Aphelios vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Aphelios
based on 3,726 Aphelios vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Varus
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
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.
Aphelios vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Aphelios in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Aphelios versus Varus matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between this pair of champions. Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Aphelios normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aphelios and Varus
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Varus?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Aphelios makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Aphelios does have a lower winrate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Aphelios into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Aphelios has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Aphelios is a somewhat poor counter to Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Aphelios versus Varus build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Aphelios used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Varus as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Aphelios vs Varus LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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