Viktor vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Viktor
based on 552 Viktor vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Viktor vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Viktor against Taric matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taric’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taric. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Viktor usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Taric. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viktor and Taric
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Who is Better, Viktor or Taric?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually loses when taking on Taric, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Viktor makes a poor counter for Taric.
While Viktor does have a lower winrate than Taric, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Taricas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Viktor has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter to Taric. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor often accumulates much more CS as Taric. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Taric build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Taric than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 48.2% battling Taric with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Taric as Viktor, Viktor players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Viktor vs Taric fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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