Varus vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Varus
based on 4,545 Varus vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Ahri
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Varus vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several vital Varus against Ahri counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ahri..
Varus usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Ahri
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Who is Better, Varus or Ahri?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when taking on Ahri, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Ahri.
While Varus does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Ahri.
Moreover, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. 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 in League of Legends, in Varus vs Ahri matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Ahri. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Varus against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus in order to counter Ahri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ahri. Champions who on average don't get 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Varus versus Ahri build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Ahri than with many other typical builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Ahri with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Ahri as Varus, Varus players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Varus vs Ahri face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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