Talk:Viktor/@comment-38473582-20190622201842/@comment-26808509-20190711143819

Well. Back then when he initially got reworked, his Aftershock came faster. But because it was allways guaranteed to hit, it also was a lot weaker (same with his R, the zap was way more frequent but also weaker). And because they were this weak, althoug they were easier to hit, Vik was in a pretty bad stage. He had no exact role. His damage wasn't high enough to oneshot people, his zoning abilites weren't good enough either and his poke was bound to his most expensive spell, which also is his farming tool. His waveclear was also weaker back then, since the aftershock dealt less damage.

They changed it, making his damage on E and R more delayed, but also A LOT stronger. And back then it worked out pretty well, because Rylai's was so overpowered back then (harder slow, depending on what ability it triggered). In fact, it made Viktor overpowered. Rylais would slow enemies so hard, that even the harder delayed E would allways hit. But even worse was the R interaction, someone without a mobility could not, for the sake of it, escape the R because of Rylai's.

Rylai's eventually got nerfed hard. But well, Vik still got the delayes in his kit and is pretty much balanced around Rylai's slow.