What are the best runes for Varus Bot?

Lethal Tempo in Precision with Inspiration secondary is the highest-win-rate rune page this patch (45.8% win rate).

What is the best build for Varus?

Rush Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Terminus. It wins 52.2% of Bot games on patch 26.20.

Is Varus good on patch 26.20?

Varus has a 47.4% win rate in Bot this patch, which makes it a off-meta pick.

Ziggs, Viktor, Twitch are among the strongest counters to Varus Bot this patch, by ranked win rate.

Varus build

Bot · patch 26.20

Varus is currently a off-meta Bot pick on patch 26.20, holding a 47.4% win rate across 40,947 games (2.7% pick rate, 0.9% ban rate). Varus is an early-game champion (50.5% before 25 minutes) that wants to close games out before it falls off. The setup below is the highest-win-rate build from real games this patch, not theorycraft.

Win rate

47.4%

Pick

2.7%

Ban

0.9%

Games

40,947

Region

Global TR EUW EUNE NA KR BR LAN LAS OCE RU JP

Summoner Spells

// The build · 52.2% win ratevs 47.4% for the championHighest win rate path this patch

Start47.8%+0.4

First back

Core · in order52.2%+4.8

The whole build

Boots45.6%−1.8

Situational swap

Late options-

Pick one, not all

Runes

45.8% win rate

Precision

Inspiration

Skill Order

Max order:

Q→

W→

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Win Rate by Game Length

How the champion performs as games go longer.

< 25 min50.5%

25-30 min48.5%

30-35 min45.7%

35-40 min42.9%

40+ min42.7%

41%50%56%

Win Rate Trend

49.7%

46.6%

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// Matchups · who beats VarusAll matchups →

// The short version

Start Doran's Bow, Health Potion and Health Potion and rush Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade and Terminus; this core wins 52.2% of Bot games; Lethal Tempo is the keystone of choice; most players max Q → W → E.