Varus vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Varus
based on 9,267 Varus vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Brand
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Advice to Win Against Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Varus vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Varus versus Brand counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Brand..
Varus typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Brand. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Brand
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Who is Better, Varus or Brand?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Brand, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a bad counter to Brand.
While Varus does have a lower win rate compared to Brand, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Brand.
Additionally, Varus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a bad counter to Brand. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Brand.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Brand Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Brand during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average picks up more CS as Brand. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Varus versus Brand build include Bloodthirster, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Brand than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when countering Brand with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Brand as Varus, Varus players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Varus vs Brand fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
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