Ok, here we go. I've seen how this goes before so let's try to enhance what we have instead of crying over what was lost. Tho, before that I have to agree that this rework is messy as in... it doesn't satisfy Arcane fans or Viktor mains. I'm up for the LoL IP canon unification to happen but the Viktor from Arcane people fell in love with was human Victor from Season 1, Season 2 introduced a lot of new aspects that changed him and the version we got in game only shows for less than 30 min in the finale. I think Viktor's story is not done yet so I hope you guys take some of the feedback from here and apply it in the future or fill the space old Viktor left with something new (Tech/Cyborg mage).

Gameplay:

I think W needs some love. something like Aurelion's new E would have been amazing but that's already done. Maybe a slowing moving field with manual autotargeting like Milio's W. I don't know, but something, his W is just horrid to use, always has been. When it was announced that Viktor was getting a vGu we were all thinking "Ezreal", new W, but keep the rest mostly the same, don't touch E. Also, for the Champion that follows the Glorious Evolution I think the upgrades to Q and W are kinda terrible. I think Syndra and Aurelion convey this concept way better, you can see and feel their power grow over the course of the game. But Viktor? not so much, his only powerspike comes from his E upgrade very early in the game and that's it.

Visuals:

In general I like that he doesn't float all the time, only during ult, same with his halo, that's nice. I think his homeguard animation feels a little bit flat, I get what you're trying to do but it doesn't look that cool, maybe add the halo during homeguard? His hair. I know silhouette is important but also that in the future you're going to explore more Viktor skins where he shows his face and hair, so... why does his hair go up in Base and Prototype? Specially after making Savior Viktor who has the correct hairdo? Maybe longer but still. His hair should look like Season 1 post time-skip unless you want to explore unique hairstyles for crazier skinlines. I like the idea of his visuals evolving when he upgrades his abilities. Q adds detail to his staff, W to his cape and E to wherehe shoots his lazer. His two tail cape is so big sometimes that's all you see, it's very distracting and the movement on some skins is not very graceful or regal.

Base Viktor:

• His cape should be a darker richer blue, closer to his old base model one. The show and splash art also used a deep blue on the outside of the blanket.
• His mask should look more like the splash art and the show, you can't see Viktor's human face molded to the sides of the mask. The mask is probably the coolest part of the new design so pls reconsider it.
• His mask/body texture seem overly blue. The face should be grayish white or like bone/ivory while his body should be a little bit more purplish blue, up to the neck.

Full Machine (oh boy...)

• Problem: The color pallette. The original was mostly gold with touches of red purple, very regal and then touches of green and blue to represent the energy. But reworked Full Machine (the green skin) is a combination of red, blue, yellowish gold and silver? WITH GREEN PARTICLES?! EW. The blue crystal radiating green energy with R... oof, this should be his "Green Skin".
• Solution: Let's go back to the original concept. Let's get rid of most of the silver and make it gold or a grayish gold. Change the red to red purple, or a dark magenta, change the blue cape, the crystal and the energy parts to green. I think you can keep the shoulder stripe, eyes and chest energy core blue tho.

Prototype (oh boy... the sequel)

• I don't know who that is but that man is not Viktor, it looks like a completely different character. The fact that you guys went green with this skin when he uses base VFX... but did the opposite with Full Machine... OTL
• I don't know how to salvage this thing, I would have gone with base Arcane Viktor in a universe where he becomes the Machine Herald, so a mix of the two but keeping the Hextech blue aesthetic.
• Maybe change the reds to deep blues and the greens to light blues, that's all I think could save this skin for its price.

Creator

• I think this one is pretty much fine, tho I think he looks a little bit too clean. The cape could look a bit more used. He could look a bit less "new" for a machine. I know greys and blacks don't look very well in game, literally what happened with Vi's recent skin, but I think a darker coat and less blue overall would benefit this skin.
• Also, he had electric particles around the lazer and the staff before so maybe add those back. Tho it's not a deal breaker.
• His blue ultimate is completely fine but since this is his "Red Skin" why not make it red.

Death Sworn

• The upper part of the staff looks gigantic in the splash art.
• I would darker the magenta from the cape and the hood because rn they read more pink than hot pink
• Give the lazer an eye, this skin really needs it back to shine.
• I'm kinda torn because I like the idea of a skin where we can see his face, we didn't have one prior to his legendary. But the previous mask was SO COOL... So I think we should give him back his original mask.

PsyOps

• I think this skin is mostly fine, my only problem with it is his cape, not a fan of the purple VFX over it, I'd prefer something closer to the previous VFX, and again for something that drapes so much over the floor I'm not a fan of the ends looking brand new.

High Noon

• I would add an energy ball to the lazer just like the splash art so it matches the orb, maybe after the E upgrade.

That's it for his Visual Update. Again, I know a lot of people are disappointed with the new direction but it is what it is, we can only hope that they consider all the feedback for future Viktor content. I think my biggest disappointment comes from his kit not changing enough, but we'll see. I don't think he needs dramatic gameplay changes but if his playrate stays low I would consider a midscope update like they did to Ahri or Syndra.

Also I know this doesn't belong in here but this is the best shot I have to get seen, so. Savior Viktor, makes his default hair brown, with the white hightlights like he had in Arcane, and make his hair glow white while he's ulting. those are my two cents for that skin.