• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 15:50
CEST 21:50
KST 04:50
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway52v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature2Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy8uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event17Serral wins EWC 202549
Community News
Weekly Cups (Aug 4-10): MaxPax wins a triple6SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 195Weekly Cups (Jul 28-Aug 3): herO doubles up6LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments7[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder10
StarCraft 2
General
#1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread 2v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature Is there a way to see if 2 accounts=1 person? uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event
Tourneys
Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments SEL Masters #5 - Korea vs Russia (SC Evo) Enki Epic Series #5 - TaeJa vs Classic (SC Evo)
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 487 Think Fast Mutation # 486 Watch the Skies Mutation # 485 Death from Below Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull
Brood War
General
[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway ASL 20 HYPE VIDEO! How do the new Battle.net ranks translate? BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Soma Explains: JaeDong's Double Muta Micro
Tourneys
BWCL Season 63 Announcement Cosmonarchy Pro Showmatches KCM 2025 Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
Total Annihilation Server - TAForever Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Beyond All Reason [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread The Games Industry And ATVI The year 2050
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Movie Discussion! Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
The Biochemical Cost of Gami…
TrAiDoS
[Girl blog} My fema…
artosisisthebest
Sharpening the Filtration…
frozenclaw
ASL S20 English Commentary…
namkraft
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 4374 users

[Champion] Varus - Page 4

Forum Index > LoL Strategy
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 3 4 All
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35154 Posts
June 30 2014 15:36 GMT
#61
On June 30 2014 23:52 miicah wrote:
Don't think I ever played Varus as an auto attack ADC, maybe when he first came out and E max was the norm.

Yeah, but the proper way to play him got bent over and reemed so I don't see many ways to emulate it.
miicah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2470 Posts
July 02 2014 04:41 GMT
#62
http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/29k42u/patch_410_ad_caster_legolas_build_somehow_not_used/

??

Seems logical, but peoples concerns about not being able to afford two BF swords in a row seem valid.
@miicah88
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35154 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-02 05:08:49
July 02 2014 05:03 GMT
#63
On July 02 2014 13:41 miicah wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/29k42u/patch_410_ad_caster_legolas_build_somehow_not_used/

??

Seems logical, but peoples concerns about not being able to afford two BF swords in a row seem valid.

Yeah, I saw this earlier. I'll preface this by saying that I never like the "Legolas Build" in the first place.

The entire thing reeks of putting the cart before the horse. Literally the only reason it's being suggested is that has the lowest AD:g ratio. By the time you hit double BF, you're up against BT/Longsword or IE or BotRK/longsword. That's also assuming that you can keep up in gold during the transition to 2nd BF.

In the end, it's saying "Pay 3900 for a fully stacked BT + 10AD that has a really crappy buildup." I mean, I get that it's as close as you're gonna get until the BT that Riot has been playing Hokey-Pokey with on the PBE comes out... but this is like cutting off your nose to spite your face kind of thing.
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35154 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-02 05:12:47
July 02 2014 05:12 GMT
#64
doubleposteruuuuu
AsianEcksDragon
Profile Joined March 2008
United States1036 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-02 16:51:18
July 02 2014 16:50 GMT
#65
I don't get the obsession with that build. It's dead when BT got nerfed. Unlike MF or Graves, Varus is actually really strong with IE. 575 autoattack range. Ult = extra time to attack and crit. You can pop blight with E afterwards and then auto some more. The legolas build was awesome but Varus can do just as well with alternate build and some adjusted playstyle.
神は乗り越えられる試練しか与えない
GreggSauce
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States566 Posts
July 03 2014 16:10 GMT
#66
On July 02 2014 14:03 Gahlo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 02 2014 13:41 miicah wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/29k42u/patch_410_ad_caster_legolas_build_somehow_not_used/

??

Seems logical, but peoples concerns about not being able to afford two BF swords in a row seem valid.

Yeah, I saw this earlier. I'll preface this by saying that I never like the "Legolas Build" in the first place.

The entire thing reeks of putting the cart before the horse. Literally the only reason it's being suggested is that has the lowest AD:g ratio. By the time you hit double BF, you're up against BT/Longsword or IE or BotRK/longsword. That's also assuming that you can keep up in gold during the transition to 2nd BF.

In the end, it's saying "Pay 3900 for a fully stacked BT + 10AD that has a really crappy buildup." I mean, I get that it's as close as you're gonna get until the BT that Riot has been playing Hokey-Pokey with on the PBE comes out... but this is like cutting off your nose to spite your face kind of thing.


