Varus vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Varus
based on 2,211 Varus vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Varus vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Varus in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Varus against Jayce matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jayce’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jayce..
Varus often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jayce. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Jayce
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Who is Better, Varus or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Jayce, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter for Jayce.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Jayce, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Jayce.
Additionally, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Jayce matchups, Jayce is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Jayce. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Varus against Jayce.
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 Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Varus versus Jayce build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Jayce than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Jayce with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Jayce as Varus, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Varus vs Jayce counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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