Viktor

Viktor is an AP mage in the adc, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a top-tier pick — a 52.9% win rate, 3.5% pick rate, 41,404 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Viktor is a scaling champion: comparatively weak early, but one of the strongest picks on the map once core items come online — so the plan is to survive the laning phase and take the game over late.

How Viktor wins: grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Viktor tips the fight, and winning the wave and turning push priority into map control. The kit grades 9/10 teamfighting, 9/10 waveclear, 8/10 siege. Viktor's soft spots are roaming and split-push (3/10, 2/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.

The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Hextech Rocketbelt, Zhonya's Hourglass, which holds a 52.5% win rate across 3,462 games this patch. The build above re-optimizes once you lock in the enemy composition.

The matchup to respect is Ivern, where Viktor sits at just 46.6%, the lane swings the other way into Mel (66.8%), and on the team side, Viktor gains the most from a LeBlanc (+10.6% pair win rate).