Varus
Strongest when games end at 25–30 minutes (46%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+211 gold).
- Win rate
- 47.4%
- ±9.9 · role avg 50.0%
- Tier
- C
- #53 of 76
- Pick rate
- 1.5%
- ban 2.7%
- Games
- 97
- ranked solo/duo
- Win rate
- vs expected
- CS at 10
- Solo kills
- First blood
Varus top wins 47.4% of 97 ranked games in EUW, rank 53 of 76 top champions (tier C). Most players finish Experimental Hexplate first, at about 11:48.
What most Varus players run
Plated Steelcaps 10:00 · 57% of games 
Experimental Hexplate 12:12 · 42% · 38 games 
Dusk and Dawn 18:58 · 67% · 22 games 
Zhonya's Hourglass 25:12 · 20 of 50 games 
Riftmaker 29:18 · 3 of 13 games Best when games end at 25–30′
Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished. No clear counters yet
Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →First Baron: 81% against 20%
Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.
More multikills, more control wards
What stands out (10% or more) against the average top laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.
About average: vision, share of team damage, gold, damage, minions, kill participation.
Item by item, with the clock
What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.
Most common full builds
Plated Steelcaps › Experimental Hexplate › Dusk and Dawn › Zhonya's Hourglass 75.0%8 games 
Plated Steelcaps › Experimental Hexplate › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus 66.7%3 games 
Plated Steelcaps › Dusk and Dawn › Statikk Shiv › Zhonya's Hourglass 66.7%3 games Statikk Shiv › Plated Steelcaps › Dusk and Dawn › Zhonya's Hourglass 33.3%3 games Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.
Items 2–4 against each team
Against teams with mostly physical damage
Riftmaker 80%5 Statikk Shiv 75%8 Guinsoo's Rageblade 60%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 60%10 Dusk and Dawn 44%9 Terminus 40%5 Against teams with mixed damage
Zhonya's Hourglass 100%6 Guinsoo's Rageblade 80%5 Riftmaker 80%5 Dusk and Dawn 71%7 Terminus 40%5 Against teams with magic heavy damage
Terminus 50%6 Dusk and Dawn 40%15 Guinsoo's Rageblade 33%6 Zhonya's Hourglass 30%10 Against teams with no frontliner
Terminus 60%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 57%7 Against teams with one frontliner
Zhonya's Hourglass 63%16 Guinsoo's Rageblade 57%7 Statikk Shiv 56%9 Dusk and Dawn 50%20 Against teams with two or more
Riftmaker 80%5 Guinsoo's Rageblade 50%6 Terminus 43%7 Dusk and Dawn 29%7 Against teams with little
Dusk and Dawn 78%9 Guinsoo's Rageblade 71%7 Zhonya's Hourglass 57%14 Terminus 50%8 Experimental Hexplate 33%6 Against teams with some
Statikk Shiv 86%7 Riftmaker 80%5 Zhonya's Hourglass 75%8 Guinsoo's Rageblade 60%5 Terminus 40%5 Dusk and Dawn 36%11 Against teams with a lot
Dusk and Dawn 36%11 Against teams with little
Dusk and Dawn 56%9 Terminus 43%7 Guinsoo's Rageblade 40%5 Against teams with some
Statikk Shiv 83%6 Dusk and Dawn 50%10 Zhonya's Hourglass 40%10 Riftmaker 40%5 
Void Staff 20%5 Against teams with a lot
Zhonya's Hourglass 67%12 Guinsoo's Rageblade 43%7 Terminus 43%7 Dusk and Dawn 42%12 Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.
Start, boots, spells, skills
Starting items
Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion51.1%47
Doran's Helm + Health Potion38.5%26
Doran's Blade + Health Potion52.2%23Boots
Plated Steelcaps ~10:0052.7%55
Mercury's Treads ~13:1227.3%11
Gluttonous Greaves ~14:2463.6%11Summoner spells
Exhaust + Flash43.3%67
Flash + Barrier55.0%20
Flash + Ghost66.7%6Skills
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E49.4%83QWE30.0%10WQE47.9%48EWQ57.1%28Laid out like the game: the most picked rune in each row is in colour. Hover or tap a rune for its name, description and numbers.
Precision · 48% win · 96 games 
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Domination · 0% win · 1 games 
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Resolve · 50% win · 82 games 
2%50% 
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5%25% 
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83%49% 
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16%54% 
Inspiration · 40% win · 10 games 
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40%50% 
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Sorcery · 33% win · 3 games 
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33%100% Precision · 0% win · 1 games — 100%0% — — — — 100%0% — — Domination · 0% win · 1 games — 100%0% — — — — 100%0% — — 
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58%48% 
— 42%46% 53%19 games 40%5 games 25%4 games 0%3 games 33%3 games No clearly hard lane yet
No clearly easy lane yet
Not enough games yet
Not enough games yet
Enemies: nothing clear yet
Teammates that change Varus's games
Dies more than most top laners, and more of it is ganks
Before 14 minutes Varus dies 3.0 times a game (average 2.4). 43% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 39% for the average top laner. 40% are fair 1-v-1s.
Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane
Ganks: 47% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 48% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 57% in your half of top lane.
Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.What kills Varus
Ganks come at 2:00, 4:00–6:00 and 8:00–10:00, then every minute
Ward the river before 2:00, 4:00 and 8:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.
Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Varus; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.Wins fights in the top-side river, loses them in your half of top lane
Wins fights in your jungle, loses them in your half of bot lane
Where fights happen
Before 14 minutes: 1.4 kills per death in the top-side river against 0.4 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.8 kills per death.
From 14 to 25 minutes: 1.5 kills per death in your jungle against 0.6 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.0 kills per death.
After 25 minutes: 82 kills and 94 deaths.