How to Win Ahri vs Viktor Counter Matchup Ahri is in the b tier of champions

Ahri vs Viktor

How to Beat Viktor as Ahri in LoL Viktor is in the s tier of champions
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Mage

How to Beat Viktor as Ahri

based on 4,969 Ahri vs Viktor matchups
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Viktor as Ahri came out of an analysis of 4969 ranked rounds where both champions battled each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Ahri encounters Viktor in only 2.7% of her matches.

Ahri vs Viktor Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Ahri has done a poor job of beating Viktor. On average, she wins a acceptable 48.5% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Ahri vs Viktor games, Ahri’s team is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Viktor.

Best Ahri vs Viktor Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Ahri Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishRabadon's DeathcapShadowflame

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffBanshee's VeilHorizon Focus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ahri to level up q
>
Second ability for Ahri to level up w
>
Last skill for Ahri to max out e

Runes

Domination Electrocute Taste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
Sorcery Manaflow BandTranscendence
Attack Speed Adaptive Force Armor
Ahri's passive ability p
Ahri q ability q
Ahri w ability w
Ahri e ability e
Ahri's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
14
E
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E
16
R

Guide to Countering Viktor as Ahri

Tips for Playing as Ahri against Viktor

Spirit Rush enables Ahri's abilities, it opens up paths for Charm, helps double hitting with Orb of Deception, and closes to make use of Fox-Fire.

Use Charm to set up your combos, it will make landing Orb of Deception and Fox-Fire dramatically easier.

Initiate team fights using Charm, and chase down stragglers with Spirit Rush.

Advice to Win Against Viktor

Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.

Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).

Ahri vs Viktor Counter Stats

Ahri Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Viktor Image
6
< Kills >
5.8
4.9
< Deaths >
5.4
7.3
< Assists >
6.6
1.38
< Killing Sprees >
1.32
166
< Minions Killed >
184
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,203
< Physical Damage >
491
13,673
< Magic Damage >
23,864
4,875
< True Damage >
802
19,752
< Damage Dealt >
25,158
20,558
< Damage Taken >
18,218
10,991
< Gold Earned >
11,873
1.79
< Towers >
1.99
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,809
< Total Healing >
1,406
14,178
< Experience >
14,930
23
< Vision Score >
21
4
< Wards Placed >
4
61
< Time Dealing CC >
249

How to Counter Viktor with Ahri in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Ahri against Viktor matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Ahri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Viktor’s ratio of NaN, showing that Ahri may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Viktor..

Ahri often has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Ahri and Viktor

Damage Types Compared

Ahri
Viktor
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Ahri
Viktor

Who is Better, Ahri or Viktor?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ahri usually loses when playing against Viktor, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Ahri makes a bad counter for Viktor.

While Ahri does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when facing one another, Ahri also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Ahri into Viktor.

Furthermore, Ahri also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ahri vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Ahri is a somewhat poor counter for Viktor. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Ahri against Viktor.

Other Champion Matchups Against Ahri

Ahri Loses Against

Annie Annie 43.7% winrate Amumu Amumu 43.8% winrate Yorick Yorick 45.4% winrate Udyr Udyr 45.5% winrate

Ahri Wins Against

Yuumi Yuumi 61.8% winrate K'Sante K'Sante 55.1% winrate Azir Azir 54.9% winrate Nidalee Nidalee 54.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Ahri Players

How We Calculated Our Ahri vs Viktor Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Viktor as Ahri, we analyzed 4,969 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Viktor as Ahri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Ahri Build Viktor Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ahri in order to counter Viktor during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Ahri often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Ahri versus Viktor build include Liandry's Anguish, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Ahri combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Viktor than with most other common builds. In fact, Ahri had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Viktor with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of annihilating Viktor as Ahri, you should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Transcendence, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Ahri vs Viktor fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.

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