Kai'Sa vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kai'Sa
based on 6,353 Kai'Sa vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kai'Sa vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kai'Sa vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Varus
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
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.
Kai'Sa vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kai'Sa in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Kai'Sa versus Varus matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Kai'Sa normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kai'Sa and Varus
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Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when trying to fight Varus, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter to Varus.
While Kai'Sa does have a lower win rate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Kai'Sa also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Kai'Sa into Varus.
Furthermore, Kai'Sa also has only a small 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 a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Kai'Sa is a trash counter to Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Kai'Sa against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kai'Sa on average gets a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Varus build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Terminus. When Kai'Sa included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Varus as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kai'Sa vs Varus matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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