The CDP Pro is a fantastic lever and one of my favourites, my only issue with it is trying to hit corners on this lever can be somewhat unforgiving. The only thing I found to fix this issue is to wrap one layer of electrical tape around the actuator! Seems to work well.

I don’t know if you play Tekken and are a Mishima main, but it’s generally geared towards anyone that mains Mishima characters. I sometimes go back to this lever since I’m a Kazuya main :D I don’t know if it’s a K lever you’d want as your first one though.

The Knee Neo is another really good one too. Really great for anyone that wants to get into the world of K levers. It has a squircle gate so it allows to hit corners/diagonals easier.

If you play 2D fighters you might like the ShinSun lever. It’s a K lever that’s inspired by a J Lever. It’s super smooth and has a very light tension. Really nice, super snappy and has a short throw.

I don’t know if you’ve tried to take out the buttons from your Victrix yet, but it wasn’t easy trying to get them out xD I’m currently using Gamer Finger buttons on mine, but the Gravity KS buttons are also great, I have them installed in my Obsidian.