Varus vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Varus
based on 2,117 Varus vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Varus vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Varus in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Varus against Sivir counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Varus often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Sivir
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Who is Better, Varus or Sivir?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter to Sivir.
While Varus does have a higher winrate than Sivir, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Sivir.
Moreover, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Sivir matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Sivir. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Sivir during both the early game 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 stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sivir. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Varus versus Sivir build consist of Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Sivir than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 50.2% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Sivir 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 sets players picked for Varus vs Sivir clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.
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