Taric vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Taric
based on 1,506 Taric vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Varus
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Taric in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several valuable Taric versus Varus counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Varus
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Who is Better, Taric or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a good counter for Varus.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Taric also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Taric into Varus.
Additionally, Taric also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Taric vs Varus matchups, Taric is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Taric is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Taric against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Taric in order to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric on average picks up a lot less CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Taric versus Varus build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Taric used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Varus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Taric boasted an average winrate of 51.5% battling Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Varus as Taric, you should take the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Taric vs Varus matchups, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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