Jarvan IV vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Jarvan IV
based on 2,243 Jarvan IV vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Varus
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Jarvan IV against Varus counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Jarvan IV normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Varus
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Varus.
Furthermore, Jarvan IV also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV vs Varus matchups, Varus 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.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV in order to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Varus build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Varus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Varus as Jarvan IV, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Jarvan IV vs Varus fights, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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