Talk:Varus/@comment-31.205.33.240-20120508141220

He's not OP if you properly harass him in lane. You need to be aggressive vs. Varus or else you get poked and with that Q you'll be recalling all the time. Admittedly melee fighters will have serious problems against him early on (with few exceptions, can think of Wukong/Olaf/Irelia can hit him back hard) but he's really a snowballer champion, and like all snowballer champions you need to deny him.

Other than that he has a great ulti to turn around a teamfight, and his poke is second to none (can think of Cait and Kog who are on par with his poking damage).

Hybrid and AP builds are non-viable. Going full AD is the way to go and you should play as such. What's really surprising is that I specated many games today where he was either mid or solotop and did exceptionally well. Again, if you really want to counter him just harass to no end.