Viktor vs Hwei Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Mid lane: Viktor the mage, Hwei the mage/support hybrid. 3,274 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Viktor at a 47.5% win rate into Hwei. A deficit of 2.5 points is what earns Hwei its counter flag in this matchup.
A missed Arcane Storm from Viktor hands Hwei the window to land Subject: Serenity. Whoever spends Arcane Storm or Spiraling Despair first hands the other a window.
Shared damage type here — magic for Viktor as well as Hwei. Before items it is 600 HP, 23 armour, 30 MR for Viktor; 580, 21, 30 for Hwei. By level 18 that becomes 2300 health and 98 armour for Viktor against 2433 and 101 for Hwei. There is a movement gap too: 335 for Viktor, 330 for Hwei.
With both sitting in ranged range (525 against 550), neither side gets a free poke pattern.
The Viktor versus Hwei numbers rebuild from current Emerald and above games.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Hwei has the statistical edge. Viktor wins 47.5% of the recorded games.
47.5% from Viktor's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
3,274 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Viktor build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Viktor build page.