Varus build & stats
- Win rate
- 49.8%
- Pick rate
- 13.5%
- Ban rate
- 0.0%
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Recommended build
Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.18
Finish these three
Boots
Runes
Domination +
Sorcery 
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
Domination
Sorcery
Summoner spells
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 49.8% of games as any role on patch 16.18 (243 games).
- Most common core: The Collector → Serylda's Grudge → Hubris — 44% win rate over 16 games.
- Take Dark Harvest as keystone: picked in 55% of games with a 52% win rate.
Items
Most common sets of three completed items
Core build
Boots
Legendary items by win rate
| Item | Win rate | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| 61.5% | 11% (26) | |
| 58.3% | 10% (24) | |
| 58.3% | 10% (24) | |
| 57.9% | 16% (38) | |
| 54.9% | 21% (51) | |
| 54.1% | 35% (85) | |
| 54.1% | 50% (122) | |
| 53.8% | 5% (13) | |
| 50.0% | 21% (52) | |
| 47.6% | 34% (82) | |
| 47.2% | 51% (125) | |
| 41.2% | 7% (17) |
Runes
Most played full pages and keystone win rates
Domination +
Precision
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
Domination
Precision
Precision +
Domination 
Domination +
Sorcery
Keystones
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Dark Harvest
Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim.
52.2%55% pick
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Press the Attack
Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.
50.0%27% pick
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Lethal Tempo
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
42.4%14% pick
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Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
40.0%2% pick
Summoner spells
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Flash + Ghost
49.6%54% pick
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Flash + Heal
60.5%16% pick
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Flash + Mark
47.8%9% pick
Abilities & skill order
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PLiving VengeanceOn kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Damage and Ability Power. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.
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QPiercing ArrowVarus readies and then fires a powerful shot that gains extra range and damage the longer he spends preparing to fire.
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WBlighted QuiverPassive: 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.
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EHail of ArrowsVarus 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.
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RChain of CorruptionVarus 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.