User blog comment:Emptylord/Season 3 - PBE Patch Notes/@comment-5514182-20121118014420/@comment-2179912-20121118132259

Viktor's specialized items are supposed to be at least stronger than a normal item, because at their current state the only thing they do is occupying an item slot. Now they're actually god efficient and they make Viktor actually stronger for being able to buy them. Since augs are his main mechanic, they should make him significantly stronger, and this wasn't the case with the first evolutions.