Lucian vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Lucian
based on 9,970 Lucian vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Varus
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some influential Lucian versus Varus matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Lucian typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lucian and Varus
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Who is Better, Lucian or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when taking on Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Lucian does have a higher winrate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Lucian also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Lucian into Varus.
Moreover, Lucian has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Varus matchups, Lucian is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lucian is a decent counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Lucian against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lucian 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often gets a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Varus build include Rapid Firecannon, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Varus than with most other common builds. In fact, Lucian boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Varus as Lucian, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Inspiration and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lucian vs Varus matchups, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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