Mage
Viktor
the Herald of the Arcane
Recommended Build
Patch 16.11 · Diamond+ Solo Queue · Updated 6/9/2026
48.5% wr in Mid
Build path
- Boots any step
Ionian Boots of Lucidity900 gold10 Ability Haste45 Move SpeedIonian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.Ionian Boots of Lucidity39% pick · 45.9% wr - Item 1
Doran's Ring400 gold18 Ability Power90 HealthDrain
Restore1 Mana every second, increased to2 Mana per second for 5 seconds after dealing damage to an enemy champion. If you can't gain Mana,heal for 45% of this value instead.Helping Hand
Attacks deal5 bonus physical damage to minions.Doran's Ring100% pick · 48.5% wr
- Item 2 2 options
Blackfire Torch2800 gold80 Ability Power600 Mana20 Ability HasteBaleful Blaze
Damaging Abilities dealsbonus magic damage for 3 seconds.Blackfire
For each enemy champion, epic and large monster affected by yourBaleful Blaze , gain4% Ability Power .Blackfire Torch75% pick · 48.1% wr
Luden's Echo2750 gold100 Ability Power600 Mana10 Ability HasteEcho
Damaging Abilities fire 6 Echoes that dealbonus magic damage to the target and nearby enemies. Remaining Echoes fire on the primary target, dealing 20% damage.or Luden's Echo14% pick · 46.7% wr
- Item 3 3 options
Hextech Rocketbelt2650 gold70 Ability Power300 Health20 Ability HasteSupersonic
Dash in target direction, unleashing missiles that dealmagic damage .Hextech Rocketbelt37% pick · 53.9% wr
Lich Bane2900 gold100 Ability Power6% Move Speed10 Ability HasteSpellblade
After using an Ability, your next Attack dealsbonus magic damage On-Hit .or Lich Bane18% pick · 58.3% wr
Liandry's Torment3000 gold60 Ability Power300 HealthTorment
Damaging Abilities burn enemies for2% max Health magic damage per second for 3 seconds.Suffering
For each second in combat with enemy champions, deal 2% bonus damage, up to 6%.or Liandry's Torment18% pick · 41.2% wr
- Item 4 3 options
Zhonya's Hourglass3250 gold105 Ability Power50 ArmorTime Stop
EnterStasis for 2.5 seconds.Zhonya's Hourglass23% pick · 54.9% wr
Rabadon's Deathcap3500 gold130 Ability PowerMagical Opus
Increases your totalAbility Power by 30% .or Rabadon's Deathcap23% pick · 51.7% wr
Shadowflame3200 gold110 Ability Power15 Magic PenetrationCinderbloom Magic andtrue damage Critically Strike enemies below 40% Health, dealing 20% increased damage.or Shadowflame13% pick · 62.0% wr
Most-built legendary at each step (purchase order).
Summoner spells
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Skill order
— what to level when
Viktor blasts an enemy unit with magic damage, which grants him a shield and empowers his next basic attack.
Augment: Siphon Power's shield is increased by 60% and Viktor gains bonus move speed after casting the Ability.
Viktor conjures a heavy gravitational field that slows enemies caught within its radius. Enemies who stay in the field for too long become stunned.
Augment: Viktor's spells apply a slow to enemies.
Viktor uses his biomechanical arm to fire a Hextech Ray that cuts across the field in a line, dealing damage to all enemies in its path.
Augment: An explosion follows in the Hextech Ray's wake, dealing magic damage.
Viktor conjures an Arcane Storm on the field, dealing magic damage and interrupting enemy channels. The storm periodically does magic damage to all nearby enemies and can be redirected by Viktor.
Augment: The Arcane Storm moves 25% faster, and whenever champions die after taking damage from it, the storm grows and increases in its duration.
Runes
Sorcery
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of
Damaging a champion with an ability burns them over time.
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.
After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5
Level 8: +5
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
All
While above 70% health, gain extra
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Gain
Gain increasing amounts of AD or AP,
Resolve
Your third attack against turrets deals bonus damage.
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.
Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.
Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Stat shards
+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).
+10% Attack Speed.
+8 Ability Haste.
+9 Adaptive Force (AD or AP — whichever helps more).
+2% Move Speed.
+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).
+65 flat Health.
+10% Tenacity and Slow Resist.
+10–180 Bonus Health (based on level).