Hecarim vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Hecarim
based on 3,892 Hecarim vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Varus
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Hecarim in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some valuable Hecarim against Varus counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Hecarim usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Hecarim and Varus
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Who is Better, Hecarim or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Hecarim does have a higher win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Hecarim also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Hecarim into Varus.
Furthermore, Hecarim has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Varus matchups, Hecarim is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Hecarim is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Hecarim against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hecarim in order to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Hecarim versus Varus build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Hecarim included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Varus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Varus as Hecarim, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Hecarim vs Varus counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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