Varus vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Varus
based on 2,606 Varus vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Alistar
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 Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Varus vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Varus in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several influential Varus vs. Alistar matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between these two champs. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Alistar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Varus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Alistar
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Who is Better, Varus or Alistar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Alistar, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Alistar.
While Varus does have a lower win rate than Alistar, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Alistar.
Additionally, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Alistar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Alistar Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus in order to counter Alistar during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often picks up much more CS as Alistar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Varus versus Alistar build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Alistar than with most other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Alistar as Varus, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Varus vs Alistar counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% win rate overall.
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