Rek'Sai vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Rek'Sai
based on 859 Rek'Sai vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Varus
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Rek'Sai vs. Varus counter stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Rek'Sai often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Varus
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually fairs equally well when taking on Varus, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Rek'Sai into Varus.
Moreover, Rek'Sai also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion 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.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rek'Sai to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average accumulates a lot less CS as Varus. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Rek'Sai versus Varus build consist of Black Cleaver, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Varus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Rek'Sai had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Varus as Rek'Sai, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Varus LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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