Nilah vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Nilah
based on 2,258 Nilah vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several influential Nilah vs. Varus matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Nilah typically has a similar longest killing spree as their foe does. Typically, they receives more damage than Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Varus
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Who is Better, Nilah or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 53.6% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter to Varus.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Varus, when facing one another, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Varusas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Varus matchups, Nilah 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 teamfights.
Nilah is a great 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 hold your own as Nilah against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah usually gets a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nilah versus Varus build include Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better vs. Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average win rate of 53.6% battling Varus with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Varus as Nilah, Nilah players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nilah vs Varus counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.6% winrate overall.
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