Varus vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Varus
based on 1,735 Varus vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Varus vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some significant Varus against Zilean matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Varus usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Zilean
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Who is Better, Varus or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 45.5% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Varus does have a much lower winrate than Zilean, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Zilean.
Additionally, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Varus is a bad counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Zilean.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often gets much more CS relative to Zilean. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Varus versus Zilean build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zilean than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 45.5% when playing against Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Zilean as Varus, Varus players 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 rune combinations players chose for Varus vs Zilean counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zilean as Varus are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.