Bot · 155 games · NA

Varus

Bot · 73% of games Top · 24%

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (54%). On average ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes (+179 gold).

Win rate: 47.7%; ±7.9 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #36 of 47
Pick rate: 2.5%; ban 0.5%
Games: 155; ranked solo/duo

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Varus bot wins 47.7% of 155 ranked games in NA, rank 36 of 47 bot champions (tier C). Most players finish Statikk Shiv first, at about 11:00.

The build at a glance

What most Varus players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Statikk Shiv 10:57 · 76% · 111 games

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves 12:06 · 44% of games

Item 2

Guinsoo's Rageblade 17:14 · 94% · 91 games

Item 3

Terminus 21:56 · 88% · 59 games

Item 4

Jak'Sho, The Protean 26:45 · 76% · 22 games

Item 5 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 30:24 · 6 of 22 games

Runes

Lethal Tempo · Precision + Inspiration 12% of games · 47% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Bow + Health Potion 70% of games · 44% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Barrier 73% of games · 51% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Piercing Arrow first 70% of games · 47% wins Skill orders →

When Varus wins

Best when games end at 20–25′

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′52% wins36% of games · 56

Lasts 25′ or more44% wins61% of games · 94

Lanes

Watch out for Kai'Sa, Yunara

Hard Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Varus games

First dragon: 67% against 28%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First dragon 28% 67% +39

First Baron 34% 73% +39

First tower 29% 63% +34

First blood 35% 59% +24

Rift Herald 38% 60% +22

First Voidgrubs 40% 55% +15

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.

How Varus plays

More solo kills, more multikills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average bot laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More solo kills a game0.9 against 0.7 · +30%

More multikills a game1.29 against 1.06 · +22%

More control wards a game0.48 against 0.43 · +12%

More deaths a game6.6 against 6.0 · +11%

More time spent dead6.3s against 5.7s a minute · +11%

About average: damage, share of team damage, gold, kill participation, minions.

Build path

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.

Item 1done ~11:00

Item 2done ~17:24

Item 3done ~22:06

Item 4done ~27:06

Item 5done ~30:06

Most common full builds

Statikk Shiv › Gluttonous Greaves › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus 46.7%30 games

Statikk Shiv › Gluttonous Greaves › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus › Jak'Sho, The Protean 27.8%18 games

Youmuu's Ghostblade › Boots of Swiftness › Manamune › Edge of Night › Serylda's Grudge 80.0%5 games

Statikk Shiv › Gluttonous Greaves › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus › Jak'Sho, The Protean › Zhonya's Hourglass 75.0%4 games

Statikk Shiv › Gluttonous Greaves › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus › Wit's End 50.0%4 games

Blade of The Ruined King › Berserker's Greaves › Guinsoo's Rageblade › Terminus 50.0%4 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.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Wit's End 50%8

Terminus 47%34

Guinsoo's Rageblade 44%43

Dusk and Dawn 40%5

Manamune 40%5

Jak'Sho, The Protean 40%15

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion44.4%108

Doran's Helm + Health Potion45.5%22

Doran's Blade + Health Potion70.0%20

Boots

Gluttonous Greaves ~12:0647.1%68

Berserker's Greaves ~11:1251.6%31

Plated Steelcaps ~13:1847.6%21

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier51.3%113

Exhaust + Flash46.7%15

Cleanse + Flash45.5%11

Skills

Max

E46.8%109

Max

E51.6%31

Start

Q53.4%58

Start

E39.2%51

Hard lanes

Watch out for Kai'Sa, Yunara

Easy lanes

Good into Jinx, Jhin

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Ahead at 15 against 3 of 4, wins 2 of them

Expected: what Varus's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (14)

Zeri 22% · 9

Tristana 25% · 8

Ezreal 50% · 8

Sivir 63% · 8

Lucian 13% · 8

Caitlyn 29% · 7

Draven 80% · 5

Aphelios 60% · 5

Swain 50% · 4

Kalista 100% · 4

Twitch 50% · 4

Viktor 67% · 3

Vel'Koz 100% · 3

Smolder 33% · 3

Varus vs Jhin · 17 games · Early read

Varus does better than expected here

59%winsexpected 51%

+500gold at 15′average +179

−0.8minions at 10′ahead or behind

6%in on first bloodsolo kills ±0.00 a game

Gold lead against Jhin Varus's average lead

Against Jhin, Varus is ahead on gold at 15 minutes in 65% of games and wins 64% of those. When behind, Varus wins 50%.

Ahead at 15′64% wins11 games

Behind at 15′50% wins6 games

Full Varus vs Jhin page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies that cost Varus games: Talon

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble

Talon28% · exp. 44% −1618 games

Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy mid Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies more than most bot laners

Before 14 minutes Varus dies 2.8 times a game (average 2.5). 38% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 36% for the average bot laner. 12% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.8deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.5)

38%involve the enemy junglerabout average (36%)

88%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (88%)

40%with no teammate nearmore than average (37%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Varus dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

Ganks: 46% in your half of bot lane. Collapses: 55% in your half of bot lane. 1-v-1s: 48% in your half of bot 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.

Compared with the average bot laner

What kills Varus

Kind of death

Varus Average

Gank 38% (avg 36%)Collapse 50% (avg 51%)1-v-1 12% (avg 12%)

Who gets the kill

Varus Average

Bot laner 48% (avg 50%)Jungler 22% (avg 21%)Support 19% (avg 17%)Mid laner 9% (avg 10%)Top laner 1% (avg 2%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00, then every minute

Varus Peak Average bot laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 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.

Where Varus wins fights

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.8 kills per death in their half of bot lane against 0.6 in your half of bot lane. Overall 1.1 kills per death.

Their half of bot lane 1.8 K/D 286 / 161

Your half of bot lane 0.6 K/D 124 / 224

The bot-side river 1.8 K/D 51 / 29

Your jungle 1.8 K/D 16 / 9

Their jungle 3.4 K/D 17 / 5

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Varus wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 40% of their team's dragon takes (average bot laner 36%). The team wins 63% when Varus is there and 67% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 14:00 (average 15:00). Bot laners who get there by 14:00 win 54% against 47%; for Varus it is 48% against 47%.

Varus

What most Varus players run

Best when games end at 20–25′

Watch out for Kai'Sa, Yunara

First dragon: 67% against 28%

More solo kills, more multikills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

Watch out for Kai'Sa, Yunara

Good into Jinx, Jhin

Ahead at 15 against 3 of 4, wins 2 of them

Varus does better than expected here

Varus does better than expected here

Varus does worse than expected here

Varus does worse than expected here

Enemies that cost Varus games: Talon

Teammates that change Varus's games

Dies more than most bot laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of bot lane

What kills Varus

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00 and 8:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of bot lane, loses them in your half of bot lane

Wins fights in their jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in the bot-side river