Illaoi vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Illaoi
based on 2,769 Illaoi vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Varus
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some influential Illaoi vs. Varus counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Illaoi typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Illaoi and Varus
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Illaoi makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Illaoi does have a higher win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Illaoi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Illaoi into Varus.
Furthermore, Illaoi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Varus matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Illaoi is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Illaoi in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to have in your Illaoi versus Varus build include Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Black Cleaver. When Illaoi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Varus with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Varus as Illaoi, Illaoi players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Illaoi vs Varus counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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