Varus Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 25.14

Varus The Arrow of Retribution

Find the best Varus build guides for League of Legends S16 Patch 25.14. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Varus build for the S16 meta. Learn more about Varus' abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

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Varus Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Varus we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Varus, as determined by calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Varus this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 25.14. However, if you are a new Varus player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Varus!

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Sorcery

Inspiration

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 34% Pickrate

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

47%

Win Rate 6% Pickrate

Precision

Domination

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Third Best

50%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 3% Pickrate

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Second Best

53%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 7% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 17% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

49%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Passive Ability

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Precision

Resolve

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Precision

Inspiration

Third Best

46%

Win Rate 8% Pickrate

Precision

Domination

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 32% Pickrate

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 22% Pickrate

Second Best

39%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Third Best

48%

Win Rate 2% Pickrate

Second Best

51%

Win Rate 5% Pickrate

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 13% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

44%

Win Rate 7% Pickrate

Passive Ability

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Precision

Domination

Second Best

46%

Win Rate 18% Pickrate

Sorcery

Inspiration

Third Best

53%

Win Rate 17% Pickrate

Precision

Resolve

Second Best

47%

Win Rate 34% Pickrate

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 9% Pickrate

Second Best

43%

Win Rate 10% Pickrate

Third Best

45%

Win Rate 7% Pickrate

Second Best

54%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Third Best

63%

Win Rate 4% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Second Best

49%

Win Rate 12% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Third Best

43%

Win Rate 12% Pickrate

Passive Ability

Varus Counters

Learn Varus' counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Varus guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Varus ADC in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Varus. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Varus Varus ADC

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Varus Skins

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Find Varus's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Varus skins and chromas on Varus's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Spirit Blossom Varus

April 30, 2025

+ Wishlist

1350

Empyrean Varus

Legendary

May 1, 2024

+ Wishlist

1820

Snow Moon Varus

May 18, 2023

+ Wishlist

1350

High Noon Varus

May 12, 2022

+ Wishlist

1350

PROJECT: Varus

May 27, 2021

+ Wishlist

1350

Cosmic Hunter Varus

November 24, 2020

+ Wishlist

1350

Infernal Varus

September 5, 2019

+ Wishlist

1350

Conqueror Varus

Special Events

April 25, 2018

+ Wishlist

975

Dark Star Varus

June 16, 2016

+ Wishlist

1350

Varus Swiftbolt

December 7, 2015

+ Wishlist

750

Heartseeker Varus

February 13, 2015

+ Wishlist

1350

Arctic Ops Varus

March 20, 2014

+ Wishlist

1350

Arclight Varus

December 5, 2012

+ Wishlist

975

Classic Varus

Original

+ Wishlist

Blight Crystal Varus

May 8, 2012

+ Wishlist

975

Varus' Abilities

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Living Vengeance Varus's Passive

Self

When Varus kills an enemy, he gains 10 / 15 / 20% attack speed (levels 1 / 7 / 13) as well as bonus attack damage and ability power equal to 10% bonus attack speed for 5 / 7 / 9 / 11 (at levels 1 / 6 / 11 / 16) seconds. Champion takedowns grant 50% attack speed as well as bonus attack damage and ability power equal to 25% attack speed instead.

While this passive is active, Varus' attack speed cap is increased from 2.5 to 3.0 instead.

Piercing Arrow Varus's Q Ability

Self

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

16 / 15 / 14 / 13 / 12

Begin Charging: Varus draws back his next shot, slowing himself by 20%. After 4 seconds, if not fired, Varus will cancel the ability and refund 50% of its mana cost.

Release: Varus releases the arrow, dealing 60 / 106.67 / 153.33 / 200 / 246.67 (+0.8667 / 0.9333 / 1.0 / 1.0667 / 1.1333% per bonus attack damage) physical damage, reduced by 0−67% per enemy hit (minimum 19.8 / 35.2 / 50.6 / 66 / 81.4 (+0.286 / 0.308 / 0.33 / 0.352 / 0.374% per bonus attack damage) and maximum 29.7 / 52.8 / 75.9 / 99 / 122.1 (+0.429 / 0.462 / 0.495 / 0.528 / 0.561% per bonus attack damage)). Damage and Blight detonation effects are increased by 0−50% depending on charge time (maximum 90 / 160 / 230 / 300 / 370 (+1.3 / 1.4 / 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7% per bonus attack damage)).

Blighted Quiver Varus's W Ability

Self

Passive: Varus' attacks deal an additional 6 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 30 (+35% of ability power) magic damage and apply a Blight stack for 6 seconds (max 3 stacks). Varus' other abilities detonate Blight stacks dealing 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5% (+1.5% per 100 ability power) of target's max health as magic damage per stack. Detonating Blight on champions and epic monsters also reduces his basic abilities' cooldowns by 13% of their maximum per stack.

Active: Varus' next Piercing Arrow deals an additional 6−14% missing health as magic damage (depending on level), increased up to 80% missing health damage depending on charge time.

