What The Hell Is Varus, And How Do You Play This Awesome Marksman?

Chimp Joker··1 votes·952 views

I noticed that he is mostly played in midlane, but is viable in bot lane. His major core item is Manamune. And that's all I know apart from his q,w,e, and r. Is there a build path that you guys can suggest? (Any tips and tricks?)

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Big Lincoln3 votes

there's 2 builds

the poke build mid lane with DFT

item 3042 item 3142 item 3036 item 3147 item 3158 item 3026 / item 3812 /item 3812 pretty much focuses entirely on your Q and making it hit as hard as possible. kind of one-dimensional, but it works very well so it tends to see a lot of play

and the more standard ADC build, usually with fervor

item 3508 item 3085 item 3031 item 3006 item 3036 item 3139 / item 3072 / item 3153 does what you'd expect an ADC to do, mostly. runaan's is amazing because of his W passive, so you're more about dealing lots of damage with AAs and mixing in your abilities to pop the stacks. scales better and i personally prefer it, but your mid game isn't as good and you aren't as safe as you will be with the poke build

Bhagswag2 votes

Like others said, Yes, build crit and attackspeed, but build more raw AD than normal ADC's.

darkdill1 votes

Mostly you'll want to go with raw AD and maybe a Runaan's Hurricane if you want to apply Blighted Quiver to multiple targets, but you should go with less AS/Crit than someone like Ashe. Varus needs more raw AD for his Q and E to hurt. Muramana is nice on him, though you'll want some CDR to go with it so you can spam Q's.

Varus is best played when you can combo with someone like Sejuani, Amumu or Malphite, who can set up your Chains of Corruption.

ViiLLAiN1 votes

nah

when u go adc varus trust me and build like an adc item 3031 item 3087 item 3036 item 3508 item 3156 item 3139

XLC1 votes

Most successful that I've found

Armor Pen Reds Armor/Scaling HP yellows Scaling CDR Blues Scaling CDR Quint + 2 AD quints.

summoner 4 summoner 6

item 3004 item 3158 item 3142 item 3812 item 3072 item 3036 situationally, item 3156

I've seen a bit of item 3508 item 3158 item 3085 item 3031item 3072 item 3036 But IDK how well it works

Done251 votes

Berserker Greaves Essence Reaver Infinity Edge Hurricane Death's Dance Lord Dominik's Regards if you have an armor/HP tank on the enemy team, otherwise finish with Statikk Shiv

Varus is primarily a team fight ADC and should be played as such.

Unstoppable Monk1 votes

You don't have to build mana every game. Ghostblade first is also good.

DunkinNoobs1 votes
FantasySniper1 votes

Jhin/Zyra is a crazy hard matchup, too.

FantasySniper1 votes

Varus is more viable bot than mid, but I still wouldn't bother learning him with how weak he is right now.

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