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Gahlo
Profile Joined February 2010
United States35165 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 States35165 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 States35165 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.
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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 States35165 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
Belgium4986 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?


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Uldridge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium4986 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
Belgium4986 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 States35165 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.
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