Dr. Mundo vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Dr. Mundo
based on 3,113 Dr. Mundo vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Dr. Mundo vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Dr. Mundo
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo against Varus
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Dr. Mundo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several valuable Dr. Mundo against Varus counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Dr. Mundo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Dr. Mundo usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Dr. Mundo and Varus
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Who is Better, Dr. Mundo or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Dr. Mundo usually fairs equally well when facing off against Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Dr. Mundo makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Dr. Mundo does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Dr. Mundo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Dr. Mundo into Varus.
Moreover, Dr. Mundo has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Dr. Mundo vs Varus matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Dr. Mundo is a decent counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Dr. Mundo against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Dr. Mundo to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Dr. Mundo often picks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Dr. Mundo versus Varus build include Sunfire Aegis, Heartsteel, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Dr. Mundo used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Varus than with many other common item sets. In fact, Dr. Mundo had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Varus as Dr. Mundo, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Magical Footwear, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Dr. Mundo vs Varus battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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