Talk:Varus/@comment-6170572-20130603044727/@comment-8919271-20130604050305

AP Varus has decent burst, pretty much not counterable by stacking HP, however stacking MR ruins his mid and lategame damage goals. (33% and 50%, slightly more up to ~60% with full build). He's decent mid against some champions, pretty bad against other - but that pretty much can be said about every champion in general. He suffers from usual ADC with no escape problems, though, because he has to autoattack, problem being he has no lifesteal, and he can't use spellvamp, so he relies on just good positioning and teammates which can peel. It's really annoying to play against champion like Akali and Kha with him.

AD Varus has, obviously, his autoattacks (they're going to be outclassed by AP Varus after nashor's changes, btw (not talking about crits, obviously), and doesn't have to stack Blight in order to deal damage. He can't however 100-0 anyone unless he's ridiculously fed, his ult can't be used to deal damage, and he can't build typical APC utility items (Twin Shadows, Zhonya's) - he does, however, have lifesteal and requires less overall skill, positioning and attention than AP Varus.

Hybrid Varus has semi-decent AA's and semi-decent Blight/Ult damage, but he falls off lategame compared to other two because there aren't any hybrid penetration items, and when you're decent and both things you just can't be really good at only one of them. Your (talking about people in general, not you specifically) usual hybrid build also includes spellvamp (somewhat useless) and complete lack of survi/utility items (not counting gunblade).