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How to Win Lillia vs Varus Counter MatchupLillia is in the s tier of champions

Lillia vs Varus

How to Beat Varus as Lillia in LoLLillia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Varus as Lillia

based on 9,094 Lillia vs Varus matchups
Win Rate
55 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our data, Lillia faced off against Varus in 9094 games. Including so many games with Lillia versus Varus gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to produce actionable statistics and a solid build to shatter Varus. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Lillia fights Varus in only 4.0% of her games.

Lillia vs Varus Matchup Summary

Lillia has done a great job of countering Varus. Normally, she wins a whopping 55.0% of games the champions oppose one another in. In Lillia against Varus games, Lillia’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Varus.

Best Lillia vs Varus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Lillia Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapCosmic DriveLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomStormsurgeJak'Sho, The ProteanRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lillia to level upq
>
Second ability for Lillia to level upw
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Last skill for Lillia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Lillia's passive ability p
Lillia's q ability q
Lillia's w ability w
Lillia's e ability e
Lillia's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Varus as Lillia

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.

Lillia vs Varus Counter Stats

Lillia Image
Win Rate
55 %
VS
Win Rate
45 %
Varus Image
6.7
< Kills >
7.3
5.5
< Deaths >
6.3
8.4
< Assists >
6.7
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
46
< Minions Killed >
179
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
0.2
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.48
832
< Physical Damage >
15,442
16,254
< Magic Damage >
6,846
4,911
< True Damage >
369
21,998
< Damage Dealt >
22,658
40,996
< Damage Taken >
19,947
12,273
< Gold Earned >
12,399
1.42
< Towers >
2.24
0.35
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
23,188
< Total Healing >
4,725
14,437
< Experience >
12,948
22
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
426
< Time Dealing CC >
257

How to Counter Varus with Lillia in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Lillia vs. Varus matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..

Lillia normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lillia and Varus

Damage Types Compared

Lillia
Varus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lillia
Varus

Who is Better, Lillia or Varus?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lillia usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 55.0% win rate. Therefore, Lillia makes a great counter to Varus.

While Lillia does have a much higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Lillia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Lillia into Varusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Lillia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Varus matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Lillia is a great counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lillia against Varus.

Additional Information for Lillia Players

How We Calculated Our Lillia vs Varus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Varus as Lillia, we analyzed 9,094 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 Lillia 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

To truly master Lillia in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lillia typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Lillia versus Varus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Lillia boasted an average winrate of 55.0% battling Varus with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Varus as Lillia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lillia vs Varus fights, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 55.0% winrate overall.

If you want to see Lillia x Varus tips and counter builds for a a distinct division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and strategies given are computed using all matches run with these champs.