Talk:Varus/@comment-25798210-20150523230637/@comment-14081808-20150615171153

To be honest, I never play him as Full AP anymore. Hybrid works better, getting just a little AD to smooth out his early game until you get to your AP items and shred your enemies to death or base. Full AP requires too much to go right: get your stacks AND THEN land your ability. If you miss your Q, E, or god forbid R, you just absolutely failed. Building him a little hybrid allows you to at least get a little damage in during your setup so it's not a total waste.

Don't get me wrong, AP has a HUGE spike midgame if it goes really good, but often it's mid-late game when you finally have enough AP to kill someone faster than they can kill you.