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Varus Mid build & stats

MarksmanMage – 57 games · patch 16.18
Win rate
45.6%
Pick rate
0.2%
Ban rate
0.9%
Division
All divisions

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18

Built from single items

Best three items so far

Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap
3,500 gold
Nashor's Tooth
Nashor's Tooth
2,900 gold
Experimental Hexplate
Experimental Hexplate
3,000 gold
9,400 gold
66.7% WR each item separately

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,100 gold
40.9% 22 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Domination Domination
22.2% WR
9 games · 16% pick
Press the Attack
Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
50.0% 32 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Not enough players have finished the same three items yet, so the core above is the three strongest items measured one by one. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Varus

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Varus wins 45.6% of games as Mid on patch 16.18 (57 games).
  • Take Press the Attack as keystone: picked in 51% of games with a 34% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Dusk and Dawn
Dusk and Dawn
Statikk Shiv
Statikk Shiv
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
33.3% WR
3 games · 5% pick

Boots

Spellslinger's Shoes
Spellslinger's Shoes
40.9% WR
22 games · 39% pick
Immortal Path
Immortal Path
20.0% WR
10 games · 18% pick
Swiftmarch
Swiftmarch
83.3% WR
6 games · 11% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
62.5% 28% (16)
62.5% 14% (8)
60.0% 9% (5)
60.0% 9% (5)
50.0% 21% (12)
50.0% 14% (8)
50.0% 7% (4)
42.9% 25% (14)
39.4% 58% (33)
36.0% 44% (25)
33.3% 5% (3)
23.1% 23% (13)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Domination Domination
22.2% WR
9 games · 16% pick
Press the Attack
Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Domination Domination
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
66.7% WR
3 games · 5% pick
Press the Attack Triumph Legend: Alacrity Cut Down Cash Back Triple Tonic
Precision Precision + Inspiration Inspiration
66.7% WR
3 games · 5% pick
Lethal Tempo Absorb Life Legend: Alacrity Cut Down Biscuit Delivery Cosmic Insight

Keystones

  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 34.5%51% pick
  • Lethal Tempo Lethal Tempo Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack. 66.7%21% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 71.4%12% pick
  • Hail of Blades Hail of Blades Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions. 40.0%9% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Barrier Flash + Barrier 50.0%56% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 44.4%16% pick
  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 28.6%12% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PLiving Vengeance

    On kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Damage and Ability Power. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.

  • QPiercing Arrow

    Varus readies and then fires a powerful shot that gains extra range and damage the longer he spends preparing to fire.

  • WBlighted Quiver

    Passive: Varus' basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and apply Blight. Varus' other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage based on the target's maximum Health. Active: Varus empowers his next Piercing Arrow.

  • EHail of Arrows

    Varus fires a hail of arrows that deal physical damage and desecrate the ground. Desecrated ground slows enemies' Move Speed and reduces their self healing and regeneration.

  • RChain of Corruption

    Varus flings out a damaging tendril of corruption that immobilizes the first enemy champion hit and then spreads towards nearby uninfected champions, immobilizing them too on contact.