Varus vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Varus
based on 1,506 Varus vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Varus vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Varus versus Taric matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taric’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Varus normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Taric. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Taric
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Who is Better, Varus or Taric?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when trying to fight Taric, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Varus makes a bad counter to Taric.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Varus also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Taric.
Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taric. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter for Taric. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Taric.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Additional Information for Varus Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often racks up much more CS compared to Taric. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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 case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Varus versus Taric build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Taric than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 48.5% when countering Taric with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Taric as Varus, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Varus vs Taric LoL games, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
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