Talk:Varus/@comment-212.45.118.146-20120709232517/@comment-4834593-20120715201319

(long post, I made a tl;dr in the end)

It mostly depends on what you like.

Graves is considered close to overpowered, while most people say Varus is on the weak side. I suck at Graves, but with Varus? You're not happy if you are in the enemy team. He's EXACTLY what I like to play, and because of that, I play him. If you like him, play him, if you like someone else, play that other one. I would not say that any champion tagged as carry by RIOT is OP or UP, though I think Gangplank sucks if you try him as carry (didn't even know he was tagged as one), and Yi can only play well in the lower ELO range, I think, because in high ELO you don't find champions, except in team fights. If you are not with your team, you die to Yi in a second. If you are in a team, he dies in a second. And if you wonder why I consider the other two melee carries (Fiora and Tryndamere) viable - Tryndamere has his ult, that makes him able to deal damage for 5 seconds before dying, Fiora also has her ulti, that deals huge damage and makes her survive for that duration, this way dealing the amount of damage you would expect from a carry before she dies. And of course, if you do well, your huge amount of life steal (stack Bloodthirsters after you have a Youmuu's, you don't need attack speed with your Burst of Speed with it's cooldown refresh on kill) will make you survive longer. I have over 50% life steal in ARAM already, while Sanguine Blades don't stack as well as Bloodthirsters do (it was still enough to make me come out with full life after my first penta, however :) ).

Sorry for the wall of text, I maybe started rambling a bit.

TL;DR: Play the champion that you like playing. If a champion is considered OP, but you don't like playing with that champion, don't do it. If a champion is considered UP, but you like playing with that champion, do it.