Varus vs Lucian
How to Beat Lucian as Varus
based on 9,970 Varus vs Lucian matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Lucian Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Lucian
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 Lucian
Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.
Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.
Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.
Varus vs Lucian Counter Stats
How to Counter Lucian with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some valuable Varus versus Lucian matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lucian..
Varus usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Lucian
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Who is Better, Varus or Lucian?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Lucian, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter for Lucian.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Lucian, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Lucian.
Additionally, Varus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Lucian matchups, Lucian 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 team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Lucian. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Varus against Lucian.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Lucian. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Varus versus Lucian build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Varus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better countering Lucian than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Lucian with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Lucian as Varus, you should take 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 players used for Varus vs Lucian LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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