Jayce vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Jayce
based on 2,211 Jayce vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Varus
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Jayce in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several influential Jayce vs. Varus matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Jayce normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jayce and Varus
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Who is Better, Jayce or Varus?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jayce usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Jayce makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Jayce does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Jayce also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jayce into Varusas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Jayce also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jayce vs Varus matchups, Jayce is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Jayce is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jayce against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jayce to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't earn much CS 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Jayce versus Varus build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Jayce incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Varus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jayce boasted an average winrate of 50.7% battling Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Varus as Jayce, Jayce players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Jayce vs Varus face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.7% win rate overall.
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