Varus vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Varus
based on 2,769 Varus vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Varus vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some valuable Varus vs. Illaoi counter stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Varus or Illaoi?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Illaoi, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter to Illaoi.
While Varus does have a lower win rate than Illaoi, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Illaoi.
Moreover, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champ 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 for Illaoi. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Varus against Illaoi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Illaoi Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus in order to counter Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Illaoi. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Varus versus Illaoi build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Illaoi than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Illaoi as Varus, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Varus vs Illaoi face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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