Talk:Varus/@comment-24383287-20140606232738/@comment-20434720-20140613084450

I wouldn't take AP Varus bot, but he certainly becomes extremely stronk in several situations. His teamfight once he gets runaan's hurricane is terrifying - he auto attacks 3 times, dealing about 300 total damage with each auto, which seems pretty weak. Then he ults, zhonya's, and your entire team just... dies. tanking 1k magic damage + 57% max health is... rough. To survive that you need 4,400 effective HP (including his auto attack damage) (note, I said effective HP, meaning actual HP with some resists is somewhat lower).

What I would find quite interesting is a DFG + ult combo. You just auto attack 3 times, get them to maybe 75% health, then just DFG + ult and instagib them.

(and yes, obviously if you only compare his base values with his ratios, AD Varus will gain more % damage with items. But ignoring the % max HP, which is what AP Varus is all about... obviously AD Varus will seem superior. But AD Varus has an awful teamfight compared to AP Varus, especially when you compare them with runaan's).