Varus vs Fizz
How to Beat Fizz as Varus
based on 7,671 Varus vs Fizz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Fizz Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Fizz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Fizz as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Fizz
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Advice to Win Against Fizz
Fizz's attacks becomes more deadly for a few seconds after he uses his empowered attack - keep him away while his trident is glowing!
Fizz is a slippery target when his abilities are not on cooldown - bait him into using them early and follow up with crowd control or hard-hitting attacks!
Varus vs Fizz Counter Stats
How to Counter Fizz with Varus in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several strategic Varus vs. Fizz matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Fizz’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Fizz..
Varus usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Fizz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Fizz
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Who is Better, Varus or Fizz?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when facing off against Fizz, with a 46.0% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes a poor counter to Fizz.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Fizz, when they face off with one another, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Varus into Fizz.
Additionally, Varus also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Fizz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Varus vs Fizz matchups, Fizz is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Varus is a garbage counter for Fizz. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Fizz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Fizz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Fizz. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Varus versus Fizz build include Wit's End, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Fizz than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 46.0% when countering Fizz with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Fizz as Varus, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Varus vs Fizz clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Fizz as Varus are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.