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How to Win Varus vs Lulu Counter MatchupVarus is in the b tier of champions

Varus vs Lulu

How to Beat Lulu as Varus in LoLVarus is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Lulu as Varus

based on 2,262 Varus vs Lulu matchups
Win Rate
51.2 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends games every week. Within our database, Varus fought Lulu in 2262 matches. With so many matchups for Varus versus Lulu provides us faith in our capability to prepare useful statistics and a solid build to wreck Lulu. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Varus encounters Lulu in only 1.5% of his games.

Varus vs Lulu Matchup Summary

Varus has done a decent job of beating Lulu. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.2% of the time the champions oppose one another in. In Varus against Lulu games, Varus’s side is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Lulu.

Best Varus vs Lulu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowVampiric Scepter

Core Varus Items

~22 Mins
Runaan's HurricaneBlade of The Ruined KingTerminus

Optional Items

Kraken SlayerHubrisManamuneEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Varus to level upq
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Second ability for Varus to level upw
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Last skill for Varus to max oute

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Varus's passive ability p
Varus's q ability q
Varus's w ability w
Varus's e ability e
Varus's ultimate ability r
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Q
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Guide to Countering Lulu as Varus

Tips for Playing as Varus against Lulu

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 Lulu

Lulu excels when opponents heavily commit. Don't give her this chance! Use heavy harass tactics instead to force Lulu and her partner out of lane.

The shots from Lulu's faerie can be intercepted - hide behind your minions to avoid the additional Faerie attacks.

Varus vs Lulu Counter Stats

Varus Image
Win Rate
51.2 %
VS
Win Rate
48.8 %
Lulu Image
6.8
< Kills >
1.5
5.8
< Deaths >
5
6.6
< Assists >
14
1.62
< Killing Sprees >
0.25
178
< Minions Killed >
28
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.55
14,329
< Physical Damage >
1,034
5,971
< Magic Damage >
5,431
326
< True Damage >
532
20,627
< Damage Dealt >
6,998
18,503
< Damage Taken >
15,994
12,119
< Gold Earned >
8,269
2.52
< Towers >
2.12
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,461
< Total Healing >
2,231
12,439
< Experience >
10,554
18
< Vision Score >
58
9
< Wards Placed >
26
254
< Time Dealing CC >
239

How to Counter Lulu with Varus in LoL

The stats provided here show several valuable Varus vs. Lulu counter stats that can help us explain the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lulu’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lulu. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Varus usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Lulu. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Varus and Lulu

Damage Types Compared

Varus
Lulu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Varus
Lulu

Who is Better, Varus or Lulu?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually wins when playing against Lulu, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a good counter to Lulu.

While Varus does have a higher win rate compared to Lulu, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Lulu.

Furthermore, Varus has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lulu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting 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 Lulu matchups, Varus is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Varus is a decent counter to Lulu. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Varus against Lulu.

Additional Information for Varus Players

How We Calculated Our Varus vs Lulu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lulu as Varus, we analyzed 2,262 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lulu as Varus comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Varus in order to counter Lulu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Varus often picks up much more CS compared to Lulu. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Varus versus Lulu build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Lulu than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Lulu with this build.

To have the best chance of crushing Lulu as Varus, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Varus vs Lulu clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.

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