Rengar vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Rengar
based on 5,454 Rengar vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Varus
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Rengar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Rengar against Varus counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Rengar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rengar and Varus
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Who is Better, Rengar or Varus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rengar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.9% win rate. Thus, Rengar makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Rengar does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Rengar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rengar into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Rengar also has only a small 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Varus matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rengar is a decent counter to Varus. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Rengar against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Rengar in order to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Rengar versus Varus build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Rengar had an average winrate of 50.9% battling Varus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Varus as Rengar, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Rengar vs Varus matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Varus as Rengar are shown for all skill levels combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.