Talk:Varus/@comment-4834593-20130420202738/@comment-7460908-20130422042253

The thing is, in most cases, if you try to go for a hybrid build, you're not going to be doing nearly as much damage if you would just invest purely into one type of damage. You're likely not buying any penetration if you're trying to split your damage, so once people start getting resistances (in other words, lategame) you'll do even less damage. Which is the opposite of what carries are supposed to do.

Given that everything but Varus's ult benefits from him building AD (W counts, because you will still be auto-attacking and detonating Blight stacks with Q and E), most people tend to go AD. AP has been done many times, and proven to work, but most people tend to avoid it because it takes more effort than AD does. You can still get AD/AP from elixirs, Baron, auras, etc.

The reason a full hybrid build works on Jax is because he has split scaling on everything but his E, and he gains resistances for building both types of damage. That and his low cooldowns. (Not to mention the two main hybrid items were buffed specifically for him.)