Talk:Viktor/@comment-8972803-20140205073701/@comment-8267817-20140205134457

Unfortunately that would be a pretty hefty nerf to his overall survivability since most people will take Augment: Death 99% of the time for the superior stats and damage potential. Personally I find the shield invaluable during laning phase to win trades, forcing him to pay for it instead of more damage means that his trades early would be horrendous and if he wanted any survivability at all in the late game he would be nearly forced to lose the benefits of having a mini Rabadon's through Augment: Death.

I agree that his passive needs some work to make all the choices viable options, but your proposal would shift the balance to Augment: Power in such a way that it would become the new, boring, cliche pick on 90% of Viktor players. No offense intended, just my opinion.