Volibear vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Volibear
based on 3,140 Volibear vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Volibear vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Volibear vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Volibear
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.
Volibear vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Volibear in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several influential Volibear versus Varus counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Volibear normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Volibear and Varus
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Who is Better, Volibear or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Volibear does have a lower win rate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Volibear into Varus.
Additionally, Volibear has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often 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 Volibear vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Volibear is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Volibear most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Volibear versus Varus build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Riftmaker. When Volibear used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Varus than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Volibear had an average win rate of 49.3% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Varus as Volibear, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Volibear vs Varus counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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