2 bf is less than 1 botrk, so the issue is ONLY being lane well enough to get 1 bf, then 1 bf, as the "backing costs" of both build paths are nearly identical, only 2 bf makes his skills 4x as strong

With that said I've only ever built varus as attack speed, it's much stronger for dueling, him as a "caster" feels too clunky for me, and his damage output going attack speed has always been much higher than caster varus.
Must not sleep, must warn others
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35154 Posts
July 03 2014 16:23 GMT
#67
On July 04 2014 01:10 GreggSauce wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 02 2014 14:03 Gahlo wrote:
On July 02 2014 13:41 miicah wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/29k42u/patch_410_ad_caster_legolas_build_somehow_not_used/

??

Seems logical, but peoples concerns about not being able to afford two BF swords in a row seem valid.

Yeah, I saw this earlier. I'll preface this by saying that I never like the "Legolas Build" in the first place.

The entire thing reeks of putting the cart before the horse. Literally the only reason it's being suggested is that has the lowest AD:g ratio. By the time you hit double BF, you're up against BT/Longsword or IE or BotRK/longsword. That's also assuming that you can keep up in gold during the transition to 2nd BF.

In the end, it's saying "Pay 3900 for a fully stacked BT + 10AD that has a really crappy buildup." I mean, I get that it's as close as you're gonna get until the BT that Riot has been playing Hokey-Pokey with on the PBE comes out... but this is like cutting off your nose to spite your face kind of thing.


2 bf is less than 1 botrk, so the issue is ONLY being lane well enough to get 1 bf, then 1 bf, as the "backing costs" of both build paths are nearly identical, only 2 bf makes his skills 4x as strong

With that said I've only ever built varus as attack speed, it's much stronger for dueling, him as a "caster" feels too clunky for me, and his damage output going attack speed has always been much higher than caster varus.

I was assuming Vamp first.

The buildpaths aren't anywhere near identical. The BF build is very strict and very steep. Botrk 6 distinct steps, all at pretty low costs, and 1 moderately sized one.
Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium4800 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-06 19:28:28
July 06 2014 19:05 GMT
#68
Been playing around a bit with IE/BT/Runaans/Botrk/LW build and it seems solid. The runaans helps you get his w passive on 3 targets instead of 1 so you don't have to prioritize the entire time, so you can potentially chunk 3 people VERY hard if they're clumped up in a tf. Botkr nerf/buff (depends on how you see it) kind of work well with this aswell, it also help getting your shield up faster in a TF (if lifesteal is also enhanced with runaan's?)
So in the end I guess what I'm saying is: this seems like a very solid tf build, but also BT/Runaans/Botrk seems like a very good trifecta of items for certain champs, especially if the PBE changes for BT (5% extra lifesteal) go through.

Edit: been toying with the idea of replacing IE with a second BT for even MOAR lifesteal. Also, does the shield stack?
Taxes are for Terrans
arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17921 Posts
July 06 2014 21:42 GMT
#69
On July 07 2014 04:05 Uldridge wrote:
Been playing around a bit with IE/BT/Runaans/Botrk/LW build and it seems solid. The runaans helps you get his w passive on 3 targets instead of 1 so you don't have to prioritize the entire time, so you can potentially chunk 3 people VERY hard if they're clumped up in a tf. Botkr nerf/buff (depends on how you see it) kind of work well with this aswell, it also help getting your shield up faster in a TF (if lifesteal is also enhanced with runaan's?)
So in the end I guess what I'm saying is: this seems like a very solid tf build, but also BT/Runaans/Botrk seems like a very good trifecta of items for certain champs, especially if the PBE changes for BT (5% extra lifesteal) go through.

Edit: been toying with the idea of replacing IE with a second BT for even MOAR lifesteal. Also, does the shield stack?


Unique: Your life steal overheals you, converting the excess healing into a shield that absorbs up to 50-450 damage and decays when out of combat for 15 seconds.

Artillery spawned from the forges of Hell
Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium4800 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-07 11:27:00
July 06 2014 22:02 GMT
#70
On July 07 2014 06:42 arb wrote:
+ Show Spoiler +
On July 07 2014 04:05 Uldridge wrote:
Been playing around a bit with IE/BT/Runaans/Botrk/LW build and it seems solid. The runaans helps you get his w passive on 3 targets instead of 1 so you don't have to prioritize the entire time, so you can potentially chunk 3 people VERY hard if they're clumped up in a tf. Botkr nerf/buff (depends on how you see it) kind of work well with this aswell, it also help getting your shield up faster in a TF (if lifesteal is also enhanced with runaan's?)
So in the end I guess what I'm saying is: this seems like a very solid tf build, but also BT/Runaans/Botrk seems like a very good trifecta of items for certain champs, especially if the PBE changes for BT (5% extra lifesteal) go through.

