Anivia vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Anivia
based on 2,254 Anivia vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Varus
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
Advice to Win Against Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Anivia vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Anivia in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Anivia vs. Varus counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Anivia usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Varus
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Who is Better, Anivia or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 53.7% win rate. Therefore, Anivia makes a great counter for Varus.
While Anivia does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Anivia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Anivia into Varusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Varus matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Anivia is a great counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Anivia versus Varus build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Varus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 53.7% when playing against Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Varus as Anivia, Anivia players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Anivia vs Varus LoL games, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.7% winrate overall.
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