Lissandra vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Lissandra
based on 1,901 Lissandra vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Varus
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Lissandra in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some important Lissandra vs. Varus matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Lissandra normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lissandra and Varus
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Lissandra makes a good counter for Varus.
While Lissandra does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Lissandra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lissandra into Varus.
Furthermore, Lissandra has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Varus matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Lissandra is a decent counter to Varus. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lissandra in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Lissandra versus Varus build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Lissandra used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 51.0% when playing against Varus with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Varus as Lissandra, you should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lissandra vs Varus counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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