Braum vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Braum
based on 1,789 Braum vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Varus
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Braum in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several important Braum versus Varus counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the pair. Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Braum usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Varus
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Who is Better, Braum or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Braum usually wins when playing against Varus, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Braum makes a good counter for Varus.
While Braum does have a higher win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Braum also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Braum into Varus.
Moreover, Braum also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Braum vs Varus matchups, Braum is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Braum is an above average counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Braum against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Braum to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Braum versus Varus build include Zeke's Convergence, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Braum included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Braum boasted an average winrate of 52.5% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Varus as Braum, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Braum vs Varus face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Braum are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.