2 days into lethality buffs and Varus/Quinn are already back abusing it

Danny DeVito·Jul 16, 2017·10 votes·844 views

Thanks Riot, I'm glad this was overlooked.

16 Comments

Nik NikersonJul 16, 20179 votes

I'm actually okay with Quinn building lethality. She's pretty much a marksman/assassin hybrid, and if any marksman should be maxing out on lethality it should be her.

ApocalypsicJul 16, 20178 votes

Quinn is an assassin.

oSEXYPLATYPUSoJul 16, 20175 votes

Varus highest and most picked build path is

item 3153 item 3085 item 3031 being the most popular build and having a win rate of 59.34% and built in just over 10% of games (10.25%)

oSEXYPLATYPUSoJul 16, 20174 votes

varus still sits below a 50% win rate and has for a while

even with the buffs to lethality his win rate didnt change much if any

from patch 7.9 where he was at 48.39% win rate to now which is 49.35% so less then 1% increase with varus abusing lethality

AhristocatsJul 16, 20171 votes

he doesn't even build lethality

Dasdi96Jul 16, 20174 votes

When are we making item 3147 melee only. This will solve so many problems.

General Esdeath Jul 16, 20172 votes

Next this guy will be asking for item 3153 to be melee only or something

PrinceOfStormsJul 16, 20171 votes

I mean it's a SWORD. How does a marksman get any benefit from it. While we're at it, make item 3031 item 3139 item 3091 item 3046 item 3072 melee only too.

General Esdeath Jul 16, 20171 votes

How does Riven use a bow? (Last Whisper pre rework)

SparksFFFJul 16, 20172 votes

bottom lane main..leona support twitch kogmaw and trist adc...

Jhin is now building these new items......the lane was lost as soon as he built it...could not keep up with the damage output...match loss.....no survivors [zombie-nunu-bummed]

BarcidJul 16, 20172 votes

Lucian : Did somebody say "Lethality"?

KoKobotoJul 16, 20171 votes

I know that Quinn is able to abuse it but I know for a fact that Varus can't. His poked build got nerfed awhile ago. Sure he still does a ton of damage but the CD of his Q is too long to actually do enough to win team fights and poke down enemies.

On the other hand I could see more potential in champions like Lucian, Miss Fortune, Jhin, or Twitch making good use of lethality.

Lucian has the caster play style and double tap in between.

Miss Fortune has a caster playstyle kinda on her Q and R, Q goes down to like 2s CD at max rank. Also she gains 100% a/s from W meaning if she can use her passive efficiently she can get off great damage.

Jhin can make plays from afar and his ult shots will do a bunch of damage even if the enemy isn't too low yet.

Twitch can benefit from the A/S from his Q to get assassinations off.

koshkyraJul 16, 20171 votes

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I know that Quinn is able to abuse it but I know for a fact that Varus can't. His poked build got nerfed awhile ago. Sure he still does a ton of damage but the CD of his Q is too long to actually do enough to win team fights and poke down enemies.

On the other hand I could see more potential in champions like Lucian, Miss Fortune, Jhin, or Twitch making good use of lethality.

Lucian has the caster play style and double tap in between.

Miss Fortune has a caster playstyle kinda on her Q and R, Q goes down to like 2s CD at max rank. Also she gains 100% a/s from W meaning if she can use her passive efficiently she can get off great damage.

Jhin can make plays from afar and his ult shots will do a bunch of damage even if the enemy isn't too low yet.

Twitch can benefit from the A/S from his Q to get assassinations off.

Lethality MF and Varus are twoshotting people with ease once they finish their lethality builds. Idk about the others.

KoKobotoJul 16, 20171 votes

Varus can't 2 shot unless full build. And if he does 2 shot it would have to be that he was able to auto attack in between. If he's against another marksmen there's no way he can charge up another arrow for the kill. If he's against a fighter he would die having to rely on auto attacks with a lethality build. You have to get blight stacks off to get the most out of it and the lethality build doesn't help much with that.

I mean tear mid varus was always kind of bad late game. Now it's much much worse that his damage ability is twice as long of a cooldown (unless you auto, which defeats the point of the build). - Redditor Deejayce on r/VarusMains

Jeanne fan clubJul 16, 20171 votes

not as much as pantheon and missfortune.

Varus and Quinn kind of needed some love as annoying as they are to play against, its been a long while.

Valor BotJul 16, 20171 votes

Quinn is intended to build Lethality. It's the stat that synergizes the most with her playstyle and keeps her at least somewhat relevant in this meta.