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).
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Sett versus Viktor counter stats that can help us understand the differences between this set of champs. Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viktor..
Sett typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Viktor. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sett usually fairs equally well when taking on Viktor, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Sett makes an ok counter for Viktor.
While Sett does have a lower win rate than Viktor, when they face off with one another, Sett also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sett into Viktor.
Furthermore, Sett has almost no 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sett vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sett is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sett against Viktor.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sett in order to counter Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Viktor. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Sett versus Viktor build consist of Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Sett included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Viktor than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sett boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Viktor with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Viktor as Sett, Sett players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sett vs Viktor clashes, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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