Sivir vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Sivir
based on 2,117 Sivir vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Varus
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Sivir in LoL
The stats shown here feature some influential Sivir against Varus counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Sivir often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Varus
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Who is Better, Sivir or Varus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Sivir does have a lower winrate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Sivir also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sivir into Varus.
Moreover, Sivir has almost no 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sivir 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 team members during team fights.
Sivir is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sivir against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sivir on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Sivir versus Varus build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Sivir combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Varus than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sivir boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Varus as Sivir, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Sivir vs Varus battles, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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