Varus Counters
Win rate
47.4%
Pick
2.7%
Ban
0.9%
Games
40,947
Best picks against Varus
How often these champions beat Varus. Pick one of these into it.
Worst picks against Varus
How often these champions beat Varus: they mostly don't. Avoid picking them into it.
How to play against Varus
To beat Varus in Bot on patch 26.20, start by knowing what you are up against: Varus is an off-meta pick this patch with a 47.4% win rate across 40,947 ranked games at a 2.7% pick rate. The champions that beat Varus hardest right now are 
Ziggs, 
Viktor, 
Twitch: Ziggs wins 57.8% of the lane against it. Any of these is a safe counter pick. Varus is strongest early (50.5% before 25 minutes) and falls off, so survive the early game and the matchup swings your way. Playing the matchup itself: If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you. 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. Pick a counter from the list above, respect Varus's power spikes, and track its cooldowns so you only commit to trades when its key abilities are down. Counter data updates automatically every patch.
Win Rate by Game Length
How the champion performs as games go longer.
Win Rate Trend
Pros have picked Varus in 13 of the last 110 recorded games (12%), winning 62% of them. See the pro build.
