Talk:Varus/@comment-4916873-20121201102617/@comment-4916873-20121202135407

You ought to run Armour Penetration marks and flat AD quints on him. Early game your magical damage is mediocre; it comes primarily in the shape of scalings based on enemy max HP. In the middle lane you should be able to get some competitive damage output going by focusing on physical damage early on. Most of the times I find myself starting:

Boots + 3 Pots > Stinger > Rageblade

...fully utilizing physical damage potential early game.

Next item will probably be Nashor's to indeed lower your CD's (and by then you'll have a respectable amount of AS and AP).

PS: You shouldn't lane against champions like Fizz, LeBlanc and Veigar. If you are forced to, consider early magic resist and/or Catalyst (which you can build into RoA later on).