Varus vs Ashe
How to Beat Ashe as Varus
based on 10,875 Varus vs Ashe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Ashe Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Ashe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ashe as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Ashe
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 Ashe
Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.
Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.
Varus vs Ashe Counter Stats
How to Counter Ashe with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some influential Varus versus Ashe counter stats that may help us realize the differences between this set of champs. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ashe’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ashe..
Varus usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ashe. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Ashe
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Who is Better, Varus or Ashe?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when taking on Ashe, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter for Ashe.
While Varus does have a lower win rate than Ashe, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should be careful when picking Varus into Ashe.
Furthermore, Varus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ashe. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Ashe matchups, Ashe is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Ashe. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Ashe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Ashe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ashe. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Varus versus Ashe build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Ashe than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Ashe with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Ashe as Varus, Varus players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Varus vs Ashe LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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