Varus Dead In Preseason?

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It'll do more in the late game, lethality scales better but is worse early.

Nope. The trade off is actually far worse than the current late game scaling.

Varus needs to get fed early, or he's dead in the water. His mid game is highly relevant and the new changes will cripple that as he no longer has powerspike items anymore. Waiting for the late game will be too late by then.