How do you feel about the AoE healing debuff...seems a bit too powerful in my opinion.

One question... Meddler, was your name inspired by an August Burns Red song?

I'm pretty sure using his E would be a dps increase if it does 15% of their base health in magic damage on top of it's own damage. Against some squishy champs maybe not, but for those beefier targets that the ability is made for; definitely.

@Meddler Seeing as he only has W and his R with AP ratios (atleast from what I know) wouldn't it be kinda sub par to build hybrid. If either his Q or E had AP ratios it'd be much more logical. I'm thinking of building a Rageblade/running Surge if the ratio on his W is good enough.

Haven't read them, will look them up though, curious now.

Hohums for one, pretty sure we've got at least one other around too.

Varus brings utility and range, MF brings an on demand steroid and non skillshot damage. I can certainly see some similarities, but their playstyles are pretty different so I'm expecting both to fill different niches. His laning phase is definitely strong, he doesn't shut down healing on a single target to the same extent though.

The cast times on Varus' abilities are all deliberately short (0.25s, assuming you're firing the Q immediately at short range rather than charging it) in order to avoid lost auto attack time, which, combined with the base damage of those abilities, makes detonating Blight stacks pretty attractive, particularly if you're timing your abilities to right after your auto attacks fire off, rather than just before the next is about to start. The lack of an on demand steroid's a deliberate trade off - Varus does come with a decent amount of utility and should get access to his passive in the later stages of team fights (given his Q lack of a steroid really doesn't hamper his laning phase if well played).

Meddler, are you saying you can play Varrus as an ap carry and actually fulfill the role of ap carry?

I have a huge love for any champ with ap scaling and will play almost anyone with them mid. From Nautilus and Ezreal, to Nunu and Master Yi.

P.S. I loved your work on Ziggs. So much personality in that champ.

I might end up skipping Hecarim, but Varus definitely sounds like an Insta-buy for me.

On the Night Angel Trilogy: this series has some of the most immersive combat scenes of any books I've read (which is very many). As I read them, it's like I have a well directed high-budget action scene playing out in my mind.

Planning to stick with Ziggs - I've really enjoyed working on Varus but Ziggs just wins out since he was my first champion .