Senna vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Senna
based on 11,931 Senna vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Senna vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Senna vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Senna
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.
Senna vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Senna in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Senna vs. Varus matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Varus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Senna normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Senna and Varus
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Who is Better, Senna or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Senna usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Senna makes a good counter for Varus.
While Senna does have a higher win rate than Varus, when facing one another, Senna also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Senna into Varusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Senna also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Senna vs Varus matchups, Senna is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Senna is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Senna against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Senna in order to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna most often accumulates less CS compared to Varus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Senna versus Varus build include Rapid Firecannon, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Senna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Varus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Senna had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Varus as Senna, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Senna vs Varus LoL games, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.8% win rate overall.
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