Vladimir vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Vladimir
based on 4,555 Vladimir vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Varus
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
Advice to Win Against Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Vladimir vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Vladimir in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some valuable Vladimir against Varus matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Vladimir usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Varus
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Vladimir does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Vladimir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vladimir into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vladimir has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Varus matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter for Varus. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vladimir against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vladimir to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir usually gets a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Vladimir versus Varus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Vladimir boasted an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Varus as Vladimir, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Vladimir vs Varus battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.
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