only reason viktor is currently comparable with other ap carries is because of the bug that you cant see his laser
lol
what other AP carry do you know gets 400 ap at level 12.
100 ap at level 5 (can clear a whole minion wave as soon as you get death augment)
and more often than not, his laser is visible, but it still is too hard to dodge because there is no animation for it, viktor doesn't stop moving to cast it.
you can cast it on top of them and take a quarter of their health at level 6, then power transfer and ult, they're silenced for a brief half a second so there's no time for them to retaliate and you have a shield. they're dead, if you don't take them out initially, it's from your ult's aoe damage, ignite, and your lasers burn. you can also zone them too easily with your gravity field and he is virtually ungankable after level 3 when it is suggested he takes a point in it. (unless the enemy is dumb enough to blow flash to get through your stun, but even if they do and they aren't mundo you've hit them with power transfer and a laser (laser has op range) and they're at half health.