Jarvan IV vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Jarvan IV
based on 795 Jarvan IV vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Viktor
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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).
Jarvan IV vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Jarvan IV vs. Viktor counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between these two champions. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viktor. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Viktor. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Viktor
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Viktor?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when trying to fight Viktor, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter for Viktor.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate compared to Viktor, when they face off with one another, Jarvan IV also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Jarvan IV into Viktor.
Moreover, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a bad counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jarvan IV against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV to counter Viktor during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Viktor. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Viktor build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Viktor than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Viktor with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Viktor as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Jarvan IV vs Viktor battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
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