Varus Build Guide - Runes, Items, and Stats Patch 26.5

Tier

Win Rate

Win Rate Change

Pick rate

Ban rate

Matches

Playstyle Builds

Pro Builds

Patch: 26.5

Runes

Summoner Spells

Items

Starting Items

Build Order

Completed Items

Situational Items

90%

10 games

Damage Breakdown

41%

58%

Detonating Blights stacks with
Q
deal up to 80% bonus damage based on time charged.
Detonating Blight stacks on enemy champions and epic monsters reduce Varus's basic ability cooldowns by 12% per stack.
R
applies max Blight stacks to affected units over its duration.
W
can be activated to empower
Q
, dealing bonus % missing HP damage.

For Lethality, he excels with items enhancing his poke damage, burst potential, and ability penetration.
For On-Hit, he excels with items that boost his attack speed, on-hit effects, and mixed damage.
His gank assist and teamfighting become much stronger after unlocking
R
.
E
doubles as a zoning tool to block enemies off from areas.
Very strong laner, and is considered to be a lane bully.

Completely immobile, leaving him vulnerable to ganks.
Needs to constantly land his skillshots or he'll have significantly lower damage output.
R
is his engage tool but also a protection tool. He becomes much easier to collapse on without it.

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