Caitlyn vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Caitlyn
based on 16,839 Caitlyn vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Varus
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some strategic Caitlyn vs. Varus matchup statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Caitlyn typically has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Caitlyn and Varus
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Varus.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Varus matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, 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 case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Caitlyn versus Varus build include Infinity Edge, Phantom Dancer, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Varus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Varus as Caitlyn, Caitlyn players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Caitlyn vs Varus matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% win rate overall.
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