User blog comment:DeMi189/But will it go as AP?/@comment-83.163.168.7-20121014093820

"It was surprising that many of them were really successful."

Of course they are, with bots. Believe me, AP Gangplank is only viable for trolls. For ult you have to be lucky to hit your enemies, and after your Q, you only got that huge cd heal.

AP Vayne and Lee Sin indeed live on Lich Bane procs, which means you aren't worth sh*t in a normal game.

Irelia is not the worst, and before her E damage nerf, she was indeed considered viable AP. It's just that tanky with attack speed is so much better on her.

Pantheon just straight out doesn't work, as his ult is worse than unreliable against players.

Volibear isn't bad, but, as with Irelia, attack speed works better.

Nasus is considered viable AP, just like Tristana, Master Yi and Sion.

Caitlyn has too little AP scalings and also has too unreliable AP scalings (W) to work against players. Nor can she use Lich Bane.

Mundo: Better go tanky AP, or the enemy team roflstomps you, as a melee.

Shyvana also doesn't have enough AP scaling to consider AP over health in a normal game. However, I'd like to point out that early game shouldn't be hard. I've played AP Shyvana vs bots on mid lane, and already had like 2-3 kills at level 6. Which is about the best you can get vs bots on mid lane, as they also have to walk back to lane and such stuff.

AP Varus is, afaik, also just considered viable.

Garen is bad indeed, long cooldowns and no AP scalings, and not even mana.

Hecarim might be fun, but as with most, I think that you wouldn't be able to do anything in a normal.

Kayle indeed also viable.

Kha'Zix and Rengar are a bit similar on AP, I don't see how you can like one, but not the other, as Rengar uses ult and passive, and Rengar W. Both have about the same scalings.

Miss Fortune is indeed also not bad. I've also seen a hybrid Miss Fortune guide that sounded nice once.

Skarner: Isn't he meant to take AP besides the tankyness he of course needs most?

Tryndamere: You must've had some decent cooldown reduction, as I guess you'll need to E twice to kill the bots. Here again, it doesn't work in a normal game. I've even laned against one once, all he could do was heal my harras and try to avoid getting harrased more.

Udyr: Might work.

Warwick is sometimes actually played AP. It's even normal in ARAM.

Xin: I've seen some "jokes" about it, and I guess it might be worth trying against players.

Corki: I once played him AP vs bots, and my abilities did the damage I was used to, but autoattacks (of course) far less. Though it might've been less of a difference if I had bought Lich Bane (I was pretty new back then, and that was like the first time I didn't use a "viable" build on purpose).

Trundle: Might work with Lich Bane. But again, I don't understand your rough early. Actually, when I do something like this, early is actually the easiest point vs bots, as base damage is still worth something.