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Field manual · Sep 29 patch

How to play VictorHow to play

54.2% win rate · #5 of 44 · You · Can't · Kill Me

Updated 2026-10-30 02:20 UTC · n = 3,837,984 matches

How to play Victor

Jumpstart1JumpstartPain Battery2Pain BatteryAura of Suffering3Aura of Suffering

Your combo: Shock yourself with Jumpstart, and the damage you take charges Pain Battery; Aura of Suffering burns everyone close, including you.

Don’t waste: Shocking Reanimation brings you back after 3s at half health with a slowing wave and a 1.5s stun within 18m, then it’s on a 240s cooldown. Enemies commit once it’s used.

Edge: Die among grouped enemies with the revive ready and the wave catches them all.

From community hero guides, Oct 2026 patches, checked against deadlock.wiki. The same combo from the other side is on how to counter Victor.

Your kit

Pain Battery
Pain Battery
Ability 1 · 2s cooldown

Taking any damage passively charges up your Pain Battery. Once full, activating the ability fires multiple shocking bolts, dealing spirit damage once per target.

Jumpstart
Jumpstart
Ability 2 · 30s cooldown

Deal spirit damage to yourself. Then, gain bonus regeneration and bonus move speed, decaying over time.

Aura of Suffering
Aura of Suffering
Ability 3 · 2s cooldown

Unleash pain, dealing spirit damage over time to both enemies and yourself. The damage continues to increase the longer the ability is channeled, up to a maximum amount.

Shocking Reanimation
Shocking Reanimation
Ultimate · 240s cooldown · stun 1.5s · ultimate

Release a wave after taking lethal damage, applying a diminishing slow. After a brief channel you reanimate, dealing spirit damage and applying stun to nearby enemies.

Skill order

Max first:Pain BatteryPain Battery›Shocking ReanimationShocking Reanimation›JumpstartJumpstart›Aura of SufferingAura of Suffering

From the most common upgrade order (79k matches): the order abilities reach their last tier.

10m21m32m43m55m66m77m811m911m1013m1117m1218m1320m1427m1530m
Pain BatteryPain BatteryAbility 1IIIIII
JumpstartJumpstartAbility 2IIIIII
Aura of SufferingAura of SufferingAbility 3III
Shocking ReanimationShocking ReanimationUltimateIIIIII

unlock I II III upgrade tiers · column labels are the average minute of each step

Build path with timings

Early
Mid
Late

Items that win most on Victor

Spirit Burn
+12.5 pp · 6% buy itScourge
+11.4 pp · 6% buy iton Pain BatteryMystic Reverb
+11.2 pp · 2% buy itRefresher
+10.9 pp · 28% buy itWitchmail
+10.8 pp · 6% buy itEthereal Shift
+10.8 pp · 11% buy it

Lanes you win

Lanes to play safe

When they counter you

−7.0 ppGraves

Buy against Graves:

−5.8 ppPaige

Buy against Paige:

−5.5 ppRat King

Buy against Rat King:

Best teammates

Rat King
64.0% togetherGraves
61.1% togetherPaige
60.6% togetherSeven
59.8% togetherHaze
59.2% togetherKelvin
57.2% together

Notes from the best builds

lostcarcosaCCCC yt&tw 2026/10/26S+

maxing ult early = u are noob

s: one point in ult when it is cd, ult passive procs mystic/radiant regen, suppressor, healbane, stacks EE

core: max 3 + max 1 with EE + infuser u kill everyone(until u get inhib silencer on u :DDDD)

best late options: sell opening->healbane->suppressor/mysticslow->healbooster, can sell radiant in those rare 60+min games it starts doing less than leech

60.3% over 1.2k games · open build →
RawDawger (TTV RawDawgerDL)A

TTV RawDawgerDL MAX JUMPSTART OR AURA AFTER ULT MAX DEPENDING IF YOU NEED THE DEBUFF RES ON MAX JUMPSTART OR NOT ̷̯̖̣̜͚͎̑̆͋̆͘

ᴄᴏʀᴇ: In Lane Jumpstart And Throw Batteries Off Cooldown. Play Safe Must Scale

ᴍɪᴅ ɢᴀᴍᴇ: DONT SPAM DIE, BUY FROM LATE CATAGORY IF NEEDED.

ʟᴀᴛᴇ: Luxury/Counter Items. L-R IN TERMS OF GENERAL USEFULNESS

NUCLEAR ANTI HEAL: Good Damage Too

57.4% over 40k games · open build →

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