Talk:Viktor/@comment-108.239.62.209-20121027190205/@comment-3419132-20121027195850

Personally I hate Doran items because they delay later builds for rather poor stats and insufficient regen. I run Mana Regen Yellows on Viktor so all I need is to start boots and Health Pots as I have sufficient mana regen. Also consider the fact that while Viktor dosen't have the lowest Mana costs, his abilities are on decent cooldowns so with mana regen yellows you won't have to worry about mana on him.

As for Augment: Death IS ideal on Viktor till the buffs he'll get for his other Augments. But do consider your lane opponent is. If you are facing a comptent Orianna, Talon, or Xerath purchase Augment: Gravity instead. This'll give you an incredibly easy laning time and later game utility but note that your overall damage will be less.

For the rest of the build I'm not a fan of Rylais as Viktor is at heart, a Burst Mage, and so I try to build higher AP items. But if you are still learning with him then a Rylais is good given the utility and stats. About the Voidstaff, if you find that the enemy team is building a large amount (Either a lot of the enemy team is building MGr or a few have High MGr items) then get it eariler. If not, get it later on. If they build nothing beyond slight MGr items then you can get away stacking higher AP items (I have only had this happen twice out of over 600 games so it'll be rare.)