Ornn vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Ornn
based on 3,462 Ornn vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ornn vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Ornn vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Ornn
Tips for Playing as Ornn against Varus
Volcanic Rupture can be used to set up zoning areas to threaten enemies.
Learning build paths of items can help quickly select upgrades in lane.
The order of your abilties matters! Try to optimize Brittle usage.
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.
Ornn vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Ornn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Ornn vs. Varus counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Ornn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ornn may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Ornn usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ornn and Varus
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Who is Better, Ornn or Varus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ornn usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Ornn makes a good counter for Varus.
While Ornn does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Ornn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ornn into Varus.
Moreover, Ornn 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ornn vs Varus matchups, Ornn is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Ornn is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Ornn against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ornn to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ornn on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Ornn versus Varus build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and The Unspoken Parasite. When Ornn included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ornn boasted an average winrate of 51.9% when countering Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Varus as Ornn, Ornn players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ornn vs Varus face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
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