Edit: been toying with the idea of replacing IE with a second BT for even MOAR lifesteal. Also, does the shield stack?


Unique: Your life steal overheals you, converting the excess healing into a shield that absorbs up to 50-450 damage and decays when out of combat for 15 seconds.


Too bad, hoped for some stacking to happen. But I guess IE still works..
Taxes are for Terrans
miicah
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia2470 Posts
July 07 2014 02:04 GMT
#71
Blade and ruunans (plus boots) seems overkill on attack speed no?
@miicah88
Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium4800 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-07-11 15:57:02
July 07 2014 11:33 GMT
#72
On July 07 2014 11:04 miicah wrote:
Blade and ruunans (plus boots) seems overkill on attack speed no?


I'll get back to you on that, did glance over it in the games played but haven't really remembered it. I think it was something around 1.9 without passive going up to 2.3 or 2.4 with kills/assists. So I guess it's pushing it, but definitely not overkilling it.

Edit; so I've finally checked the numbers during a game (I keep forgetting to check my AS for some reason hah) and it is 1.91 attack speed at lvl 18, you go to 2.29 (let's round that to 2.3) after a minion kill and 2.674, so 2,5 after a kill/assist.
So it may seem a bit like overkill, but I think the Botrk passive + the blighted quiver passive stacked on 3 persons, and then chunking 15% hp off them with either an ult, q or e, definitely catches people off guard.
This is a teamfight oriented build btw, focussing on maxing w first.
Taxes are for Terrans
Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35154 Posts
February 09 2015 06:28 GMT
#73
I don't feel the desire to continue curating this thread into this season. Feel free to continue discussion here if you want, and if somebody wants to start a new thread they are more than welcome as long as they request a mod close this one upon posting.
Prev 1 2 3 4 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
BSL Team Wars
19:00
Round 3
Team Dewalt vs Team Bonyth
LiquipediaDiscussion
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
15:00
Playoffs Day 2
uThermal1325
IndyStarCraft 390
SteadfastSC303
Rex61
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
uThermal 1325
IndyStarCraft 390
SteadfastSC 303
ProTech107
Rex 61
MindelVK 59
CosmosSc2 31
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 32168
Calm 2870
Rain 1457
ggaemo 120
ToSsGirL 53
NaDa 37
ZZZero.O 10
SilentControl 5
Dota 2
LuMiX1
League of Legends
Reynor79
Counter-Strike
fl0m2498
ScreaM1788
Stewie2K363
Heroes of the Storm
Grubby2773
Liquid`Hasu792
Khaldor444
Other Games
FrodaN1362
B2W.Neo1176
Mlord378
RotterdaM370
PiGStarcraft194
KnowMe156
ViBE133
Hui .93
JuggernautJason26
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick1372
StarCraft 2
ComeBackTV 261
angryscii 29
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 16 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• davetesta4
• intothetv
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• sM.Zik 1
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota21647
• WagamamaTV417
Counter-Strike
• imaqtpie1092
• Shiphtur196
Upcoming Events
Afreeca Starleague
14h 10m
Sharp vs Ample
Larva vs Stork
Wardi Open
19h 10m
RotterdaM Event
20h 10m
Replay Cast
1d 4h
Replay Cast
1d 14h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 14h
JyJ vs TY
Bisu vs Speed
WardiTV Summer Champion…
1d 15h
PiGosaur Monday
2 days
Afreeca Starleague
2 days
Mini vs TBD
Soma vs sSak
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
[ Show More ]
Replay Cast
3 days
The PondCast
3 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
LiuLi Cup
4 days
BSL Team Wars
4 days
Team Hawk vs Team Dewalt
Korean StarCraft League
5 days
CranKy Ducklings
5 days
SC Evo League
5 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
5 days
[BSL 2025] Weekly
5 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
6 days
SC Evo League
6 days
BSL Team Wars
6 days
Team Bonyth vs Team Sziky
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-08-13
FEL Cracow 2025
CC Div. A S7

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
SEL Season 2 Championship
WardiTV Summer 2025
HCC Europe
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Upcoming

ASL Season 20
CSL Season 18: Qualifier 1
CSLAN 3
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
LASL Season 20
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
Roobet Cup 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.