Taric vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Taric
based on 552 Taric vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Viktor
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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).
Taric vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Taric in LoL
The stats shown here feature some strategic Taric vs. Viktor matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Viktor. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Taric often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Viktor. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Taric and Viktor
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Who is Better, Taric or Viktor?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Taric usually wins when playing against Viktor, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a good counter for Viktor.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Viktor, when facing one another, Taric also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Taric into Viktor.
Moreover, Taric also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Viktor matchups, Taric is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Taric is a decent counter to Viktor. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Viktor.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric in order to counter Viktor during both the lane 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 stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Viktor. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Taric versus Viktor build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Viktor than with most other common item sets. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when playing against Viktor with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Viktor as Taric, you should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Taric vs Viktor counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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