Champion sheet · Mid

Viktor

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

37.2%#3 of 173 champions

Pick: 19.9%picked in 580 of 2,915 games
Ban: 17.3%369 bans over 2,127 games, against 17.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid52.0% between 48.3% and 55.7% over 500 gamesSoloQ 49.4%: no clear gap

Median length30.3 minsoloQ 28.3 min

Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 100% of mid laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Nautilus in amateur play: +11.7 pts over 51 games, range above zero.+11.7 pt51 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
8.5%
SoloQ
4.5%
8.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 4.5% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30.3 min
SoloQ
28.3 min
Median of 30.3 min in amateur play, against 28.3 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Lich Bane, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch93% · 22,532

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport76% · 18,395

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 65 games

Core (3 legendaries)15% · 1,475

15%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Lich Bane
Zhonya's Hourglass

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 100% of mid laners.

Team damagetop1%27% · mid laners: 21%
Plays teamfightstop21%58% · mid laners: 55%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage
Poke

Like other mid laners

Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 98 in lane, 99 in mid game and 87 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

617+89 vs 528

1,066+166 vs 899

1,432+253 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Viktormid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 54% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

2.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners617 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 99 of 100 among mid laners1,066 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 87 of 100 among mid laners1,432 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners-38 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 46 of 100 among mid laners-3 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 34 of 100 among mid laners2.9 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 65 of 100 among mid laners591 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 79 of 100 among mid laners58% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 26 of 100 among mid laners19% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 65 of 100 among mid lanersrank 65 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners0.9 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 100 of 100 among mid laners27% · median 21%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Nautilus in amateur play: +11.7 pts over 51 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Ambessa55.9% · expected 46.5% · 34 g+9.4 ptSoloQ +0.4

Junglegap to expected

Wukong53.8% · expected 51.8% · 65 g+2.0 ptSoloQ +2.1

Midgap to expected

Ahri55.6% · expected 50.7% · 45 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +0.7

Syndra49.0% · expected 48.4% · 96 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -0.4

ADCgap to expected

Sivir66.7% · expected 53.6% · 30 g+13.1 ptSoloQ +2.9

Jinx61.1% · expected 51.3% · 36 g+9.8 ptSoloQ -2.9

Jhin54.3% · expected 47.2% · 35 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -1.0

Ashe48.6% · expected 47.2% · 37 g+1.5 ptSoloQ +5.7

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus60.8% · expected 49.1% · 51 g+11.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Leona64.9% · expected 58.5% · 37 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -0.7

With

Topgap to expected

Ornn64.3% · expected 53.6% · 42 g+10.7 ptSoloQ -1.8

K'Sante48.7% · expected 48.3% · 39 g+0.5 ptSoloQ -6.0

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Tristana55.9% · expected 49.0% · 34 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +3.6

Supportgap to expected

Karma50.0% · expected 46.0% · 36 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -0.7

Lulu52.2% · expected 49.7% · 46 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -2.3

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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