Varus vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Varus
based on 2,830 Varus vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Varus vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some critical Varus vs. Rammus counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Rammus..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Rammus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Rammus
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Who is Better, Varus or Rammus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Rammus, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a poor counter for Rammus.
While Varus does have a lower win rate compared to Rammus, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Rammus.
Additionally, Varus also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. 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 in League of Legends, in Varus vs Rammus matchups, Rammus 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 bad counter for Rammus. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Rammus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus vs Rammus Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Rammus during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often gets much more CS as Rammus. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Varus versus Rammus build consist of Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Rammus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Rammus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Rammus as Varus, Varus players 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 rune combinations players picked for Varus vs Rammus counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
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