Viktor vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Viktor
based on 1,690 Viktor vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Vladimir
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Win Against Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Viktor vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Viktor vs. Vladimir counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vladimir..
Viktor typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Viktor or Vladimir?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when facing off against Vladimir, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a good counter to Vladimir.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate compared to Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Vladimiras his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Vladimir matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Viktor is a decent counter for Vladimir. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to counter Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Vladimir. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Vladimir build include Lich Bane, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Vladimir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 51.3% when playing against Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Vladimir as Viktor, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Viktor vs Vladimir counters, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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