Talk:Varus/@comment-25798210-20150523230637/@comment-26001789-20150524080528

He is played Mid as a Long Range AD Sniper, sorta like a Stronger version of Mercury Cannon Jayce but without dueling potential in melee form not combo burst. He really has bad matchups against Assassins like LeBlanc, Talon and Zed but he actually does fine against most mages and AD Casters like Ezreal and Corki. He only ever loses to characters who can instantly burst you such as Annie or Lissandra or AP Kog'Maw due to how inmobile he is.

I assume the same goes for his AP Itemization except he can't really 1v1 as good because the only damage that comes from his autos are from his W enhancement. So he will probably still lose to assassins and actually lose trades with AD Casters but overall he still can work in the midlane with his gimmicky Mage Build. So long as you don't just outright suck in 1v1s and you can actually farm up your items, he is completely fine.

Top you would just get destroyed by anything that dares to have a Hard CC. Root, Knockup, Stun or even a Slow and you would just get camped like all hell. You also don't get the option of roaming so basically if you don't like, stomp your lane you are boned. A Poormans Teemo, basically.