Varus vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Varus
based on 1,789 Varus vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Varus vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Varus against Braum matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Braum. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Varus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Braum. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Braum
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Who is Better, Varus or Braum?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Braum, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Varus into Braum.
Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Varus is a bad counter to Braum. Focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Varus against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Braum 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 shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average gets much more CS relative to Braum. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Varus versus Braum build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Braum than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Braum with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Braum as Varus, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Varus vs Braum fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
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