Maokai vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Maokai
based on 6,401 Maokai vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Varus
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack 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.
Maokai vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Maokai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Maokai versus Varus matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Varus
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Who is Better, Maokai or Varus?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when playing against Varus, with a 54.5% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a great counter to Varus.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Varus.
Furthermore, Maokai has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This 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 in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Varus matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter for Varus. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Maokai in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn 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.
Maokai most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Maokai versus Varus build consist of Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Varus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average win rate of 54.5% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Varus as Maokai, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Maokai vs Varus counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.5% winrate overall.
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