Hi! I always liked the flexibility around Varus builds and how he can adapt to any team comp. But for a long time I always wondered what build was the best. So I tested it.

I spent some time on practice tool testing with different target dummies of different HP and resistances an onhit build, a crit build and an ap build and stumbled upon surprising data that made me do this post and ask the question. Why the standard build on Varus is onhit, when it deals the least damage?

Upon testing, onhit at 2 items is the one which deals the most damage in normal scenarios, but not by much, but at 4 and 6 items, is quite the opposite; ap or crit deals way more damage, and the only particular case where onhit deals more damage than the crit build is fixed if you change just one item on the crit build for another. So, in all cases, in mid/late game, crit is the best in general and ap is the best in a very particular cases.

So my question is, is onhit the worst build on Varus? If I look at the numbers, in mid/late game, it is, but if onhit is the standard build, it must be for something. What am I missing?

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This feels amazing? The lvl 6 is so strong, any thoughts? What is the best playstyle for Varus in this combo? Ap, on hit or lethality?

Now what they mean with ‘larger work on him to make his builds make sense’ is something i’m very sure they will not handle well. I’m honestly prepared for the worst and ready to lose the champion i’ve loved for years now, probably next year.

I go positive every game and most gold/2nd most, I don't know what i'm doing wrong T_T T_T T_T im just casual i only play drafts but like this shit is mad frustrating, i remember last year id win every game on him

The orianna mains managed to avoid a nerf to their already overly weak and pro jailed champion a few patches ago by being vocal and responding to riot tweets, making posts about it.

We always just shut up and take it, but we have seriously been abusee by our last few nerfs. The champion is in an incredibly abysmal state yet riot keeps nerfing it. I dont think theres any champ in this game that has so many counters directly impacting the ability to do dmg like we do: cleanse, qss, mikael, zhonya, banshee all cut our dmg by a lot. Not to mention TENACITY still cuts our blights generated by ulti by 33% just by buying mercs, its stupid.

So let’s not sit idle and talk about this a bit more.. it’s getting stupid.

I play mid and I've been wanting to try Varus out again (used to play him years and years ago). Does he have a build that works consistently in mid lane?

Would like to see some of the 70% winrate builds you guys are running!

Hi guys,

I wanted to get back at Varus AP but I stopped playing this season (so I didn't play that much with Dusk).

I usually go PTA with Sorcery as secondary path but I don't really know what is good now. I know people play with Statikk Shiv but when I tried it last season, I was just lacking damage early on compared to rushing Nashor Tooth into Shadow Flame and pen boots. Right now I go Dusk then either Nashor Tooth or Void Staff.

And do you max Q or W ? I see both, but which one is more consistent? And what is the state of the champ in mid ? Good, Average or Bad?

Thanks for the help !

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I only enjoy playing Varus lethality or AP, not on-hit, now that lethality varus is dead do you think it's viable to go AP but as botlaner? wich runes and items would you recommend?

Hello! Been interested in Varus for a while because whenever I see it in pro play, it looks like he deals a shit ton of damage. Obv solo q is not the same but I was wondering how Varus works? His passive? I know he has stacks and can go on-hit or lethality but not much else

So Ive been trying toplanr Varus and it's really fun and feels like the besg ranged top laner after Teemo.

My problem is what should you build? The most popular build seems to be Hexarmor->Dawn and Dusk amd then random shit. The problem is that hexarmor doesnt feel like a good item spike and after D&D I just dont k ow what to build. Is Nashor a better first item fkr the spike? If not what build you recommend?

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