Talk:Viktor/@comment-3238314-20120101233642/@comment-3238314-20120102093828

@ Akuni sorry for the late discussion:

Generally, Viktor occupies the AP mid position, which generally means that after he takes it the first time, your jungler will give it to you every time, which indeed makes him deny his lane like a badass.

I usually max Q first on Viktor, because of the same reasons Phreak states in the spotlight. I feel like this makes it a waste if i'm about to charge in, since it's alot of damage that I'd deal to the enemy champ, but works ok if I just used it to farm a minion.

Regarding Mastery setup, I take 21/0/9, with all ap and damage increase + summoner spell augments masteries in offense, and utility spell augments, faster recall, mana pool, mana regen and rune duration increase in utility. I also run magic penetration marks, mana regen per level seals, ap/lvl glyphs, and flat ap quints. This provides almost all of the utility Viktor needs, except for maybe the movement speed, since he benefits from higher mobility. However, i feel that the benefits of being able to have 26 AP at lvl 1 with boots and 3 potions is better, same with having ~60 ap with only dorans at lvl 4-5.

If your mages have mediocre AP scalings, but lots of single target skills, then utility is a better choice. Otherwise, I think offense is a better choice as it makes you a bit less item dependant.