Kha'Zix vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Kha'Zix
based on 4,446 Kha'Zix vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Varus
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stats provided here show some important Kha'Zix vs. Varus counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Kha'Zix typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Varus
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Varus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually fairs equally well when taking on Varus, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Kha'Zix makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Kha'Zix does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Kha'Zix also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Kha'Zix into Varus.
Furthermore, Kha'Zix also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Varus matchups, Kha'Zix is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Kha'Zix is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kha'Zix against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kha'Zix in order 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kha'Zix versus Varus build include Edge of Night, Profane Hydra, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Varus than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kha'Zix had an average win rate of 50.4% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Varus as Kha'Zix, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kha'Zix vs Varus counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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