Varus vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Varus
based on 1,901 Varus vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Varus vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several significant Varus against Lissandra matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lissandra..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Lissandra. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Varus or Lissandra?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Lissandra, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Varus makes an ok counter for Lissandra.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Lissandra, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Lissandra.
Furthermore, Varus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Lissandra. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus in order to counter Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Lissandra. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Varus versus Lissandra 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 much better vs Lissandra than with many other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Lissandra with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Lissandra 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Varus vs Lissandra matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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