Talk:Varus/@comment-13203425-20160505154906/@comment-26001789-20160507032331

You don't need specialized runes for Guinsoo's on AD Varus.

You can run a basic 3 AS Quints, 9 AD Red, Armor and MR Yellow + Blues and it will work just fine.

I actually did math on this and, if you "smooth out" the build and recipe of the Guinsoo's Rageblade by first backing into a B.F Sword and then building Guinsoo's and Berserker Greaves, you will actually do more damage with this build than if you were going for an IE + Berserker Greaves build on Varus. This is due to how Varus Kit works and how it synergizes with On-Hit effects on itself. The problem with the build is that it's too expensive and it takes around 6.5K to complete which is only possible if you farm every single minion in a creepwave up until 20 minutes or you get fed off your ass.

Basically in an optimal scenario, you would need to play almost perfectly in order to get Guinsoo's, Berserker and B.F, but once you do, your damage will instantly spike. Much more than if you were to get IE + Runaan's and Berserkers or, worse, Reaver + Runaan's and Berserkers.

Also, try not to go with Hybrid builds and/or setups. While Hybrid Varus sounds nice, in theory, there aren't enough items of the game to hybridize Varus damage enough to the point that they will be as good as previous Hybrid builds of past seasons and Varus ratios are pretty set that, if you want raw damage, you will get AD while almost all AP builds of Varus are centered around the idea of putting multiple marks of W on multiple targets and get an AoE ultimate/Hail of Arrows into a cluster of enemies. Hybrid does neither well. If you do want healing on your AP Varus, try out Hextech GLP.