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How to Win Kha'Zix vs Varus Counter MatchupKha'Zix is in the a tier of champions

Kha'Zix vs Varus

How to Beat Varus as Kha'Zix in LoLKha'Zix is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Varus as Kha'Zix

based on 4,446 Kha'Zix vs Varus matchups
Win Rate
50.4 %
K/D/A
2.3
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Varus as Kha'Zix came out of an examination of 4446 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Kha'Zix is forced to battle against Varus in only 4.1% of his matches.

Kha'Zix vs Varus Matchup Summary

Kha'Zix does a average job of beating Varus. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.4% of the time the champs oppose one another in. In Kha'Zix against Varus matches, Kha'Zix’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Varus.

Best Kha'Zix vs Varus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Kircheis ShardThe Brutalizer

Core Kha'Zix Items

~22 Mins
Edge of NightProfane HydraOpportunity

Optional Items

Guardian AngelAxiom ArcSerylda's GrudgeMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kha'Zix to level upq
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Second ability for Kha'Zix to level upw
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Last skill for Kha'Zix to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Kha'Zix's passive ability p
Kha'Zix's q ability q
Kha'Zix's w ability w
Kha'Zix's e ability e
Kha'Zix's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kha'Zix

Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Varus

Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.

Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.

Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.

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.

Kha'Zix vs Varus Counter Stats

Kha'Zix Image
Win Rate
50.4 %
VS
Win Rate
49.6 %
Varus Image
8.4
< Kills >
7.2
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
6.1
< Assists >
6.8
1.93
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
28
< Minions Killed >
179
1.7
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.5
17,955
< Physical Damage >
14,658
1,102
< Magic Damage >
6,070
1,015
< True Damage >
328
20,073
< Damage Dealt >
21,057
33,675
< Damage Taken >
19,935
12,963
< Gold Earned >
12,390
1.02
< Towers >
2.36
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
16,588
< Total Healing >
4,467
14,161
< Experience >
12,946
23
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
219
< Time Dealing CC >
252

How to Counter Varus with Kha'Zix in LoL

The stats provided here show some important Kha'Zix vs. Varus counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..

Kha'Zix typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kha'Zix and Varus

Damage Types Compared

Kha'Zix
Varus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kha'Zix
Varus

Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Varus?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when taking on Varus, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Varus.

While Kha'Zix does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Kha'Zix also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kha'Zix into Varus.

Furthermore, Kha'Zix 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 facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Varus matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Kha'Zix is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Varus.

Additional Information for Kha'Zix Players

How We Calculated Our Kha'Zix vs Varus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Varus as Kha'Zix, we analyzed 4,446 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Varus as Kha'Zix comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kha'Zix most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Varus build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average win rate of 50.4% battling Varus with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Varus as Kha'Zix, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kha'Zix vs Varus counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.

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