri19

Orianna16

series, of 187 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (187), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Mid when Viktor is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Mid, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Ryze
5.5% → 9.0%

366 games where it is banned · 1,237 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

Comps with Viktor ban these champions in phase 2 more often than other comps.

Caitlyn×1.32
Akali×1.29

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

Phase by phase

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Damage / mintick = the mid laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min2.9 takedowns outside its lane before 15 min · mid laners: 3.2

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itmid laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on mid laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itTeamfightDamagePoke

What it is notNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:12 (5:12), 1st item at 12:18 (12:00), 2nd at 20:54 (20:42), 3rd at 27:12 (27:00).

474 games · median minute of each milestone, mid laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
SyndraMID	91	Evenbetween 40% and 57%
WukongJGL	61	Leans its waybetween 47% and 67%
LuluSUP	61	Leans against itbetween 36% and 56%
YunaraADC	52	Unfavourablebetween 28% and 50%
NautilusSUP	47	Leans its waybetween 50% and 72%
AhriMID	45	Leans its waybetween 46% and 69%
KarmaSUP	45	Leans its waybetween 43% and 67%
CaitlynADC	38	Evenbetween 37% and 63%
Jarvan IVJGL	37	Evenbetween 38% and 64%
EzrealADC	37	Evenbetween 36% and 62%

show 112 other pairs

LeonaSUP	36	Favourablebetween 50% and 76%
JhinADC	34	Evenbetween 39% and 66%
JinxADC	33	Leans its waybetween 46% and 73%
HweiMID	32	Leans against itbetween 28% and 55%
AsheADC	32	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
SeraphineSUP	31	Leans against itbetween 31% and 60%
AmbessaTOP	30	Leans its waybetween 39% and 67%
OrnnTOP	30	Leans against itbetween 33% and 61%
Xin ZhaoJGL	30	Leans its waybetween 42% and 70%
SivirADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
TristanaADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
BraumSUP	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
GnarTOP	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
OriannaMID	26	Too few for a rate (26 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
RellSUP	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
LockeMID	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
MilioSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
AatroxTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
RenektonTOP	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
YoneMID	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
BardSUP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
NocturneJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
Cho'GathTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
OlafTOP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
LucianADC	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
GwenTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
SionTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
AuroraMID	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
XerathMID	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ViJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
RakanSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
SettTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
LilliaJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
PantheonJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
SylasJGL	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AkaliMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
RyzeMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
XayahADC	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
AlistarSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
NamiSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
ThreshSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
CamilleTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
RumbleTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
TrundleJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ApheliosADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
ZeriADC	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
JaxTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ShenTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ZaahenTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SylasMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
VarusADC	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
GalioMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
LeBlancMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Kha'ZixJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
ZaahenJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
JayceTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
YoneTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AmumuJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
GwenJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
ViegoJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
CassiopeiaMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
MalzaharMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
CorkiADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AniviaMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
YasuoMID	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
KalistaADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
TwitchADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ZiggsADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
UrgotTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
VeigarMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SyndraADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
GarenTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
YorickTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MaokaiJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
EkkoMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
TaliyahMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
ZiggsMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
MelADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SmolderADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
NeekoSUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
PoppySUP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GragasTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PoppyTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AatroxJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AmbessaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
DianaJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GravesJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
HecarimJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LuxMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MelMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
VladimirMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SonaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
SorakaSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Tahm KenchSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
TaricSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 122 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 474 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 30 games
Patch16.21 · 306 games
2 patches1,550 games
Window474 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Deathfire Touch+

Resolve

90% · 27 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport

97% · 29 games

First maxed skill

100% · 30 games

show 3 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orSummon Aery+Resolve10% · 3 games
orDeathfire Touch+Precision20% · 6 games

Other spells

orFlash + Ghost3% · 1 game

30 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Blackfire Torch97% · 12:42
Liandry's Torment36% · 21:06

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).