Varus vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Varus
based on 4,969 Varus vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Varus vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Varus vs. Tristana matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tristana..
Varus usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Tristana
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Who is Better, Varus or Tristana?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Tristana, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter to Tristana.
While Varus does have a lower win rate compared to Tristana, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Tristana.
Moreover, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Tristana matchups, Tristana is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Tristana. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to counter Tristana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Tristana. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Varus versus Tristana build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Tristana than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 49.5% battling Tristana with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Tristana as Varus, Varus players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Varus vs Tristana face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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