Hail of Arrows Varus's E Ability

925

18 / 16 / 14 / 12 / 10

Varus fires a hail of arrows that deal 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 (+1.0 per bonus attack damage) physical damage and desecrate the ground. Desecrated ground slows enemies' movement speed by 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50% for 0.25 seconds and reduces their healing and regeneration by 40%. The slow duration is refreshed if enemies stay within the zone.

Chain of Corruption Varus's Ultimate (R) Ability

1075

100

100 / 80 / 60 / 60 / 60

Varus flings out a tendril of corruption, rooting the first champion hit for 2 seconds and dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+100% of ability power) magic damage. Rooted enemies gain max blight stacks over the duration. The corruption spreads from its target to uninfected enemy champions. If it reaches them, they take the same damage and root.

Questions About Varus

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Latest Questions

my build sais made by guest

Asked by TheFallenAzreal on December 23, 2021

i did my on hit build for varus, but it says "made by guest" but i did it like 15 minutes ago. how can i fix it? https://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/varus-mixed-on-hit-606527 here is the link

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Have we been playing adc wrong?

Asked by EvoNinja7 on April 25, 2021

I've not really tested this, but I was just thinking about it. Wouldn't lethality out damage crit+as on certain adc's, if not all? If you pair it with lethal tempo or hail of blades, that is.

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Who do you want a champion build on?

Asked by Sassya on June 8, 2019

Which of the champion's in the tags would you like to see a build for.

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Hello everyone I want to main Varus

Asked by danylp88 on January 31, 2019

Hello everyone I want to main Varus , can anyone recomend me a good build and runes ?

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Champions for climbing

Asked by TheChampMan on June 3, 2018

I was wondering what are the best champions for climbing in low-mid ELO? I usually like to play adc or mid or even sometimes jg, but I always get bad team players and I always end up with a positive score. I get a 2 win streak then I instantly...

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Varus Counters

Asked by Iamty on January 4, 2018

Hello guys! I have a kinda important question : Is there any way to counter Varus's late game damage as a mage or marksman? If so, what is it?

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RUNES REFORGED!!!

Asked by Chreestiaan on November 13, 2017

Any rune recommendations for ADCs for this new season? Thanks in advance!

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Should I get Jhin or Varus

Asked by ImmortalGod on June 21, 2017

Okay, I've been stuck on which one to pick becuase in my opinion, they're both good.

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Varus ADC?

Asked on August 30, 2016

Is a varus good choice for adc or just stick in mid with him? And which is better ad or ap varus?

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Varus right now ?

Asked by AssassinsWeed on August 1, 2016

How good is he now ? Build for em ? Stupid question: Can he go top somehow ? :/

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How decent is adc varus

Asked by League of Mike on October 23, 2015

How good is botlane adc varus. You'd obviously still go tear but maybe swap out bt/maw for ie. Whenever I play midlane varus i get kinda rekt by leblanc and stuff. Plus I find botlane varus more fun to play. Is it decent for ranked

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Varus vs Jayce; Which is better?

Asked by OTGBionicArm on October 6, 2015

Hello Mobafire. So lately I only play 2 mid lanerrs, obviously the ones in the title. I suck at mages so why bother, right? Stick to my strengths which is AD champs. My question stems from the feeling that they both preform very similar roles and...

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Varus Bottom Build

Asked by Hydel on July 30, 2015

Why do people build varus differently mid vs bot? Tbh, I love to build manamune on varus bot.

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5.5 Kassadin and Varus viable?

Asked by League of Mike on March 11, 2015

So kassadin looks pretty beautiful and varus is getting a nice buff to his q. for a while i couldn't play my kass because he was just bad...is he good now though? i haven't played on the pbe (still waiting :/) but to anyone who has is he any good...

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which adc to buy

Asked by mjskid on March 6, 2015

im thinking about switching main roles from top to adc. which adc should i buy first?

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Varus Build & Runes

Varus's Runes

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Varus's Ability Order

Living Vengeance (PASSIVE)

Piercing Arrow (Q)

Blighted Quiver (W)

Hail of Arrows (E)

Chain of Corruption (R)

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Living Vengeance (PASSIVE)

Piercing Arrow (Q)

Blighted Quiver (W)

Hail of Arrows (E)

Chain of Corruption (R)

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Living Vengeance (PASSIVE)

Piercing Arrow (Q)

Blighted Quiver (W)

Hail of Arrows (E)

Chain of Corruption (R)

Varus's Runes

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Varus's Summoner Spells

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Varus's Starters

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Varus's Core Items

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Boots

Varus's Luxury Items

Varus's Ability Order

Living Vengeance (PASSIVE)

Piercing Arrow (Q)

Blighted Quiver (W)

Hail of Arrows (E)

Chain of Corruption (R)

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Living Vengeance (PASSIVE)

Piercing Arrow (Q)

Blighted Quiver (W)

Hail of Arrows (E)