Talk:Viktor/@comment-38473582-20190622201842/@comment-26808509-20190726234232

"Switch out Lich Bane for Void Staff and oops, just lost a huge chunk of damage."

Not really. Let's assume you have 700 AP with sorc boots and either Voidstaff or Lich Bane. In the second someone reaches 33 MR (which is standard for pretty much everyone, even without runes), Void will deal more damage than Lich Bane. You don't "lose" damage at all. Penetration is almost allways better than additional AP ratios, because penetration also supports base damages.

The only thing you "lose" when you go Void Staff instead of Lich Bane is CDR, Mana and movementspeed. And while he can use all of them, the actual values that Lich Bane gives are... not that high. Lich Bane is an early game power spike for Viktor. And can be used to push towers very fast. But in terms of damage, Voidstaff outclasses it, even on squishy targets.