Varus vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Varus
based on 1,763 Varus vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Varus vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some significant Varus versus Taliyah matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taliyah..
Varus usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Varus or Taliyah?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Taliyah, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Varus makes an ok counter to Taliyah.
While Varus does have a higher win rate than Taliyah, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Taliyah.
Moreover, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Taliyah matchups, Varus 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 teamfights.
Varus is a decent counter for Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Varus to counter Taliyah during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Taliyah. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Varus versus Taliyah build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Taliyah than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Taliyah with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Taliyah 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Varus vs Taliyah battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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