Viktor vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Viktor
based on 2,423 Viktor vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Viktor vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Viktor versus Pantheon counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..
Viktor often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Pantheon. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Viktor or Pantheon?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually wins when trying to fight Pantheon, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a good counter for Pantheon.
While Viktor does have a higher winrate compared to Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Viktor into Pantheonas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Pantheon matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Viktor is a good counter to Pantheon. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor in order to counter Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually accumulates more CS as Pantheon. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Viktor versus Pantheon build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Stormsurge. When Viktor included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Pantheon than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when playing against Pantheon with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Pantheon as Viktor, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Viktor vs Pantheon counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Pantheon as Viktor are shown for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.