Talk:Varus/Strategy/@comment-88.152.224.39-20120508124025/@comment-68.98.9.242-20120509002118

Also as for the rushing pd vs ie. There was a post somewhere I don't quite remember which detailed the dps differences between the two. As for my own spiel on pd vs getting something like ie or bt in lane. Pd doesn't help you trade blows with your lane opponent, it doesn't give ad which means vs someone who does get bt/ie they will hit more with their abilities than you will, in single attack trades they will also win since they have more ad then you, they will regenerate more hp w/ lifesteal than you will when last hitting since lifesteal depends on the damage you would have done not how much you did (example: you both last hit a minion at 50 hp, they deal an example 100dmg with 10% lifesteal they gain 10hp, you deal 60 w/ 10% you gain 6hp). This effects varus more than other champions in my opinion as you have your cooldowns restricting your w so in a long engagement pd isn't increasing that dmg, you also already have an as steroid (be it rather small) in your passive, he has no ad passive however. Your tier 2 boots also already give as.

Granted I run armor pen reds/quints and not flat ad, which would make more out of the attack speed I still simply disagree that rushing pd will give you more dmg than rushing a bt/ie would.