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[2.6a] Varus Guide - Varus in the Mid Lane

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Disclaimer: This is only a representation of my experience on how to approach Varus in Mid, if you have any ideas, things to add or disagreements, please add them in the comments below. Thanks for watching my guide ! Hope you have a fun time in the Rift !
Patch 2.6a
March 11, 2022 07:46
Mid

Varus in the Mid Lane

A guide on how to Varus Mid(thats right you can play outside of bot), with all the combos, builds, and knowledge you need to know to dominate the rift.

Pros

  • Strong early game powerspikes
  • Can Build AD and AP
  • Lane Bully
  • Good Team Fight utility with Ult
  • Strong Long Range Poke
  • Good AOE damage

Cons

  • Immobile, needs to not be threatened in teamfights for best effect
  • No disengage ability if Ultimate on CD( Ultimate useless if enemy have quicksilver)
  • Extremely Squishy, Weak to burst combos
  • Self CC on abillity casts
  • Does not scale as hard as hypercarries (Jinx, Tristana etc.)
  • Skill Shot dependent champion

Varus Build

Best Build Guide for Varus

Starting Items
Long Sword
Amplifying Tome
AD Varus Full Build
Manamune
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Mortal Reminder
Edge of Night
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Guardian Angel
AP VARUS FULL BUILD
Nashor's Tooth
Rod of Ages
Rabadon's Deathcap
Liandry's Torment
Infinity Orb
Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

AD Varus - Good for Deleting Squishies

AP Varus - Good if enemy has a lot of tanks as Blighted QuiverBlighted Quiver does damage based on enemies max health%

Starting Items - Long SwordLong Sword for AD, Amplifying TomeAmplifying Tome for AP


For AD build, Rush ManamuneManamune as quick as you can, you want to be able to reach MuramanaMuramana as quick as possible so you can powerspike faster than your lane opponent, after finishing ManamuneManamune , you can either build Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity or go for Youmuu's GhostbladeYoumuu's Ghostblade , but if you didn't build Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity before Youmuu's GhostbladeYoumuu's Ghostblade , make sure to build boots as your 3rd item after building Youmuu's GhostbladeYoumuu's Ghostblade . You can switch the order between Mortal ReminderMortal Reminder and Edge of NightEdge of Night depending if the enemy has a lot of healing or not.

For AP build(Only recommended against Tanks), Go for Rod of AgesRod of Ages as 1st item if you want to scale, or Nashor's ToothNashor's Tooth for extra damage. If you built Rod of AgesRod of Ages as your 1st item, build Nashor's ToothNashor's Tooth as your second and vice versa, Afterwards, Build Rabadon's DeathcapRabadon's Deathcap and Liandry's TormentLiandry's Torment before building Infinity OrbInfinity Orb .
                       

Varus Runes

Best Runes for Varus

Keystone
Summon Aery
Summon Aery
Domination
Brutal
Brutal
Resolve
Adaptive Carapace
Adaptive Carapace
Inspiration
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth

Summon AerySummon Aery - Good for Poking and dealing extra damage to your enemies.

BrutalBrutal - despite being nerfed, it is still one of the best runes in the game.

Adaptive CarapaceAdaptive Carapace - can be switched with bone plating if enemy has a lot of burst, Hunter TitanHunter Titan has been nerfed so it is now less powerful but still useful if your enemy laner/team has a lot of CC.

Sweet ToothSweet Tooth - for better sustain in lane, can be switched out for Hunter GeniusHunter Genius if feeling confident

Keystone
Conqueror
Conqueror
Domination
Brutal
Brutal
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating
Inspiration
Hunter Genius
Hunter Genius

ConquerorConqueror - better if team comp is built around team fighting

BrutalBrutal - best domination rune for VarusVarus .

Bone PlatingBone Plating - helps against being bursted

Hunter GeniusHunter Genius - the ability haste helps you get your abilities off CD quicker.

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Living Vengeance
Living Vengeance - Passive
Piercing Arrow
Piercing Arrow
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Blighted Quiver
Blighted Quiver
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Hail Of Arrows
Hail Of Arrows
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Chain Of Corruption
Chain Of Corruption
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash
Must
Barrier
Good against Champions with Burst Combos
Ignite
Only bring if you want stronger all in potential
Exhaust
Bring only if enemy is a lane bully like you

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Blighted Quiver
2nd
Auto Attack
AA
Auto Attack
AA
Auto Attack
AA
Piercing Arrow
1st

Standard Trading Combo, Make sure to have have Blighted QuiverBlighted Quiver activated and have max blight stacks for maximum damage with Piercing ArrowPiercing Arrow .

Chain Of Corruption
Ult
Auto Attack
AA
Hail Of Arrows
3rd
Blighted Quiver
2nd
Auto Attack
AA
Auto Attack
AA
Auto Attack
AA
Piercing Arrow
1st

All-In Combo, Chain Of CorruptionChain Of Corruption builds max blight stacks after 3 seconds so 1 AA is enough to have 3 blight stacks, then use Hail Of ArrowsHail Of Arrows to proc the first 3 then use your Blighted QuiverBlighted Quiver and AA 3 times and then use your Piercing ArrowPiercing Arrow to execute enemy.


Blighted Quiver
2nd
Piercing Arrow
1st

Execute Combo ( effective if enemy is fleeing and below 20-30% max HP)

Varus Matchups & Counters

Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Lux
Easy
Lux
Aurelion Sol
Easy
Aurelion Sol
Annie
Easy
Annie
Ahri
Easy
Ahri
Veigar
Medium
Veigar
Diana
Medium
Diana
Yasuo
Medium
Yasuo
Twisted Fate
Medium
Twisted Fate
Katarina
Medium
Katarina
Zed
Medium
Zed
Ziggs
Medium
Ziggs
Orianna
Hard
Orianna
Irelia
Hard
Irelia
Fizz
Hard
Fizz
Corki
Hard
Corki
Akali
Hard
Akali
Brand
Skill
Brand
Varus
Skill
Varus

One of the easiest matchups for a Varus, just keep poking her and stay behind the minion wave, her Light BindingLight Binding is not an AOE abillity and can easily be dodged, just make sure she can't follow up with Lucent SingularityLucent Singularity by zoning her away with your Piercing ArrowPiercing Arrow , if you get rooted and see her about to use her Final SparkFinal Spark , immediately use barrier, and all in yourself. its likely that at that point all her abilities are on cooldown.

Varus

Pre Level 5

In the Early Game, just look to farm as much as possible, ward the left side river as most Junglers clear the Red Brambleback Camp before heading to the Blue Camp(if the map is reversed do the same). Don't poke if the enemy isn't trying to engage, you want to conserve mana before you finish building ManamuneManamune , Poke the enemy with your Piercing ArrowPiercing Arrow if he gets too close. I generally don't recommend looking for Roams unless you have full river and brush vision as you are extremely squishy and don't have any realistic get away tools except for [flash].

Varus

After Level 5

At this point in the game, you should have finished ManamuneManamune and Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity or [youmuus ghostblade], try to look picks and set up your team for successful ganks, don't be afraid to use your ultimate to initiate teamfights. In a teamfight, your [varus:1] has great range so try to snipe and zone away the enemy backline [ADC or Mages] first and let your team clean up.

Varus

Late Game- Level 10 to15

At this point of the game, you should have at least 3 items built and be decently fed. Make sure to stick with your team in the late game as you are very vulnerable by yourself, I would advise setting up your team for picks using your ultimate. I do not recommend split pushing as you have no real getaway abillity.

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