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Can We Give Varus Some Love?

Evalerian·2/11/2015, 7:15:26 PM·2 votes·1,000 views

No pun intended from his Valentine's Day skin, but Varus is like the one adc that has never been played professionally.

It really sucks because he's such a cool ADC, and I would love to see him played. He's the original sniper of league, and it's a shame no one plays him because there's other adcs that do his job better.

For example, Jinx. Jinx -

  1. Her Q passive alone gives 120% attack speed, which in insane. Varus's passive gives him 20% attack speed when he kills a minion... Let that sink in for a second.

  2. Jinx also has more range than varus.

3.Jinx is more mobile than varus. They're both immobile adcs but jinx's passive allows her to move around the entire map in team fights.

  1. Jinx's W is pretty much the same/debatably better than Varus's Q because her W can crit, and it has a massive slow.

  2. Jinx's E is an aoe snare; while Varus's E is simply a slow that he needs to stop moving to establish while jinx can throw her grenades while running.

  3. Jinx's ultimate is a global aoe execute. While Varu's ultimate is a short ranged stun. (Even as he outdoes him in this category)

Buff the sniper please.Varus item 3070

7 Comments

IndigoDrill2/11/2015, 7:27:16 PM1 votes

he already got a buff hes like really strong now

DisasterSola2/11/2015, 7:28:10 PM1 votes
  1. Varus is from an era where marksmen werent "LELELELELELE ALL DA KILLS AND DA GOLD LELELELEELE"
  2. Varus is also from the hybrid era
  3. Varus has high damage, and hard CC. He also has a reliable slow.
  4. His W and passive need to be swapped, and living vengence buffed.

As per your greivance, movement speed, i think living vengence could be changed to "Grants (20%-40% attack speed based on rank), and (25%-50% movement speed) if varus is moving toward or attacking an enemy champion." Costs 60 mana, 15 second cooldown.

Xuan Xuan2/11/2015, 7:35:42 PM1 votes

I think a lot of Varus' problems come from his low range. With his q going so far, one would think that he would outrange most ADC's auto attacks...

Drukyul2/11/2015, 7:40:27 PM1 votes

Just revert the nerfs that he didn't deserve in the first place. Same with Zac.

RookPusher2/11/2015, 7:45:57 PM1 votes

We're forgetting a few things...

*His E also cuts down on healing, it's a nice feature against a Soraka/Sona.

*His Ult chains. So if the circumstances are right, he can land a few people in chains. Where as if I step in front of Jinx's ult as the tank, I've basically negated it.

*He's one of the few champs that taking Hurricane on isn't the worst idea. E + Passive = not that bad.

I will say, he could do a few things better. His mana is an issue. And Jinx is certainly in a better spot. I'd love it if they fixed his passive to be something more forgiving like

  1. If a minion/enemy dies that he's damaged, he gets the buff or
  2. AS increases with AD.

Those both sound broken. Maybe his E just needs to increase in size by 1.5x.

DXDMordred2/11/2015, 7:47:42 PM1 votes

I've recently started maining Varus.

To say he's never been played professionally is a lie.

He's got a spectacular skillshot that can land kills on opponents who have utilized their escapes.

I.E.: Good for invading, good for clearing pushed waves while playing defensively under tower. Good for sieging. Good for initiating team fights. Good for counter-initiating team fights.

He's actually pretty well balanced, his primary weakness is he doesn't have any mobility steroid or escape, so a good pick up would be Distortion enchant on boots.