Varus Counters

How to play against Varus

To beat Varus in Bot on patch 26.20, start by knowing what you are up against: Varus is a situational pick this patch with a 47.3% win rate across 181,586 ranked games at a 3.0% pick rate. The champions that beat Varus hardest right now are Kog'Maw, Katarina, Viktor: Kog'Maw wins 56.4% of the lane against it. Any of these is a safe counter pick. Varus is strongest early (50.3% 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.

Pros have picked Varus in 13 of the last 111 recorded games (12%), winning 62% of them. See the pro build.

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