Varus' passive could use an improvement.

Hayaishi2··5 votes·2,571 views

Reasoning:

Living vengeance as a passive feels underwhelming. I like the whole concept of becoming more dangerous after a takedown seems unique as its something marksmen don't usually have but i believe the passive doesn't really fulfill that fantasy.

The main problem i wanna talk about is how Varus rarely ever gets to utilize the full duration of the attack speed buff. Half the time the fight is already over either in Varus or the enemy team favor which means the passive had little impact during the fight itself. It makes the passive feel too inconsistent and unrewarding.

This is why i think the passive needs more inmmedate rewards. A conditional passive that requires him to be part of a kill before it triggers needs to feel impactful to actually deliver the right feeling.

Now to the suggestion.

The darkin bow: Upon kill/assist, Varus' darkin half stirs reducing the cooldown of ALL his abilities by 6 seconds.

The darkin bow has a 10 second cooldown

This would be in addition to his already existing attack speed steroid.

Varus' kit has a lot of caster elements in it but when he uses an attack speed oriented build these elements are rarely utilized. Seeing as how Varus' damage comes mainly from proccing blighted quiver this addition to his passive would help to improve this playstyle while also combining really well with Living Vengeance current AS boost while also reducing the punishment Varus has for not saving his abilities to proc blight. Considering Varus' abilities all have huge CDs and he can't afford to build CDR it seems like a fitting passive for an Attack Speed Caster marksman hybrid.

PS: Undo the 50 HP nerf. THAT was a ridiculous nerf.

9 Comments

Isehnia5 votes

Varus has a shittier Jinx passive. Prove me wrong.

Hayaishi23 votes

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Varus has a shittier Jinx passive. Prove me wrong.

Can't prove you wrong, at least Jinx's passive has more ways to proc (Killing towers) and it's useful for chasing/escaping. She doesn't need to rely on a perfect teamfight where everyone just lines up for her to shoot in order for her passive to be useful unlike Varus.

Alzon1 votes

Varus gets to use his passive for trades after last-hitting a minion.

Hayaishi23 votes

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Varus gets to use his passive for trades after last-hitting a minion.

You could removed and nobody would notice. That gimmick has 0 impact on the laning phase.

BLIGHTBRINGER2 votes

I made many numerous posts on ways to improve it/change it everyone and etc... I don't even know why I share my ideas, people don't seem to care about them regardless if they are good or bad lol.

Quite frankly Riot don't seem to care either, or try to consider on how they could improve him even if it's very minor improvements. He's has the lowest % winrate of all the marksman... (46.63%)

Hayaishi21 votes

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I made many numerous posts on ways to improve it/change it everyone and etc... I don't even know why I share my ideas, people don't seem to care about them regardless if they are good or bad lol.

Quite frankly Riot don't seem to care either, or try to consider on how they could improve him even if it's very minor improvements. He's has the lowest % winrate of all the marksman... (46.63%)

Everything falls on deaf ears. You might have better luck posting on Gameplay+

BLIGHTBRINGER1 votes

I thought ideas like this usually meant to go to places like Concepts and Creations... But I will give it a shot. I will link you later to the post when I post it.

Acanthus1 votes

Last time he was buffed in the form of the new active on w, they discovered they created a monster and damn near neutered his w passive. And then let's not forget item 3124item 3031item 3508 were all massively hit. Even though I'm not an adc player anymore, I really like Varus and would really like it if he was not buffed and then subsequently kneecapped.

Hayaishi22 votes

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Last time he was buffed in the form of the new active on w, they discovered they created a monster and damn near neutered his w passive. And then let's not forget item 3124item 3031item 3508 were all massively hit. Even though I'm not an adc player anymore, I really like Varus and would really like it if he was not buffed and then subsequently kneecapped.

Varus is being kneecapped because of competitive play. He's very mediocre in solo queue (All the data proves it). Even in pro play i think he's overrated. After all the nerfs to his passive, rageblade and his early game he isn't really that good anymore, ask Han Sama how even though he was ridiculously ahead he still couldn't carry despite his whole team peeling because of how easy Varus is too kill. If he was on any other AD carry he would've carried.

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