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Patch 13.21 | SheppardLoL's Varus MID Guide (AD & AP)

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Runes: Arcane Comet to Maximize Damage

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Sorcery

Arcane Comet

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Scorch

Precision

Presence of Mind

Cut Down

Bonus:

+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor

Spells:

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Flash x Teleport in most matchups

Flash

Teleport

Items

STARTING ITEMS - STANDARD

First Back - Against a Squishy lane opponent

Essential Items - Early Game

Essential Items - Mid Game

Example Full Build 1 - Hyper Carry

Example Full Build 2 - Tank Melter

Example Full Build 3 - Against Heavy CC

Ability Order Vs. Enemy Laner With Poke

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Varus Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

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Synergies

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Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Yasuo

Extreme

Wind Wall blocks all of you damage. Bait out the Windwall with your E Hail of Arrows, before you go for the all-in. Varus Mid does not have many threats at this time since he out damages and out ranges nearly every mid laner from start to finish. Keep your distance and you should be fine!

Malphite

Ideal

Varus mid synergizes great with anyone who provides area of effect crowd control. Wombo Combo'ing your ults makes it nearly impossible for the enemy team to escape.

Synergies

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Malphite

Ideal

Varus mid synergizes great with anyone who provides area of effect crowd control. Wombo Combo'ing your ults makes it nearly impossible for the enemy team to escape.

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VS Poke Laner

PASSIVE

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Maxing Q allows you to output the most amount of damage possible in any scenario. This is because your Q's draw back passive (damage increased with amount of time while pulling arrow) works in synergy with your W's Active, allowing you to do massive damage based on the enemy's MAX health.

If you are against a melee laner then START 'W'. You'll get 'Q'

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at level 2 and max 'Q'

Starting E is a 100% guaranteed his of Arcane Commit levels 1-5 as long as you land E.

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Starting Build

This is going to be your core items that you go every game then depending on enemy team comp there are more items to build below. I always start with and

Hyper Carry

The ideal full build will include the items above and then these.

VS Tanks

Tip: Build last whisperer BEFORE you finish Collector to melt through heavy armor teams.

is a must build into any team that has heavy shielding.

VS Heavy CC

Build if you're going into a heavy crowd control comp.

with makes it very safe for you to farm or get close enough to engage with your ultimate without getting picked off.

AP Varus

Max Damage

Feel free to try other variations of these runes, but with maximizes damage output from the start to finish of your games with how much you will poke down the enemy with your Q's.

VS Squishy Teams

This rune build is perfect for matchups like ,,, , and any other champion who are extremely squishy.

will be able to stack very easily since you always have range advantage and will poke them out of lane.

always activates when you hit E and your Ultimate, .

will help you send out more ultimate's to lock them down and 1 shot them. Take Armor or MR depending on matchup and swap for if they have heavy CC.