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

Varus vs Miss Fortune

How to Beat Miss Fortune as Varus in LoLVarus is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Miss Fortune as Varus

based on 7,097 Varus vs Miss Fortune matchups
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2
Pick Rate
11 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League games every week. Within our database, Varus faced off against Miss Fortune 7097 times. With so many matchups for Varus versus Miss Fortune provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to provide enlightening stats and a solid build to suppress your opposition. This champion pairing is fairly common. Varus has to counter Miss Fortune in 11.0% of his games.

Varus vs Miss Fortune Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Varus does a dismal job of countering Miss Fortune. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.3% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Varus against Miss Fortune matches, Varus’s team is 0.0% more probable to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood against Miss Fortune.

Best Varus vs Miss Fortune Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerBerserker's Greaves

Core Varus Items

~22 Mins
RiftmakerNashor's ToothZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapImmortal ShieldbowSerylda's GrudgeRunaan's Hurricane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Miss Fortune as Varus

Tips for Playing as Varus against Miss Fortune

During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.

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.

Advice to Win Against Miss Fortune

Miss Fortune is easy to kill if you can reach her; target her first in team fights.

Miss Fortune's speed boost is removed if she is damaged by an enemy.

Varus vs Miss Fortune Counter Stats

Varus Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Miss Fortune Image
6.8
< Kills >
7.3
6.5
< Deaths >
6.1
6.2
< Assists >
6.8
1.6
< Killing Sprees >
1.68
162
< Minions Killed >
159
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.52
10,729
< Physical Damage >
17,495
8,074
< Magic Damage >
1,497
376
< True Damage >
805
19,180
< Damage Dealt >
19,798
18,725
< Damage Taken >
18,255
11,784
< Gold Earned >
12,018
2.12
< Towers >
2.25
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
3,978
< Total Healing >
3,744
12,376
< Experience >
12,358
17
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
10
227
< Time Dealing CC >
162

How to Counter Miss Fortune with Varus in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several important Varus versus Miss Fortune matchup stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Miss Fortune’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Miss Fortune..

Varus often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Miss Fortune. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Varus and Miss Fortune

Damage Types Compared

Varus
Miss Fortune
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Varus
Miss Fortune

Who is Better, Varus or Miss Fortune?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Miss Fortune, with a 47.3% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a bad counter to Miss Fortune.

While Varus does have a lower winrate than Miss Fortune, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Varus into Miss Fortune.

Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Miss Fortune. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Miss Fortune matchups, Miss Fortune is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Varus is a trash counter for Miss Fortune. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Miss Fortune.

Additional Information for Varus Players

How We Calculated Our Varus vs Miss Fortune Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Miss Fortune as Varus, we analyzed 7,097 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 Miss Fortune 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Miss Fortune 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 tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Varus typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Miss Fortune. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Varus versus Miss Fortune build include Riftmaker, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Miss Fortune than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 47.3% battling Miss Fortune with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Miss Fortune as Varus, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Varus vs Miss Fortune LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.3% winrate overall.

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