Varus vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Varus
based on 15,025 Varus vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Varus vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Varus against Lux counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lux’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lux..
Varus usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Lux. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Lux
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Who is Better, Varus or Lux?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when playing against Lux, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a poor counter for Lux.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Lux, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Varus into Lux.
Moreover, Varus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lux. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Lux matchups, Lux is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Varus is a trash counter for Lux. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often picks up more CS compared to Lux. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Varus versus Lux build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Lux than with many other typical builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Lux with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Lux as Varus, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Varus vs Lux counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
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