Varus vs Anivia
How to Beat Anivia as Varus
based on 2,254 Varus vs Anivia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Anivia Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Anivia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Anivia as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Anivia
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 Anivia
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
Varus vs Anivia Counter Stats
How to Counter Anivia with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some significant Varus against Anivia matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Anivia..
Varus typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Anivia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Anivia
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Who is Better, Varus or Anivia?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when trying to fight Anivia, with a 46.3% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a bad counter to Anivia.
While Varus does have a lower win rate than Anivia, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Anivia.
Furthermore, Varus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Varus is a trash counter for Anivia. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Anivia.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Anivia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Anivia. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Varus versus Anivia build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs. Anivia than with most other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 46.3% when countering Anivia with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Anivia as Varus, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Varus vs Anivia face-offs, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.3% winrate overall.
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