Naafiri vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Naafiri
based on 2,035 Naafiri vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Varus Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Naafiri Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Varus as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Varus
Across the sands of Shurima, a chorus of howls rings out. It is the call of the dune hounds, voracious predators who form packs and compete for the right to hunt in these barren lands. Among them, one pack stands above all, for they are driven not only by canine instincts, but by the ancient power of the Darkin.
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.
Naafiri vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Naafiri vs. Varus matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Naafiri often has a similar longest killing spree as their matchup does. On average, they receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Naafiri and Varus
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Naafiri or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when facing off against Varus, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a good counter for Varus.
While Naafiri does have a higher win rate than Varus, when on opposite teams, Naafiri also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Naafiri into Varus.
Moreover, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Varus matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Naafiri is an above average counter to Varus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Naafiri against Varus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Naafiri
Additional Information for Naafiri Players
How We Calculated Our Naafiri vs Varus Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Naafiri versus Varus build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri combined at least these three items in their build, they did significantly better vs. Varus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 52.9% when countering Varus with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Varus as Naafiri, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Naafiri vs Varus fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Varus as Naafiri are shown for all ranked divisions. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.