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How to Win Twisted Fate vs Varus Counter MatchupTwisted Fate is in the a tier of champions

Twisted Fate vs Varus

How to Beat Varus as Twisted Fate in LoLTwisted Fate is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Varus as Twisted Fate

based on 5,852 Twisted Fate vs Varus matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.15
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. Our guide on how to beat Varus as Twisted Fate resulted from an evaluation of 5852 ranked rounds where both champions engaged one another. This champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Twisted Fate encounters Varus in only 4.1% of his matches.

Twisted Fate vs Varus Matchup Summary

Twisted Fate has done a good job of countering Varus. Normally, he wins a whopping 52.8% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Twisted Fate vs Varus games, Twisted Fate’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, indicating that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Varus.

Best Twisted Fate vs Varus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeAether Wisp

Core Twisted Fate Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneVoid StaffStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameTerminusCosmic Drive

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Twisted Fate to level upq
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Second ability for Twisted Fate to level upw
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Last skill for Twisted Fate to max oute

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearMinion DematerializerCosmic Insight
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Twisted Fate's passive ability p
Twisted Fate's q ability q
Twisted Fate's w ability w
Twisted Fate's e ability e
Twisted Fate's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Varus as Twisted Fate

Tips for Playing as Twisted Fate against Varus

Twisted Fate is viable as an Attack Damage or Ability Power character, letting him fit on many different team compositions.

Stealth characters often escape a battle with very low hit points. Take advantage of Destiny's ability to reveal stealthed units to finish them off.

Coordinate with your allies for the best time to use Destiny to ambush enemies.

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.

Twisted Fate vs Varus Counter Stats

Twisted Fate Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Varus Image
6
< Kills >
7.3
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
8
< Assists >
6.8
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
174
< Minions Killed >
179
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.48
2,824
< Physical Damage >
14,858
18,570
< Magic Damage >
6,398
798
< True Damage >
352
22,193
< Damage Dealt >
21,609
22,542
< Damage Taken >
19,982
12,865
< Gold Earned >
12,327
2.33
< Towers >
2.27
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
3,184
< Total Healing >
4,573
14,864
< Experience >
12,888
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
176
< Time Dealing CC >
254

How to Counter Varus with Twisted Fate in LoL

The stats provided here feature several valuable Twisted Fate against Varus matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between these two champions. Twisted Fate’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twisted Fate may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..

Twisted Fate normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Twisted Fate and Varus

Damage Types Compared

Twisted Fate
Varus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Twisted Fate
Varus

Who is Better, Twisted Fate or Varus?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Twisted Fate usually wins when facing off against Varus, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Twisted Fate makes a good counter to Varus.

While Twisted Fate does have a higher win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Twisted Fate also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Twisted Fate into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Twisted Fate has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Twisted Fate vs Varus matchups, Twisted Fate is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Twisted Fate is a good counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Twisted Fate against Varus.

Additional Information for Twisted Fate Players

How We Calculated Our Twisted Fate vs Varus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Varus as Twisted Fate, we analyzed 5,852 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Varus as Twisted Fate comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Twisted Fate 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Twisted Fate typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Twisted Fate versus Varus build include Lich Bane, Void Staff, and Stormsurge. When Twisted Fate incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Varus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Twisted Fate had an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Varus with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Varus as Twisted Fate, Twisted Fate players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Twisted Fate vs Varus counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.

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