Talk:Viktor/@comment-194.106.97.47-20120914092344/@comment-5490997-20120914102339

Did it occur to you that if you get your ass kicked Viktor perhaps isn't that hard of a counter? Last time I checked a counter has to have a natural advantage in order to qualify as a counter, obviously Viktor has no real advantage over Anivia, thus he isn't a hard counter.

That said, killing Anivia early game is a problem for most casters. You burst her down, but that egg just makes it like you need to do it again right after. Which for some mages (like Viktor) is just hard to do, especially early on. Sustained damage, like from an AD carry or an AP "machine gun" (Ryze, Cassio, etc.) is a lot more effective.

The best way to kill her early is with ganks, your jungler will have a lot better sustained damage than you will, so try to get a few early ganks. Don't tower dive her though, her egg will be too strong and if she has her stun you won't be able to escape (not to mention the damage of the tower while chopping away at that egg). Over committing is what gets you killed against Anivia.

Keep your distance and avoid that stun. Whenever you poke her into her egg form try to get a gank soon, it'll make killing her a lot easier. I'm guessing here that Augment:Gravity is also a decent pick against her, it'll allow you to place your stun a bit easier (possibly forcing her flash) and the mana and CDR allows you to burst again a bit sooner (you don't need that much against Anivia, but you do need to be able to do it twice xD).

Also be careful with "overkill", don't use ALL your damage tools just to get her into egg form. Unless the rest of your team is nearby to finish it you won't have anything left to kill her with and if you have no escape (cause you flashed onto her) she will kill you once she revives... So try to get her into egg with as few abilities as possible (Q-E) and then throw everything you've got. Especially something like DFG can take a huge chunk out of her egg form, together with Q-E and possibly even Lichbane proc(s) and Ignite I do not see how she can survive that. With those items you don't even have to save your ult and keep it churning away on her egg as well.

But like I said before, it's a relatively equal battle that will depend a lot on your ability to time your spells and make sure you don't overcommit or overkill.