Varus vs Cassiopeia
How to Beat Cassiopeia as Varus
based on 1,551 Varus vs Cassiopeia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Cassiopeia Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Cassiopeia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cassiopeia as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Cassiopeia
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 Cassiopeia
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
Varus vs Cassiopeia Counter Stats
How to Counter Cassiopeia with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Varus versus Cassiopeia matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cassiopeia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Cassiopeia..
Varus often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Cassiopeia. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Cassiopeia
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Who is Better, Varus or Cassiopeia?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when playing against Cassiopeia, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a poor counter for Cassiopeia.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Cassiopeia, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Cassiopeia.
Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champion with a much 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 terribly counter for Cassiopeia. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Cassiopeia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Cassiopeia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Cassiopeia. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Varus versus Cassiopeia build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Cassiopeia than with most other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 46.6% battling Cassiopeia with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Cassiopeia as Varus, you should use 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 runes that we analyzed for Varus vs Cassiopeia battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% winrate overall.
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