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Varus Build Guide by VarusEnjoyer

Middle Hybrid Varus Build For MidLane

Middle Hybrid Varus Build For MidLane

Updated on May 25, 2026
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Runes: Runes

Precision
Fleet Footwork
Absorb Life
Legend: Alacrity
Last Stand

Resolve
Bone Plating
Unflinching
Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10-180 Bonus Health

Spells:

Spells
LoL Summoner Spell: Flash

Flash

LoL Summoner Spell: Ghost

Ghost

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Champion Build Guide

Hybrid Varus Build For MidLane

By VarusEnjoyer
ABOUT ME
Hello there! My name is Luca and I play in the EUNE region.

I am currently in Emerald IV elo, but i peaked at Emerald I 87lp at the end of S13, while playing only Varus AP midlane.

Today I still play only Varus and I have personally tried all of the build above. I have a lot of experience on Varus mid lane and I fell entitled to make a build about this.

I have just reached 1 million mastery points on Varus.

Please read carefully what I ve presented to you and let me know it the comments if I missed something.

PS: I am an ADC main at my heart( Varus, Jhin, Vayne, Ezreal my most played ones) and if you wanna check out my account (OPGG or otehr such websites) that is Luca195 on EUNE.

Also check out my other builds: this one is a crit varus bot build: https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/crit-varus-season-16-651463 and this one is Varus top build from last season: https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/varus-top-s15-korean-challenger-647197 (still good to this day)
ABILITIES
Passive : Living Vengeance

On kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.

Q : Piercing Arrow
Varus readies and then fires a powerful shot that gains extra range and damage the longer he spends preparing to fire.

W : Blighted Quiver

Passive: Varus' basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and apply Blight. Varus' other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage based on the target's maximum Health. Active: Varus empowers his next Piercing Arrow.

E : Hail of Arrows

Varus fires a hail of arrows that deal physical damage and desecrate the ground. Desecrated ground slows enemies' Move Speed and reduces their self healing and regeneration.

R : Chain of Corruption

Varus flings out a damaging tendril of corruption that immobilizes the first enemy champion hit and then spreads towards nearby uninfected champions, immobilizing them too on contact.
ABILITIES ORDER
Always max Q as you go heavy AD early game. Use it to poke your enemy from very far away.
SUMMONER SPELLS
For our summoner spells, always take Flash and Ghost. You can also go for Barrier. Use them to mainly escape ganks and make sure to have them up if you want to make an agressive play.
Runes
OK now let s get into the runes.

I chose the primary Precision route. We take Fleet Footwork for the healing and movement speed. You can escape ganks by autoing a minion or enemy champion to maximize your movement speed. Then, on the second line of Precision we take Absorb Life , for when you kill a minion it restores health. This paired with lifesteal or omnivamp helps you sustain in lane. Then, on the third line of Precision take Legend: Alacrity for attack speed. After that, on the last line of Precision take Last Stand which gives you increased damage with low HP, which is very useful on Varus since your damage comes later.

For our secondary runes we take the Resolve route. Take Bone Plating for better trades and make sure you have it up when walking up. Then, take Unflinching which makes you survive heavy CC better.
ITEMS
Ok now let s get into the items. First
LANING PHASE
First things first, start Q : Piercing Arrow and poke your enemy with a fully charged Q : Piercing Arrow at level 1. Try to get level 2 first. As you get level 2 immediatly hit your enemy with 3 autos and then hit them with an empowered Q : Piercing Arrow. This way you create an early advantage by getting a kill or burning enemy flash or/and tp. After that simply poke your enemy with 2 or 3 autos followed by either an E : Hail of Arrows
or Q : Piercing Arrow. Or just poke them with fully charged Q : Piercing Arrow s.

After you get level 6(your R : Chain of Corruption
) you have a big kill threat all the time and even if you are behind you can punish your enemy for their mistakes and kill them.

Varus Passive : Living Vengeance gives him attack speed so make sure that you have it activated when you choose to fight the enemy midlaner. Also don t forget about Bone Plating as some champions can easily burst you if Bone Plating is on cooldown.
GANKS
Varus has no mobility so you can easily die to ganks. Don t forget to ward properly and always pay attention to the map to see where the enemy jungle is situated.

If you are safe from a possible gank you can poke your enemy when your wave crashes the tower but be aware of turret aggro.

From my experience, you can get out of ganks simply by using Ghost(if this is of course one of the spells you chose). You can also use your Ultimate to root your opponent and get away.

There are some situations where you are ahead and you can 1v2 so trust yourself, stand your ground and pick the target you think you can kill easier. Then, because of the Varus Passive : Living Vengeance, you become a lot stronger fighting the second opponent.
TEAMFIGHTS
Varus is extremely useful in teamfights thanks to his R : Chain of Corruption which can root multiple enemy champions.

So after the laning phase just group with your team in order to secure the objectives.

Sidelaning isn t one of Varus strenghts as you have no mobility so no way you can escape(other than Ghost summoner spell). But since you have Nashor's Tooth you can melt down enemy towers quite easily.
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