New Champ Varus released yesterday. Seen a lot of people playing him as an AD carry, but also as a mid (likely a counter, but he was doing OK vs some APs as he is kind of tanky and has a good skillshot poke) and some top (idiots, as they just feed).
Played Vlad for a little bit last night - cool champ - played one game vs. AP Nidalee and absolutely destroyed their team, played vs a Nasus and got wrecked (with some ganking help from Shaco, their shaco had 8 kills at the 10 minute mark, that game was a 20 min surrender). After Nasus got ahead of me it was Slow, wither and Q. I couldn't even harass w/o a turret.
Not quite sure what to think of him for viability though - he is an epic farmer. You don't miss a lot of CS with vlad unless you've been zoned badly. He isn't all that effective until you get your Hextec / Cooldown boots. I know lots of people play him Mid or Top.
Doesn't have a huge burst, but has pretty solid sustain for a caster and is consistent with low cooldowns (mid game). You can also build him quite tanky. Is he mostly a counter character or can he be good in all situations?
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