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Varus Build

Support Tier 3

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 838 gamesUpdated

42.1%win rate0.0%pick1.0%ban

Who counters Varus

How to build Varus

Ionian Boots of Lucidity→Malignance→Statikk Shiv→Nashor's Tooth

Ionian Boots of Lucidity → Malignance → Statikk Shiv → Nashor's Tooth

23.5% win rate 4% of games 17 games
RunesSorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorchInspirationCash BackTriple Tonic39% of games
SpellsFlashHealFlash + Heal42%
Skills
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Piercing Arrow
13457
Blighted Quiver
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Hail of Arrows
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Chain of Corruption
61116
StartWorld AtlasHealth PotionHealth PotionWorld Atlas, Health Potion, Health Potion
Full Varus build →

Best ADCs for Varus

Who Varus has the best 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.

42.1%win rate
Patch 26.20: 39.5% over 1,592 gamesPatch 26.21: 42.1% over 838 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
43.5%at Emerald+
0.0%pick rate
1.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
41.1%under 22 min
41.5%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.

Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Varus champion portraitS Varus+Xayah champion portraitB XayahvsKarma champion portraitS Karma+Ezreal champion portraitB Ezreal
4 / 8 / 14

Build

Celestial OppositionBoots|Locket of the Iron Solari→Serpent's Fang→Zhonya's Hourglass

Spells & runes

FlashIgnite|

Skills

EQWQQRQWQWREWWE
Loss 25–30m
MASTER+
Varus champion portraitS Varus+Miss Fortune champion portraitB Miss FortunevsKarma champion portraitS Karma+Vayne champion portraitB Vayne
1 / 12 / 3

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeBoots|Dusk and Dawn→Shadowflame

Spells & runes

ExhaustFlash|

Skills

QWEWWRWQWQRQQ
Win 20–25m
MASTER+
Varus champion portraitS Varus+Jhin champion portraitB JhinvsNautilus champion portraitS Nautilus+Kai'Sa champion portraitB Kai'Sa
3 / 4 / 8

Build

Zaz'Zak's RealmspikePlated Steelcaps|Hubris

Spells & runes

HealFlash|

Skills

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Runes

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

Most popular 37.7% win rate · 39% of games · 199 games
SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationCash BackTriple Tonic
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health
Runner up 46.4% win rate · 11% of games · 56 games
PrecisionPress the AttackTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
DominationTaste of BloodTreasure Hunter
Shards Attack Speed · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashHealFlash + Heal42%47.5%373 games
  • ExhaustFlashExhaust + Flash22%38.9%193 games

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

Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity46%Sorcerer's Shoes15%Boots of Swiftness14%
Ionian Boots of Lucidity most often · 45.6% win rate
Support item
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike55%Bloodsong29%Celestial Opposition9%
Zaz'Zak's Realmspike most often · 40.3% win rate

Varus build

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

Whole-build counts start over with every patch, and Varus Support is at 862 games so far this patch. The full build shows up here at 300.

Every slot, boots and full build for Varus →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 862 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
45% · 46.0% win rate
Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
14% · 42.6% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
13% · 43.9% win rate
Berserker's GreavesBerserker's Greaves
11% · 35.2% win rate
BootsBoots
7% · 29.5% win rate
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 ADCs 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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