Varus vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Varus
based on 3,949 Varus vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Varus vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some valuable Varus against Galio counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Galio..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives less damage than Galio. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Galio
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Who is Better, Varus or Galio?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when taking on Galio, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter for Galio.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Galio, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Galio.
Additionally, Varus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Galio. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Galio.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Galio during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often gets a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Varus versus Galio build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Galio than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Galio with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Galio as Varus, you 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 builds players used for Varus vs Galio counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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