Varus vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Varus
based on 5,390 Varus vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Varus vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Varus in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several vital Varus versus Leona counter stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Leona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Varus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Leona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Leona
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Who is Better, Varus or Leona?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually loses when taking on Leona, with a 46.6% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a poor counter to Leona.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Varus into Leona.
Furthermore, Varus has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Leona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a trash counter to Leona. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Varus against Leona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus on average accumulates much more CS compared to Leona. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Varus versus Leona build consist of Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Leona than with most other typical builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 46.6% when playing against Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Leona as Varus, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Varus vs Leona LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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