Will stomp you as long as she doesn't int. It is a one-shot or be one-shot world when fighting leblanc.
Akali
Hard to fight since she will just camo and one-shot you post 6 but also easy to kill if she hits e and you have ult.
Heimerdinger
Very Hard lane since you don't have reliable wave clear to compete his perma-push, BUT he is an easy kill early if he doesn't stun you.
Katarina
After some time she is gonna blink every half second and one-shot you at the same time. Try to shut her down early and pressure lane if she roams.
Qiyana
Camo could cuck your trade over bad and she can one-shot you pretty easily late. Same strat as Kat, attack her early and pressure lane if she leaves it.
Tristana
She is better than you as a ranged character. Don't leave tower safety and give up a large portion of early farm or you get out traded and forced to recall or die.
Vex
Vex is a very scary mage to face since she can interrupt your combo and run away. Her 6 is dangerous but bait-able so long as you don't get feared before your ult.
Akshan
Hard fought lane but winnable in the long run. Don't force your way up to his tower if he roams since he could just turn back and kill you, but if he shows up on map in another lane or in river fight then take wave under his turret as fast as you can.
Ahri
Can push you under turret easy as well as out trade you if she hits charm. Dodge and auto her for short trades. Level 6 don't use your ult at long range since she can just ult to dash away.
Anivia
Easy to beat but hard to kill since you will burn abilities to pop egg. Don't worry about being pushed under just focus on scaling.
Annie
Same as Ahri. Don't fight when she has stun or can easily get stun in one combo.
Aurelion Sol
He outscales you but he is an easy target for your burst early since he will just sit still for his breath.
Azir
He out ranges you and can dive you but doesn't pose an extreme early threat. Don't fight for long and just focus farming.
Briar
She can kill you easy but she becomes a duck in water pretty quick once she presses W.
Cassiopeia
She will kill you if she hits poison and she has better late but she can be sniped farther than her ability range with ult + Q but won't die from this more than likely.
Diana
She will dive you but she makes for an easy target. Don't underestimate your damage and just full combo her.
Ekko
He can kill you easy but you will stomp him early as long as you don't give him room to level.
Fizz
Not hard to fight but his burst level three and mobility can easily shut down your damage. He also takes less damage so don't over-extend in a fight. if he uses E to engage you win trade, if he doesn't then he will just escape before you can pop your W stacks.
Galio
Hard to kill him but easy to put pressure on him. Don't underestimate his damage. If he ults away push into his tower as fast as possible or ult him to try and cancel his ult channel.
Gangplank
he can easily out range you if they are good enough on the character but if not then try to contest breaking his barrels and then burst him. He has global presence level 6 unlike you so try to focus on scaling and farming. Never wait till you are low to back.
Hwei
Easy lane to scale but hard lane to force him out or to push into him. You will likely lose minions from him using QE on wave and pushing it hard. Don't fight him level 6, his ability range is better and his 6 can almost always kill you in one go if he doesn't miss. Don't wait until you are low to back if possible, if unavoidable don't back in obvious spots (His Q+W, Lightning.)
Irelia
easy early, impossible late. When she has W wait for her to use it before fully committing to a combo since she will tank all your damage. Poke her alot early and punish her for trying to clear wave. Don't fight if she has four passive stacks.
Kassadin
Easy early, very hard late. Similar to Irelia but he can't tank your damage as much. His passive will make your damage weaker than you would expect, Level 6 wait for him to ult on you before you use your ult.
Lissandra
Not a hard fight since you can out trade her easily if she uses her E to get close to you. Don't stand close to minion wave to avoid poke and don't use your ult while she has hers up unless you can guarantee hit. Run cleanse if they have a jungle with hard cc or you just die post 6
Lux
If you can avoid her W poke and farm you will outscale her quickly. Run D shield and second wind secondary if you don't have faith in your ability to dodge and early buy tear or D ring for mana.
Malzahar
Hard to burst since he will tank one ability or auto cutting the speed of your burst since you either won't have one of your abilities or you will need to auto him four times for max stacks. Post 6 avoid fighting him unless he doesn't have spell shield.
Mel
She is hell to deal with. She relfects one of your abilities or just doesn't take the damage
Naafiri
Super hard to kill ever since her rework. Idealy try and bait her Untargetable before you ult and you should be able to burst her. If she hits you with a Q make sure to hit her dogs.
Neeko
Don't be behind minion wave or you get the empowered root and q pop from out of your range. Pay attention to minion wave for a fourth caster or melee minion. You can easily burst her if she tries to fight in your range and your stacks persist on her when she uses W making it easy to track the real one.
Orianna
She has range advantage all through the game and a great shield to mitigate damage. You can kill her if you are lucky and cause her to fall behind but she will never be useless.
Pantheon
He will nuke you better than you can to him and has a point and click cc. Don't fight him until you can get some ap and your ult. Watch for his E or you will waste a huge portion of your damage.
Rumble
Not as popular mid as he is top but still hard to fight. Don't get in range of his flame thrower if possible and try not to get too far from minions or he will poke with his Q.
Ryze
Scaling lane. Don't stand near minion wave or you will take poke. If he roams then push wave for pressure.
Seraphine
Scaling lane. If you focus on farming you will outscale her quick.
