Mythic Items
Luden's Tempest - This is my favorite mythic to build just because it means you don't have to worry about mana at all and you won't have to back as often. It gives you a ton of burst and gives magic penetration for every legendary you have. This is a nice combination of everything.
Riftmaker - This seems like an interesting option because of the extra true damage from popping blight being increased by it. It also gives you omnivamp which is great for sustaining health. It will do a lot in longer fights and add up damage that way. This is great if you have a solid front line to peel you.
Liandry's Anguish - This is an interesting option for a poke AP Build, but it is probably the worst of the mage mythic items. It can help you burst down tanks with percent magic pen on the passive and gives you some AP and Mana, but it doesn't give the same burst as
Luden's Tempest or
Night Harvester.
Night Harvester - This is probably some of the highest burst damage you can get on AP Varus, but it comes at a cost of sacrificing mana from
Luden's Tempest or omnivamp from
Riftmaker. If you want pure damage, this is probably the way to go.
Hextech Rocketbelt - This is a great item for kiting back or chasing down enemies with the dash, especially since it gives you bonus movement speed running towards them right after using it. It gives you a lot of burst potential as well.
Early Game Situational Items
Oblivion Orb - This will proc on every auto because of
Blighted Quiver and is great for Grievous Wounds as it's really cheap for what it does.
Seeker's Armguard - This is good for dealing with assassins as it can give you a lot of armor and ability power for the price.
Verdant Barrier - This is very situational, but could be good against AP Assassins like Fizz to help keep you alive.
Dark Seal - While I'd never start Dark Seal, it can be good if you've got a lead to help you snowball just a bit harder for a cheap price and possibly be upgraded into Mejai's later.
Core Items
Nashor's Tooth - This should be the first thing you go as you want it for the large amount of AP and easy ability to apply blight. The attack speed and ability power combo is just too good too pass up.
Sorcerer's Shoes - This is gonna be the standard boots option for Varus as Magic Penetration is just insane stacked with a lot of percent health damage.
Luden's Tempest - This gives Varus a lot of what he needs. Ability power, mana, magic penetration, and a burst passive. Even if you don't have blight stacked, it lets your abilities deal a decent amount of damage. With blight, it gives you a lot of one shot potential on squishies and even some tanks.
Rabadon's Deathcap - This is another item that will just end up being too good to pass up on Varus late game. Varus's
Blighted Quiver has a large amount of AP Scaling and this gives him one shot potential on tanks even. This can be a good item following
Luden's Tempest when ahead or following a situational item if you need to be a bit more defensive.
Situational Items
Zhonya's Hourglass - Like most mages, this is a great way to survive burst. You will get a lot of survivability from AD Assassins and some AP assassins even with the active. You get a decent amount of AP from it and some Ability Haste as well.
Banshee's Veil - The only option you really have as AP Varus to deal with a lot of magic damage. You get some Ability Power and Ability Haste like
Zhonya's Hourglass but instead of armor and a statis Active, you get magic resist and spell shield. This can be good against some champs that rely on one ability to engage.
Morellonomicon - This is the best way to apply grievous wounds for AP Varus.
Chemtech Putrifier is an alternative, but I prefer Morellonomicon. Good anti-healing.
Cosmic Drive - This gives AP Varus an easier way to kite back, as well as lot of ability haste and ability power. If you need to kite certain enemies as AP Varus, this is probably the best item to do so.
Horizon Focus - This has a lot of synergy with
Chain of Corruption or for hitting long range
Piercing Arrows, but isn't all that consistent. It's a decent option when ahead, but I'd never build it when behind.
Mejai's Soulstealer - This can give you a ton of ability power for a cheap price and counts as a Legendary item for
Luden's Tempest's mythic passive.
Void Staff - This will give you a lot of burst against tanks. Magic penetration with percent health damage will let you do a lot despite them being tanks, possibly being within one shot range of leaving them low.
Lich Bane - This gives you some movement speed and ability power, but the big thing is the passive. You can get a lot of extra damage from the sheen passive and gives you even more burst. Another good item when ahead, but probably not that great if behind.
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