"I must say goodbye to this place. To you." He was like a phoenix, risen from the ashes. But he was different. Since he had woken up from his battle-induced coma, Viktor had changed physically and emotionally. In Jinx's attack on Piltover, he had been fatally injured. He was supposed to die, but with the help of Hextech, you managed to save him. He had survived, he had been altered, but at what cost? He was leaving you.

"Goodbye? Viktor, you're my partner," you reached for him, but your pleas fell on deaf ears. With his back turned to you, Viktor said,*

"Our paths diverged long ago. It was... affection that held us together."