Talk:Viktor/@comment-26808509-20180130072207

They are testing some Viktor buffs on the PBE right now which includes a 60% increases shield on Q when it's augmented (essentially making it 12,8% of max mana + 24% AP) and that doesn't sounds like much, but this can lead to a 400+ shield in late game and compared to the former 250+ shield it's pretty significant. Especially if you keep the low cooldowm of Q in mind. Combined with the movementspeed and probably Rylais it will really help him to survive getting close to his targets to unload his full combo.

Cause that was one of his struggles to my mind. His damage, although backloaded, is high enough. But except for his Laser he is having a fairly low range and the weak shield of his Q wasn't enough to keep him safe enough to actually hit everything on a priority garget without dying. Now this is somewhat solved.

It even gives him the opportunity to augment his Q first if he has a REALLY bad match-up, although it's still suboptimal to delay his key feature. But it's possible. And since he has Futures market he isn't struggeling to get his first augmention anyway.

They also lower his E and R combo which is nice, because his buildpath usually doesn't reach 40% CDR and this really helps him out. Especially the lower E cooldown, as it allows him to poke and still be able to clear waves not too long after.