Varus Popular Build
The patch 26.1 Varus most played build uses Mercury's Treads, Terminus, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Experimental Hexplate, Wit's End, Zhonya's Hourglass, Oracle Lens. This Varus build has a 2.69% pick rate and a 57.14% win rate in LoL patch 26.1. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Varus build choices below.
Living Vengeance
On kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Damage and Ability Power. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.
Piercing Arrow
Varus readies and then fires a powerful shot that gains extra range and damage the longer he spends preparing to fire.
Cost:- 50/
- 55/
- 60/
- 65/
- 70
Cooldown:- 16/
- 15/
- 14/
- 13/
- 12
Range:- 925
Blighted 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.
Cost:- 0
Cooldown:- 40
Range:- 750
Hail 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.
Cost:- 90
Cooldown:- 18/
- 16/
- 14/
- 12/
- 10
Range:- 925
Chain 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.
Cost:- 100
Cooldown:- 100/
- 80/
- 60
Range:- 1300
- Marksman,
- Mage
Select a Varus Build
Terminus
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Experimental Hexplate
Stormsurge
Shadowflame
Nashor's Tooth
- Shadowflame
- Nashor's Tooth
Rabadon's Deathcap
Best Varus Build - Highest Win Rate Items
This Varus build focuses on ability power for maximum spell damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
These are Varus's essential core items that you should build in nearly every game. Stormsurge (45.2% WR, -0.9% WR diff, 8.2% pick rate) provides 90 AP, 0.06% Speed. Shadowflame (50.0% WR, +3.8% WR diff, 8.4% pick rate) provides 110 AP. Nashor's Tooth (49.0% WR, +2.9% WR diff, 30.2% pick rate) provides 80 AP, 0.5% AS. Rush these items first to reach your power spike and maximize your impact.
2,800Varus build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Physical Resistance, Gold Efficiency, Magic Damage. Lower in: Health, Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.
Top situational items for Varus include Zhonya's Hourglass, Rabadon's Deathcap. These can be swapped out depending on the enemy composition and team needs.
The best boots for Varus are Plated Steelcaps. Adjust based on enemy team comp.
The recommended trinket for Varus is Oracle Lens for vision control and map awareness.
Combined statistics from all items in this Varus build.
Armor:75
Movement Speed:45
Ability Power:515- Movement Speed:6%
Attack Speed:50%
When facing Varus's top counters like Jinx, Sivir, Swain, consider adjusting your situational items to increase survivability and match their damage output. If counter champions are building high damage, prioritize magic resistance items against AP threats or health-stacking items for general survivability in your situational item slots to reduce burst damage and improve trading potential. Your core build provides strong damage output. Against tanky counter picks, consider penetration items or percentage-based damage from your situational options to maintain kill pressure. Adapt your final build slots with items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Rabadon's Deathcap based on which counter champions you're facing and their itemization patterns. Monitor enemy builds and adjust accordingly for optimal Varus performance.
This Varus burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. While showing a 42.1% win rate, this Varus build requires proper execution and favorable game conditions to succeed. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 515 total AP. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Varus with this build can punish teams that stack armor. The armor in this build makes it effective against AD-heavy enemy compositions with champions like assassins or marksmen. However, be aware that this build low health pool requiring careful positioning and no built-in sustain for extended fights. With a total gold cost of 16,850, this Varus build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Stormsurge, Shadowflame, Nashor's Tooth power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Varus build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Champions that use similar core items to Varus. These builds share at least 2 core items with the current popular varus build and may have similar playstyles and power spikes.
Varus Build - Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best Varus build?
The best Varus build in this patch includes Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Nashor's Tooth. This build has a 42.11% win rate and is picked 2.92% of the time.
What are Varus's core items?
Varus's core items are Stormsurge, Shadowflame, and Nashor's Tooth. These items provide the best stats and synergies for Varus's kit and playstyle in League of Legends.
What are the best boots for Varus?
Plated Steelcaps are the best boots for Varus. These boots provide optimal mobility and stats for Varus's playstyle. They are included in 2.9% of Varus builds.
What is the best trinket for Varus?
Oracle Lens is the best trinket for Varus. This trinket provides optimal vision control and map awareness. Using Oracle Lens helps Varus maintain vision around objectives and track enemy movements.
Are there alternative Varus builds?
Yes, alternative Varus builds include options like Terminus, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Experimental Hexplate. Different builds can be more effective depending on team composition and matchups.
Where does MetaBot source build data for Varus?
MetaBot sources its build data for Varus directly from the Riot Games API, provided to developers for ingesting game data from League of Legends. MetaBot analyzes hundreds of thousands of matches daily to help it determine build statistics.
How does MetaBot determine what the best Varus builds are?
MetaBot filters out any matches that don't use complete builds for Varus. From there, we aggregate the Varus builds data and use that to determine which builds are finding the most success in the current League of Legends meta. High performing builds with low confidence intervals resulting from thin data are dropped from our final results.