Varus vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Varus
based on 10,242 Varus vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Varus vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Varus against Yasuo counter stats that can help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Yasuo’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Yasuo..
Varus typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Yasuo. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Varus or Yasuo?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when playing against Yasuo, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a bad counter for Yasuo.
While Varus does have a lower win rate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Varus is a bad counter for Yasuo. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Yasuo.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Yasuo 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 Yasuo during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Yasuo. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Varus versus Yasuo build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Yasuo than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 47.6% when playing against Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Yasuo as Varus, Varus players should use 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 combinations we have analyed for Varus vs Yasuo LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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