Bard vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Bard
based on 4,634 Bard vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Varus
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Bard in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some valuable Bard versus Varus counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Bard usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Bard or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Varus, with a 54.6% win rate. Thus, Bard makes a great counter to Varus.
While Bard does have a much higher winrate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good 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 one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Bard vs Varus matchups, Bard 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.
Bard is a great counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard on average accumulates a lot less CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Bard versus Varus build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Varus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Bard had an average winrate of 54.6% when playing against Varus with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Varus as Bard, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Bard vs Varus face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.6% winrate overall.
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