Elise vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Elise
based on 1,146 Elise vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Varus
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Elise in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several critical Elise against Varus counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Elise usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Elise and Varus
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Who is Better, Elise or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Elise usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Elise makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Elise does have a lower winrate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Elise into Varusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Elise has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Elise vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Elise is a somewhat poor counter to Varus. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Elise against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Elise in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise often gets a lot less 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 capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Elise versus Varus build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Elise incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 49.4% battling Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Varus as Elise, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Elise vs Varus fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Elise are shown for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.