User blog comment:Deshiba/What if: Viktor/@comment-9586983-20140522213358

How would it look like in his item slot if he bought for instance, Death and a yellow trinket? Half-red half-yellow? Maybe it would be too confusing. I also donn't like the idea of nerfing his core, even if he could buy an additional item to "compensate". It would just decrease his originality. He really is defined by that missing item slot.

At first I thought that the trinket idea might be good, but now all I want to see are the second tier upgrades. Nothing else. They would help him in late game, give him additional effects while keeping his uniqueness. There wouldn't be confusion like which are the effects of trinkets and which of the Augment, not to mention the separate colours. Also, the stats applied to them would still be treated as stats of a regular item, not a trinket. Trinkets can't really handle the stats of this type. Don't get me wrong, I think you did a good job of describing the trinket option. I just don't think it's viable.

Second tier upgrades would fix the entire problem of not having six item slots. I'm for Riot keeping him this way until they manage to create the mechanic of the second tier upgrades. Besides, Viktor is fine the way he is now.