Viktor vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Viktor
based on 2,270 Viktor vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Varus
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Win Against Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Viktor vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Viktor in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Viktor against Varus matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. As an example, Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Viktor often has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Varus
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Who is Better, Viktor or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Viktor into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Viktor has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Varus matchups, Viktor is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Viktor against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor in order to counter Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Viktor versus Varus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Viktor boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when playing against Varus with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Varus as Viktor, Viktor players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Viktor vs Varus LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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