LeBlanc vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as LeBlanc
based on 2,541 LeBlanc vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
LeBlanc vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best LeBlanc vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as LeBlanc
Tips for Playing as LeBlanc against Varus
Using Distortion can help your positioning to land Ethereal Chains.
You can chain Sigil of Malice and Ethereal Chains to prevent characters with blink from escaping for up to 4 seconds.
Distortion allows you to be aggressive with your other spells while being able to return to safety.
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.
LeBlanc vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with LeBlanc in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital LeBlanc against Varus matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, LeBlanc’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that LeBlanc may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Varus..
LeBlanc typically has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between LeBlanc and Varus
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Who is Better, LeBlanc or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, LeBlanc usually loses when facing off against Varus, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, LeBlanc makes a poor counter for Varus.
While LeBlanc does have a lower win rate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, LeBlanc also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking LeBlanc into Varusas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, LeBlanc 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in LeBlanc vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
LeBlanc is a terribly counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as LeBlanc against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master LeBlanc in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
LeBlanc on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your LeBlanc versus Varus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When LeBlanc incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when facing Varus than with most other common counter builds. In fact, LeBlanc had an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Varus as LeBlanc, you should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for LeBlanc vs Varus counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.9% win rate overall.
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