Am confused about which Victor you have:
I do love my costume Victor, if you don’t have the costume wait until you either do have the costume or have no other dark projects.
The June 2024 balance update rectified the most important problem for C Victor and his family, the costume bonus:
Now, C Victor and Deadboot are closer but I believe that Deadboot probably would still edge it for me because his defense down is Wither which is permanent and Deadboot is proving to be a star for titans in addition to his raiding role.
Also, Deadboot takes all buffs from the target so you KNOW you have removed the dispellable buffs and are free to fire and he hits MUCH harder.
C Victor promises to try and help but half the time he gets distracted and wanders off with his umbrella, looking snazzy but doing little else.
Victor with no costume was hard to justify back when he was new, now he is below some newer 4* heroes.
Long way of saying: Deadboot for the Tabards!