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Varus Build

Bot Tier 4

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 43,397 gamesUpdated

48.9%win rate1.9%pick1.0%ban

Who counters Varus

Every Bot matchup for Varus, ranked →

How to build Varus

Berserker's Greaves→Statikk Shiv→Guinsoo's Rageblade→Terminus

Berserker's Greaves → Statikk Shiv → Guinsoo's Rageblade → Terminus

54.1% win rate 26% of games 8,877 games
RunesPrecisionLethal TempoAbsorb LifeLegend: AlacrityCut DownInspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight34% of games
SpellsFlashBarrierFlash + Barrier77%
Skills
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Piercing Arrow
34578
Blighted Quiver
29101213
Hail of Arrows
114151718
Chain of Corruption
61116
StartDoran's BladeHealth PotionDoran's Blade, Health Potion
Full Varus build →

Best supports for Varus

Who Varus has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst supports for Varus

Who Varus has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

48.9%win rate
Patch 26.20: 46.9% over 78,080 gamesPatch 26.21: 48.9% over 43,397 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
48.8%at Emerald+
1.9%pick rate
1.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
52.2%under 22 min
45.0%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Varus champion portraitB Varus+Blitzcrank champion portraitS BlitzcrankvsZeri champion portraitB Zeri+Zilean champion portraitS Zilean
7 / 7 / 3

Build

Berserker's Greaves|Dusk and Dawn→Nashor's Tooth→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

FlashCleanse|

Skills

QWEWWRWQWQRQ
Loss 20–25m
MASTER+
Varus champion portraitB Varus+Nautilus champion portraitS NautilusvsKai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa+Neeko champion portraitS Neeko
4 / 11 / 4

Build

Gluttonous Greaves|Statikk Shiv→Guinsoo's Rageblade

Spells & runes

BarrierFlash|

Skills

EWQQQRQWQWRW
Win 15–20m
MASTER+
Varus champion portraitB Varus+Pantheon champion portraitS PantheonvsTahm Kench champion portraitB Tahm Kench+Senna champion portraitS Senna
12 / 2 / 5

Build

Gluttonous Greaves|Statikk Shiv→Guinsoo's Rageblade→Terminus

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

QWEQQRQWQWRWW

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 48.0% win rate · 34% of games · 13,853 games
PrecisionLethal TempoAbsorb LifeLegend: AlacrityCut Down
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Runner up 46.8% win rate · 16% of games · 6,534 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationCash BackTriple Tonic
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashBarrierFlash + Barrier77%48.8%34,535 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash8%50.7%3,613 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Berserker's Greaves42%Gluttonous Greaves23%Boots of Swiftness15%
Berserker's Greaves most often · 47.9% win rate

Varus build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Statikk Shiv1st
  2. Guinsoo's Rageblade2nd
  3. Terminus3rd
14% of games that reach a third item take this path53.8% win rate4,799 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Varus →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 44,347 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Berserker's GreavesBerserker's Greaves
41% · 48.0% win rate
Gluttonous GreavesGluttonous Greaves
22% · 53.1% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
15% · 49.4% win rate
Plated SteelcapsPlated Steelcaps
8% · 49.9% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
7% · 48.6% win rate
BootsBoots
3% · 34.7% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Statikk Shiv›Guinsoo's Rageblade›Terminus+Berserker's Greaves3% of games · 51.8% win rate · 1,506 games
  2. Statikk Shiv›Guinsoo's Rageblade+Berserker's Greaves3% of games · 39.7% win rate · 1,372 games
  3. Statikk Shiv›Guinsoo's Rageblade›Terminus+Gluttonous Greaves3% of games · 56.4% win rate · 1,164 games
  4. Statikk Shiv›Guinsoo's Rageblade+Gluttonous Greaves2% of games · 46.6% win rate · 861 games
  5. Statikk Shiv+Berserker's Greaves2% of games · 36.8% win rate · 817 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Varus against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Varus's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Varus's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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