Talk:Viktor/@comment-20434720-20140626120129

Been thinking about a viktor build that uses the Augment: power to replace boots. Most likely top lane, naturally.

I imagine it would go something like the following: Augment: Power, Liandry's, Rylai's, Void Staff, Frozen Heart, Situational (Locket/SV/Banshee's/damage/whatever, all depends on matchup and runes/masteries).

As long as you have mana to keep spamming Q and max CDR, your augment: power basically becomes a T5 pair of boots that gives health, health regen, and AP. Definitely a strong item in that case.

The main problem I'm seeing is that your Q only has 600 range, and pretty much every hard engage nowadays has over 600 range. So you'll need to be very careful with your late game positioning.

That being said, you're pretty tanky - well, healthy, at least. 220 + 300 + 500 + 400 or 450 = 1420 or 1470 bonus HP, depending on whether you go for banshee's, SV, or locket. With 100 bonus armor and 40-55 bonus MR. But your utility and damage, given your tankiness, should remain quite relevant throughout the game - nobody can ignore your W's CC and zoning capability or your ult's AOE high base damage plus constant enhanced Liandry's procs. The fact that you end up with 250 bonus AP and quite a bit of penetration doesn't hurt either.

Only downside to getting Liandry's is that it would work better with Augment: Death, but it really is a great way to make your later-game damage stay relevant regardless.

Thoughts? A build with augment: death would be stronger at poking and overall damage, but not as mobile or tanky, and obviously more suited for mid lane, but that's not where this build is meant to be. If Lulu top can be a thing, Viktor top can be a thing - especially because his Q costs less mana than Lulu's and is targeted - perfect for zoning. And as long as you don't waste W on anything short of an all-in guaranteed kill, enemies should have a rough time ganking you - especially after you rush that Power upgrade. I sort of wish that the stats were swapped and augment: power was the one that gave CDR, simply for the early speed-spam, but that's a minor thing.