User blog comment:YourPrivateNightmare/Still waters run deep.../@comment-1985493-20130829215222

Actually, his Hex Core has 0 to do with why he falls of late game. He's completely crappy in teamfights because hes supposed to be a mobility mage (I mean, just look at his kit), but he has no repositioning tools at all in his arsenal. Unless he has some way to get to the back line and melt the carries, he's a worthless piece of trash! Aside from that, if he doesn't get a ton of kills mid game and nobody stops his roam, he won't carry. Every game with a Viktor on the enemy team, I'll just camp mid with somebody like Naut or J4. Then he's essentially out of the game. One time, there was a Viktor who did get really fed, and the game went really late with them not being able to close it out on us. Because of how his stun works and that his spell rotation is really awkward due to short ranges, I (as Rammus) charged right into him one fight and we just blew him up, and from there won the fight and the game. If you really want to play a mage similar to Viktor, play Syndra. She's way better in every way, except for the fact that she has no shield.

As for Ziggs, like somebody below me said, Lux does what he does but better. Not to mention that Ziggs falls off pretty damn hard. Instead of having a Ziggs on my team, I'd much rather take a Lux or an Anivia anyday.