Ivern vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Ivern
based on 1,659 Ivern vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Varus
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Ivern in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Ivern versus Varus matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between these two champions. As an example, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Ivern usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ivern and Varus
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Who is Better, Ivern or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Ivern makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Ivern does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ivern into Varusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ivern has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Varus matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Ivern is a decent counter to Varus. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ivern against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ivern 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern often gets a lot less CS compared to Varus. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ivern versus Varus build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Ivern bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Varus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Ivern boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of beating Varus as Ivern, you should equip the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cosmic Insight, and Future's Market runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Ivern vs Varus fights, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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