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League of Legends Champion VarusVarus is in the b tier of champions

Varus

MarksmanMage
Varus is a marksmanRolemarksman
DifficultyEasy
Power SpikeEarly-Game
Living Vengeance abilityp
Piercing Arrow abilityq
Blighted Quiver abilityw
Hail of Arrows abilitye
Chain of Corruption abilityr
StatsBuildCounters
Runes
Synergies
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Varus Build

based on 71,426 matches
Win Rate
49 %
Pick Rate
4.7 %
Ban Rate
0.5 %

How We Come Up with Our Varus Builds

We process over 1 Million League of Legends games every day to bring you the most accurate Varus build so you can destroy your enemies and improve you win rate. We've broken down our Varus builds by rank, position, and enemy team type, so you can find the most accurate set of Varus core items and runes for any situation.

Varus Build Summary

Varus is a an average bottom lane champion in League of Legends. His best rune sets are Precision Domination. Incorporating the selected runes shown below into your Varus build will help provide you with the additional stats to help him play well through the laning phase of the round and into the late game. Varus players should focus on leveling up his q ability first.

Best vsAll Build for Varus

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Berserker's GreavesNoonquiver

Core Varus Items

~22 Mins
Guinsoo's RagebladeGuardian AngelLord Dominik's RegardsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Optional Items

Edge of NightBloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowRunaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Varus to level upq
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Second ability for Varus to level upw
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Last skill for Varus to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Varus's passive ability p
Varus's q ability q
Varus's w ability w
Varus's e ability e
Varus's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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E
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Varus Matchups Overview

Varus is Weak Against

ZiggsZiggs45.4% winrateKarthusKarthus46.4% winrateSivirSivir46.7% winrateNilahNilah46.8% winrate

Varus is Strong Against

DravenDraven53.7% winrateApheliosAphelios51.8% winrateKalistaKalista51.7% winrateZeriZeri50.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Rakansupport+ 51.7% 1260 GamesUdyrjungle+ 53% 1695 GamesDr. Mundotop+ 54.1% 1405 GamesKennenmiddle+ 57.1% 219 Games

More Gameplay Tips for Varus Players

Tips and Tricks

Piercing Arrow can be used to last hit minions and harass enemy champions, hold it down longer for more range and power.

Living Vengeance means you attack faster after killing something; last hit minions constantly to keep your attack speed up.

Practice Piercing Arrow until you're a pro. Charging it out of enemy vision (such as while coming back to lane or from the brush) can help you score a hit.

Additional Varus Build Insights

League of Legends Varus players will find him to be a complex champ to build out properly. You'll notice that his build varies when he is playing against either generic or homogenous team comps, indicating you should not choose the same Varus build every single game of League of Legends

The best items to include in your champion's build include: Guinsoo's Rageblade, Guardian Angel, and Lord Dominik's Regards. Players who added these items in their kits had a much better winrate than those who used other builds for Varus. Similarly, if you are facing a varied enemy team comp, you should strongly consider getting Varus the Precision, and Domination runes. In recent games, he won the largest percentage of his games when using these runes.

We established our Varus build recommendations by analyzing 71,426 recently ranked League of Legends rounds with him in them. We only recommend the top winrate Varus builds that were used by ranked LoL players enough times for us to propose them. With so many matches in our data, we are very confident in our provided builds.