Kayle vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kayle
based on 4,534 Kayle vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Varus
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kayle in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Kayle versus Varus matchup statistics that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus..
Kayle often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayle and Varus
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Who is Better, Kayle or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a great counter for Varus.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Varusas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Varus matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kayle is a great counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayle against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Kayle versus Varus build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Kayle included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Varus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Varus as Kayle, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Kayle vs Varus face-offs, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Kayle are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.