Varus vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Varus
based on 1,659 Varus vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Varus vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several important Varus vs. Ivern matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Ivern. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Varus usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Ivern
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Who is Better, Varus or Ivern?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when playing against Ivern, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter to Ivern.
While Varus does have a lower win rate compared to Ivern, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Varus into Ivern.
Furthermore, Varus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Ivern. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Ivern.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus typically picks up much more CS relative to Ivern. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Varus versus Ivern build include Muramana, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Ivern than with many other common item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 49.1% battling Ivern with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Ivern as Varus, Varus players should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Varus vs Ivern LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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