Varus vs Jax
How to Beat Jax as Varus
based on 10,473 Varus vs Jax matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Jax Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Jax Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jax as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Jax
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 Jax
Try to engage him in short bursts instead of going toe-to-toe with him. Preventing him from attacking consecutively drastically lowers his damage output.
Jax can dodge all incoming attacks for a very short amount of time and stuns enemies in melee range when it ends. Wait to strike him until after his dodge is finished.
Varus vs Jax Counter Stats
How to Counter Jax with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Varus versus Jax matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Jax’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jax..
Varus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Jax. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Jax
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Who is Better, Varus or Jax?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when trying to fight Jax, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a poor counter to Jax.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Jax, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Varus into Jax.
Moreover, Varus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jax. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Jax matchups, Jax is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Varus is a bad counter to Jax. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Jax.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Jax Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to counter Jax during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often gets a similar amount of CS as Jax. Champions who on average don't take much CS 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Varus versus Jax build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Jax than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Jax with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Jax as Varus, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Varus vs Jax matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jax as Varus are given for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.