Varus Build Guide - Runes, Items, and Stats Patch 26.5 - Blitz.gg

Tier

Win Rate

Win Rate Change

Pick rate

Ban rate

Matches

Playstyle Builds

Pro Builds

Patch: 26.5

Runes

Press the Attack

Lethal Tempo

Fleet Footwork

Conqueror

Summoner Spells

Items

Starting Items

Build Order

Completed Items

Situational Items

Ability Max Order

85%

13 games

W

Q

E

1

E

2

W

3

Q

4

W

5

W

6

R

7

W

8

Q

9

W

10

Q

11

R

12

Q

13

Q

14

E

15

E

16

R

17

E

18

E

Damage Breakdown

37%

62%

Key Insights

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.

Strengths

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.

Weaknesses

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.

Similar Champions

A few champions that are similar playstyle to Varus.