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How to Win Varus vs Draven Counter MatchupVarus is in the b tier of champions

Varus vs Draven

How to Beat Draven as Varus in LoLVarus is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Draven as Varus

based on 5,053 Varus vs Draven matchups
Win Rate
49.4 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League rounds that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Draven as Varus came out of an analysis of 5053 ranked games where both champs battled one another. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Varus encounters Draven in only 3.3% of his rounds.

Varus vs Draven Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Varus has done a below average job of countering Draven. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.4% of the time the champs clash against one another in. In Varus against Draven matches, Varus’s team is 0.1% less probable to get first blood, implying that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Draven.

Best Varus vs Draven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessSerrated Dirk

Core Varus Items

~22 Mins
MuramanaEdge of NightOpportunity

Optional Items

The CollectorJak'Sho, The ProteanSerylda's GrudgeWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Varus to level upq
>
Second ability for Varus to level upw
>
Last skill for Varus to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Varus's passive ability p
Varus's q ability q
Varus's w ability w
Varus's e ability e
Varus's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
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W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Draven as Varus

Tips for Playing as Varus against Draven

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 Draven

Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.

Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.

Varus vs Draven Counter Stats

Varus Image
Win Rate
49.4 %
VS
Win Rate
50.6 %
Draven Image
7.2
< Kills >
8.3
6.3
< Deaths >
6.7
6.9
< Assists >
5.5
1.68
< Killing Sprees >
1.91
170
< Minions Killed >
173
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.48
14,566
< Physical Damage >
21,304
6,123
< Magic Damage >
123
356
< True Damage >
458
21,046
< Damage Dealt >
21,885
18,787
< Damage Taken >
22,381
11,960
< Gold Earned >
13,628
2.24
< Towers >
2.3
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
4,214
< Total Healing >
6,739
12,366
< Experience >
12,257
17
< Vision Score >
15
8
< Wards Placed >
7
253
< Time Dealing CC >
83

How to Counter Draven with Varus in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature several important Varus versus Draven counter statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Draven..

Varus often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Draven. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Varus and Draven

Damage Types Compared

Varus
Draven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Varus
Draven

Who is Better, Varus or Draven?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Draven, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter to Draven.

While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Draven, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Draven.

Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Draven matchups, Draven is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Draven. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Draven.

Additional Information for Varus Players

How We Calculated Our Varus vs Draven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Draven as Varus, we analyzed 5,053 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 Draven as Varus 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 Varus in order to counter Draven during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Varus on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Varus versus Draven build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Draven than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 49.4% battling Draven with this counter build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing Draven as Varus, Varus players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Varus vs Draven clashes, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.

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