Talk:Varus/@comment-84.121.214.168-20130307001847/@comment-24.88.81.211-20130307051054

I find that if you deal a fair amount of magic damage as a ranged carry there are interesting benefits to having some Ap scaling or magic penetration in the runes and masteries. For one thing you might last hit a little more and given that very few champions actively build magic resistance you might come out ahead on certain trades by dealing a large amount of attack damage and full magic damage. If you buy the brutalizer you will have a cooldown that will make spamming the abilities pretty easy. If you really want a item that will boost a bit of your AP I would go with Seeker's Armguard. It's fairly cheap. Builds from cloth and will go well with your farming.

And when you feel like you need something better sell it for the iceborn guantlet which compliments the AP carry really well and actually syngerizes with you building atttack damage for the general outlook of the typical build.

Carries that deal magic damage should be exploited for the potential magic damage. But don't focus on being a mage because that usually causes nerfs.