Talk:Viktor/@comment-25532677-20150329210251/@comment-26001789-20150413023341

Xerath is fine. The reason he isn't being picked is because meta shifted against him. He is what I like to call a "Control Mage" which is basically a mage that controls the flow of the battle by using areas of "danger" that he creates with his spells and can use to siege and command. Control Mages were really the rage when Jungle had a lot of "Fighters and Bruisers" characters that had limited utility and offer very little to no siege control and usually had no real way to dive or force a fight around nor tank a Cotrol Mage areas of danger. When tank meta arrived, a lot of tanks became viable and so, Control Mages had a problem where their areas are simply being ignored or walled and they lack any meaningful damage to afford to a fight. They can kinda work in this meta if they get ahead, unlike Supportive MidLane Mages such as Lulu or Galio because they have in build damage added to them but they simply lack the burst or the overall DPS or more traditional Mages such as Vladimir or Viktor(even Karthus is okay in this meta). They also can't really fight upclose unlike those so they simply get steamrolled and then they just get destroyed.

Right now that is what happened. I don't think neither Ziggs nor Lux are any good, but they sure can work, thanks to having either an escape or defensive steroid. Xerath has none. Once he is locked down, he is toast. Some reason why Syndra fell out of flavor, even though she has an Assassin like playstyle. If anything, Viktor will either fall of after TankMeta is over or, if he is truly overtuned/broken, nerfed to be more in line with other traditional mages like Ahri, Annie or Vladimir.