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Who was the lead designer behind Varus?

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man, this kind of thread is why i love riot. That huge response explaining the design concept of all his abilities is so fun to read!

I don't know if this has been answered, but what is varus' attack range?
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Could you clarify on the Q's damage.

Does it do more when pulled back longer? Does the distance of the shot play a part in damage?
The Q is split into two phases, a charge period (roughly 1.5s) and a hold period (roughly 2.5s). The range and damage are maxed by the end of the charge period, as shown by an expanding range radius, filling channel bar and Varus himself pulling the bar completely back in game.

The distance at which the shot hits an enemy does not alter the damage.

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Whats the cooldown on Q? Is it short enough late game that he can use it to repeatedly proc blighted arrows in teamfights?
Currently 8s at rank 5 with no CDR, so you'll potentially be able to proc Blight more than once in a team fight with it but will definitely want to use E and R to proc Blight as well when feasible.

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Meddler for president.
Edit: really appreciate all the info you've given us, this champ is definitely going to be fun!

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How does his passive stack (if it does at all)? If you kill two minions in a row, does it reset the duration, double the bonus for the overlap, or double the bonus and reset the duration? Same thing for champions. And if it does stack, is there a max count? Picking up a few minion kills then assisting on a champion or two would give you a nightmarish attack speed buff to slaughter the rest of their team.
Passive resets on additional kill. Minion and champion version do not stack. Champion version will overwrite minion version, though not vice versa.

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while he charges his Q i understand that he cant AA but can he use his others skills?
No he cannot.

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Meddler, Thank you for stopping and explain the thought process of this champs design. It really was well thought out and easily understood! :-D


C-c-c-combo breaker sorry lol

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I have a question for you, Mister Meddler! You mentioned that when smart-casting, you can hold and release to fire Piercing Arrow. When you do smart-cast, do you still get the rather informative growing circle denoting its current range? I like smart-cast and use it on almost every character, but that's an important piece of information, and I wouldn't like having it stripped from me for choosing to smart-cast.
Yup, you'll still see the expanding/expanded range circle right until you fire when playing with smart cast.

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Eeek. It seems that having a double click (1 click to charge, 1 click to cast at cursor) would be better for Smart Cast. Maybe hold to charge if you're using Smart Cast with Range Indicator. Having to hold down a key seems like it would reduce response times when switching to other skills.
Preference varies pretty wildly throughout the office on double tap versus press and hold, hence the different options. I'd urge you to give press and hold a try though - doesn't suit everyone but I'm a fan of the feel of it myself, holding down a key doesn't feel like an issue to me since my other abilities are locked out anyway.

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He, it's so cool to think that us kiwis have a representative at riot games :P

But for a super srs question about design.

First off, do you really want the player to be rewarded for charging up his q? Or is it just an added bonus, and double clicking Q will result it a more than satisfactory.
With his E, I have a comparison to ziggs E to make. I love using ziggs E highly strategically, I.E blocking off escape routes, forcing into choke points. Will varuses E be used in this way, or is it more of a damage tool? This is to say, what did you envisage It as?
His passive, do you intend for it to be a steroid that you should try to keep up? Or is it more a burst of strength like ability?

If its not to personal, whereabouts in NZ you from? It's probably dorkland, but us wellingtonians can dream, right?
You'll want to vary the amount of charge you do or don't use with the Q based off the situation, depending on whether you need to get back to auto attacking, want long range poke, are dealing with rapidly approaching/fleeing enemies etc, there's not one charge value fits all solution.

His E does have some zoning use, particularly when dealing with jungle ganks in lane, you'll probably use it as a direct shot most of the time though, particularly since you'll want to proc Blight stacks.

The passive's going to be a burst of strength sort of ability in team fights, while laning on the other hand you've got a really strong incentive and capability to keep it up most of the time.

And yeah, Auckland, sorry Wellington .

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