Varus vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Varus
based on 2,638 Varus vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Varus vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some significant Varus against Gragas matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gragas..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Gragas. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Gragas
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Who is Better, Varus or Gragas?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gragas, with a 50.0% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter for Gragas.
While Varus does have a higher win rate than Gragas, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Gragas.
Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Gragas matchups, Gragas is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Gragas. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Gragas.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Gragas Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average accumulates more CS as Gragas. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Varus versus Gragas build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Gragas than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.0% battling Gragas with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Gragas as Varus, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Varus vs Gragas face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Gragas as Varus are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.