Akali vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Akali
based on 9,141 Akali vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Varus
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Akali vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Akali versus Varus counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Akali often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Varus
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Who is Better, Akali or Varus?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Akali does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Varusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Varus matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akali to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Akali versus Varus build include Cryptbloom, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Varus as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Akali vs Varus matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
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