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the Arrow of Retribution

Varus build & stats

MarksmanMage C 218 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
48.2%
Pick rate
8.6%
Ban rate
0.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.18 16.17 16.16
Division
All divisions
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's Hurricane
2,650 gold
Wit's End
Wit's End
2,800 gold
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade
3,000 gold
8,450 gold
62.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
1,000 gold
81.8% 11 games

Runes

Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
48.6% WR
37 games · 17% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Barrier
55.0% 20 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. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Varus

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Varus wins 48.2% of games as any role on patch 16.17 (218 games).
  • Most common core: Runaan's Hurricane → Guinsoo's Rageblade → Blade of The Ruined King — 42% win rate over 12 games.
  • Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 56% of games with a 47% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's Hurricane
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
41.7% WR
12 games · 6% pick
The Collector
The Collector
Serylda's Grudge
Serylda's Grudge
Hubris
Hubris
60.0% WR
10 games · 5% pick
Runaan's Hurricane
Runaan's Hurricane
Blade of The Ruined King
Blade of The Ruined King
The Collector
The Collector
33.3% WR
9 games · 4% pick

Boots

Berserker's Greaves
Berserker's Greaves
51.0% WR
104 games · 48% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
40.3% WR
67 games · 31% pick
Gluttonous Greaves
Gluttonous Greaves
81.8% WR
11 games · 5% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Youmuu's Ghostblade Youmuu's Ghostblade
 75.0% 4% (8)
Guinsoo's Rageblade Guinsoo's Rageblade
 51.9% 24% (52)
Wit's End Wit's End
 50.0% 14% (30)
Serpent's Fang Serpent's Fang
 50.0% 4% (8)
Blade of The Ruined King Blade of The Ruined King
 49.6% 52% (113)
Hubris Hubris
 49.4% 36% (79)
Terminus Terminus
 47.2% 17% (36)
Runaan's Hurricane Runaan's Hurricane
 45.6% 31% (68)
Edge of Night Edge of Night
 42.9% 10% (21)
Infinity Edge Infinity Edge
 42.3% 12% (26)
Serylda's Grudge Serylda's Grudge
 41.9% 28% (62)
The Collector The Collector
 41.2% 55% (119)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Domination Domination + Precision Precision
46.7% WR
45 games · 21% pick
Dark Harvest
Dark Harvest

Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.

Domination Domination
Electrocute Dark Harvest Hail of Blades
Cheap Shot Taste of Blood Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense Grisly Mementos Deep Ward
Relentless Hunter Ultimate Hunter Treasure Hunter
Precision Precision
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Sorcery Sorcery
48.6% WR
37 games · 17% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Gathering Storm Transcendence
Precision Precision + Domination Domination
44.4% WR
36 games · 17% pick
Press the Attack Presence of Mind Legend: Bloodline Coup de Grace Taste of Blood Treasure Hunter

Keystones

  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 47.1%56% 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. 54.3%21% 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. 47.6%19% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 33.3%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ghost Flash + Ghost 47.5%55% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 51.6%14% pick
  • Flash Mark Flash + Mark 46.4%13% 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.