Viktor vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Viktor
based on 810 Viktor vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Viktor vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Viktor vs. Jayce counter statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champions. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jayce..
Viktor often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Jayce. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Jayce
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Who is Better, Viktor or Jayce?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually wins when trying to fight Jayce, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes a good counter for Jayce.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Jayceas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Jayce matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Jayce. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor to counter Jayce 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 stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor typically accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Jayce. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Viktor versus Jayce build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Jayce than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 52.0% when playing against Jayce with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Jayce 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 players picked for Viktor vs Jayce counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jayce as Viktor are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.