Irelia vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Irelia
based on 4,055 Irelia vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Varus
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Irelia against Varus matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Irelia typically has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Varus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Varus
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Who is Better, Irelia or Varus?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 53.5% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes a great counter for Varus.
While Irelia does have a higher winrate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Irelia into Varus.
Moreover, Irelia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Varus matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Irelia is a great counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Varus.
Other Champion Matchups Against Irelia
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia in order to counter Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Varus. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Irelia versus Varus build consist of Wit's End, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs. Varus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 53.5% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Varus as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Irelia vs Varus face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.5% win rate overall.
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