Varus vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Varus
based on 5,952 Varus vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Varus vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Varus versus Thresh matchup stats that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Thresh. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Varus usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Thresh
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Who is Better, Varus or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter to Thresh.
While Varus does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Varus into Thresh.
Furthermore, Varus also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Thresh matchups, Varus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Varus is a decent counter for Thresh. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Thresh.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to counter Thresh during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus usually racks up much more CS compared to Thresh. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Varus versus Thresh build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Thresh than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Thresh with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Thresh as Varus, Varus players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Varus vs Thresh matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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