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How to Win Pantheon vs Varus Counter MatchupPantheon is in the b tier of champions

Pantheon vs Varus

How to Beat Varus as Pantheon in LoLPantheon is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Varus as Pantheon

based on 6,670 Pantheon vs Varus matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League rounds each week. In our data, Pantheon battled Varus in 6670 matches. With so many games with Pantheon versus Varus provides us faith in our capacity to prepare enlightening stats and a solid build to suppress your enemy. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Pantheon encounters Varus in only 3.9% of his rounds.

Pantheon vs Varus Matchup Summary

Pantheon does a decent job of beating Varus. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.4% of matches the champions clash against each other in. In Pantheon versus Varus games, Pantheon’s side is 0.1% more expected to get first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Varus.

Best Pantheon vs Varus Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Pantheon Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateSundered SkyEclipse

Optional Items

Sterak's GageHubrisEdge of NightMaw of Malmortius

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Pantheon to level upq
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Second ability for Pantheon to level upw
>
Last skill for Pantheon to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Pantheon's passive ability p
Pantheon's q ability q
Pantheon's w ability w
Pantheon's e ability e
Pantheon's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Varus as Pantheon

Tips for Playing as Pantheon against Varus

Mortal Will activates after 5 spells or basic attacks - plan your way through fights to allow you to activate it more than once.

Whittle the enemy down with Comet Spears before you jump in.

If an enemy is going to get out of range of your Aegis Assault, you can recast the spell to immediately fire the shield slam.

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.

Pantheon vs Varus Counter Stats

Pantheon Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Varus Image
7.5
< Kills >
7.3
6.9
< Deaths >
6.7
7.2
< Assists >
7.2
1.74
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
107
< Minions Killed >
174
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.41
< Inhibitors >
0.48
19,645
< Physical Damage >
14,530
798
< Magic Damage >
6,345
1,219
< True Damage >
355
21,662
< Damage Dealt >
21,231
26,338
< Damage Taken >
20,142
11,400
< Gold Earned >
12,327
1.64
< Towers >
2.25
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
5,101
< Total Healing >
4,474
13,063
< Experience >
12,817
30
< Vision Score >
18
14
< Wards Placed >
9
70
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Varus with Pantheon in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some important Pantheon vs. Varus counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. Pantheon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pantheon may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..

Pantheon normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Pantheon and Varus

Damage Types Compared

Pantheon
Varus
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Pantheon
Varus

Who is Better, Pantheon or Varus?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pantheon usually wins when facing off against Varus, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Pantheon makes a good counter for Varus.

While Pantheon does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Pantheon also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pantheon into Varus.

Additionally, Pantheon also has some 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 ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Pantheon vs Varus matchups, Pantheon is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Pantheon is a decent counter to Varus. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Pantheon against Varus.

Other Champion Matchups Against Pantheon

Pantheon Loses Against

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Pantheon Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.6% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.4% winrateEliseElise54.3% winrateZeriZeri54.2% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Pantheon Players

How We Calculated Our Pantheon vs Varus Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Varus as Pantheon, we analyzed 6,670 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Varus as Pantheon comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Pantheon Build Varus Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Pantheon to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Pantheon often racks up less CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Pantheon versus Varus build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Pantheon combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Varus than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Pantheon had an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Varus with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Varus as Pantheon, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Pantheon vs Varus matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.4% winrate overall.

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