Varus vs Ornn
How to Beat Ornn as Varus
based on 3,462 Varus vs Ornn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Ornn Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Ornn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ornn as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Ornn
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 Ornn
Try to stay away from walls. Ornn is much less strong if he cannot stun you.
Attack Ornn to keep him from creating items in lane.
Varus vs Ornn Counter Stats
How to Counter Ornn with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Varus against Ornn counter stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ornn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ornn. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Varus often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Ornn. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Ornn
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Who is Better, Varus or Ornn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when trying to fight Ornn, with a 48.1% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a poor counter to Ornn.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Ornn, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Varus into Ornn.
Furthermore, Varus has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ornn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Ornn matchups, Ornn is the better champ with a lower 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 to Ornn. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Ornn.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Ornn Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Ornn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often picks up a similar amount of CS as Ornn. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Varus versus Ornn build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Ornn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 48.1% battling Ornn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Ornn as Varus, you should equip 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 rune builds that we analyzed for Varus vs Ornn LoL games, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.1% winrate overall.
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