Brand vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Brand
based on 9,267 Brand vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Brand vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Brand vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Brand
Tips for Playing as Brand against Varus
You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.
You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.
Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.
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.
Brand vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Brand in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some influential Brand vs. Varus counter stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Brand’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Brand may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Brand usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Varus. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Brand and Varus
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Who is Better, Brand or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Brand usually wins when trying to fight Varus, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Brand makes a good counter to Varus.
While Brand does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Brand also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Brand into Varus.
Additionally, Brand also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Brand vs Varus matchups, Brand is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Brand is a good counter to Varus. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Brand against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Brand to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Brand most often picks up less CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Brand versus Varus build consist of Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Brand had an average win rate of 52.8% battling Varus with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Varus as Brand, Brand players should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Brand vs Varus matchups, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.8% win rate overall.
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