Varus vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Varus
based on 2,255 Varus vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Varus vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Varus vs. Heimerdinger counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Varus or Heimerdinger?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when playing against Heimerdinger, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a poor counter to Heimerdinger.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Varus into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Heimerdinger matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Varus versus Heimerdinger build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Heimerdinger than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Heimerdinger 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. Of all the rune builds players used for Varus vs Heimerdinger clashes, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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