Sylas
He is really hard to kill in fight if you aren't careful but he is easy to poke off wave. If he tries to get to you use your E to cut his W healing by placing it on top of you. Post 6 if he uses the first part of his E then ult him. he won't have movement without using it on another person or a minion and if you hit him then he will probably just die. If he roams then push.
Syndra
She has gross range and a better burst but if she misses her push stun then you can all-in her and win trade. Don't let her poke you and focus on farm and wait for assistance or just scale.
Talon
Easy early. If you don't get hit by the second part of his W then you won't take much poke damage in trade. If he tries to roam put pressure and watch for him coming back. Post 6 just play safe and don't try to ult him if he is near a wall.
Twisted Fate
You win trades if he doesn't just stun you and walk away. If he leaves lane then push and just focus on scaling. You will always win as long as you aren't stunned.
Veigar
End early or try to stomp him early. Don't get poked if possible and don't stay longer than needed. You won't outscale him but you can kill him easily if he doesn't build a defensive item.
Vel'Koz
Hard to kill but if you don't get poked out you can just farm and outscale. If you get close to him he will just try to knock you up and run if he ults then ult him back and try to burst him.
Viktor
He hurts and has scary scaling but if you don't die and somehow cause him to fall behind on farm you will outscale. Watch for his stun and take extended trades if possible
Vladimir
He will outlast you in lane and will scale hard. You can nuke him but watch for his blood pool or you might miss part of your combo.
Xerath
Don't get poke and farm. If you land ult he is an easy target, but he will almost never be that close.
Yasuo
His wind wall and mobility makes this lane hard but not impossible. You can hurt him super bad and pop his passive shield easy. Don't over extend and scale.
Yone
Worse than yasuo and hard to fight. His E makes it impossible to trade and his W makes it hard to kill.
Zed
He is hard to fight and his level 6 is scary but you can kill him if you manage to land your ult.
Ziggs
Same as Xerath but not as hard to fight. Don't leave him alone in lane or your tower is gone.
Zoe
She will nuke you but she is easy to kill. If she ults then shoot yours at the initial portal. If you get slept it is over.
Zyra
Annoying like heimer but not as hard to fight. Don't get near her pods or you will lose every trade.
Varus
Realistically you can win lane with any support/Jungle if you and your ally are on the same page so I am only gonna cover a few select characters.
Amumu
Amumu passive and mass AOE stun gives you both a good amount of true damage and lets you get great ult chains.
Heimerdinger
Heimer Supp is both really strong in lane but highly inconvenient. He will push wave and there is nothing you can do about it.
Leona
Tank supports almost all come with insane levels of CC and damage resist. All are good for making your one shot combo's easier and for keeping people in your ult.
Xerath
Poke mages can make it easier to farm by putting pressure on the enemy laners. Some also come with great forms of soft CC like slows and roots to make your Ult easier.
Lulu
Enchanters are a mixed bag with some making you unkillable and others giving you steroids for a few hits. F*** Yuumi though.
Synergies
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Varus
Realistically you can win lane with any support/Jungle if you and your ally are on the same page so I am only gonna cover a few select characters.
Amumu
Amumu passive and mass AOE stun gives you both a good amount of true damage and lets you get great ult chains.
Heimerdinger
Heimer Supp is both really strong in lane but highly inconvenient. He will push wave and there is nothing you can do about it.
Leona
Tank supports almost all come with insane levels of CC and damage resist. All are good for making your one shot combo's easier and for keeping people in your ult.
Xerath
Poke mages can make it easier to farm by putting pressure on the enemy laners. Some also come with great forms of soft CC like slows and roots to make your Ult easier.
Lulu
Enchanters are a mixed bag with some making you unkillable and others giving you steroids for a few hits. F*** Yuumi though.
Hi, I am LBDB and I would like to apologize on taking so long to update this guide. I had to take a short break and work on myself but I am back and will try to keep this updated with the upcoming season. After coming back and using this build in my solo queue games in pisslow Gold I have had my views on items such as Riftmaker and had to rethink my builds. Thank you for checking out this guide and I wish you luck in your games.
Mid/ bot kill
AP Varus has only two note-worthy abilities. His W Blighted Quiverand his R Chain of Corrution. His W is the key to the enitire playstyle with it's passive. Every auto attack will deal bonus magic damage, scaling with ability level and 35% of total AP, and apply a stack of Blight for 6 seconds up to a max of three stacks. The blight stacks all detonate when hitting any other damaging ability, when popped the stacks deal magic damage equaling to a percentage of the enemy's max health, and lowering the cooldown of basic abilities by 12% per stack of blight popped.
Heavy cc
You will mostly be farming in both mid and bot for the first few minutes and levels. You don't want to fight level 1 but you do want to poke if you brought manaflow. You can start fighting or trading from level two on since you have a surprising amount of damage with your W passive pops. Level 3 through 5 is the same as 2. Level 6 is where you want to take a fight against most every single champ in the game since your can likely kill with full combo.
Losing lane or mid
It is simple execution. You auto attack three times then hit an ability. Rinse and repeat. If you want to kill level 6 then the combo goes: AA X3, R, AA, E, AA until 3 stacks of W, Press W, Tap Q
Bot usual
Thank you for taking the time to read my comprehensive guide on AP Varus. If you have any suggestions on how to make this guide more appealing pls tell me in the comments. Have a good day.
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