Varus Top Build: Items & Boots

Most Varus Top players rush Experimental Hexplate first (35% of games), finished at a median of 12.6 minutes. Plated Steelcaps are the usual boots (38%). The standard summoner spells are Flash + Barrier (36%). The game usually starts with Doran's Bow + Health Potion + Health Potion.

Varus boots

Option	Players	Win Rate	Games
Plated SteelcapsMost played	37.5%	54.5%	189
Sorcerer's Shoes	15.1%	40.8%	76
Berserker's Greaves	13.3%	49.3%	67
Mercury's Treads	11.1%	39.3%	56
Gluttonous Greaves	9.1%	43.5%	46

Varus starting items

Option	Players	Win Rate	Games
Doran's Bow + Health Potion ×2Most played	34.3%	48.0%	173
Doran's Bow + Health Potion ×2 + Stealth Ward	29.2%	55.1%	147
Doran's Blade + Health Potion	12.1%	42.6%	61

Varus summoner spells

Option	Players	Win Rate	Games
Flash + BarrierMost played	35.5%	44.7%	179
Exhaust + Flash	31.2%	53.5%	157
Flash + Ghost	13.1%	45.5%	66
Flash + Teleport	8.1%	51.2%	41

Every option is listed with its own pick rate, win rate and game count from ranked games this patch. Options under 40 games are left out.

Which item Varus players finish first and which three-item core they build, with the median completion minute and the middle 50% of games — the timing to beat if you want to spike before your opponent.

First completed item

Items	Finished	Players	Win Rate	Games
Experimental Hexplate	12.6 min 10.8-14.5 min	34.6%	52.3%	172
Dusk and Dawn	12.5 min 11.3-14.1 min	30.8%	43.8%	153
Statikk Shiv	11.7 min 9.9-14.4 min	15.3%	46.1%	76
Nashor's Tooth	11.2 min 10.4-12.7 min	8.0%	45.0%	40

The completed items Varus players build most this patch, with the share of games each one appears in and its win rate. Situational items sit low in pick rate for a reason — read the win rate next to the game count.

Option	Players	Win Rate	Games
Dusk and DawnMost played	63.1%	45.6%	318
Experimental Hexplate	46.8%	53.0%	236
Nashor's Tooth	29.2%	45.6%	147
Statikk Shiv	27.2%	51.1%	137
Guinsoo's Rageblade	20.6%	51.9%	104
Riftmaker	17.5%	53.4%	88
Zhonya's Hourglass	17.3%	41.4%	87
Terminus	16.7%	57.1%	84