Varus vs Veigar
How to Beat Veigar as Varus
based on 5,252 Varus vs Veigar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Veigar Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Veigar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Veigar as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Veigar
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 Veigar
Dark Matter deals very high damage, but it can be avoided. Pay attention to the sound and visual indicator to be aware of when and where the spell will land.
Veigar's ultimate deals increased damage based on your missing health.
Event Horizon only stuns units on the edge. If you're inside the spell, you can still move and attack.
Varus vs Veigar Counter Stats
How to Counter Veigar with Varus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Varus vs. Veigar counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Veigar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Veigar..
Varus often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Veigar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Varus and Veigar
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Who is Better, Varus or Veigar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Varus usually loses when playing against Veigar, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Varus makes a bad counter for Veigar.
While Varus does have a lower winrate compared to Veigar, when facing one another, Varus also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Veigar.
Moreover, Varus has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Veigar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Varus vs Veigar matchups, Veigar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Veigar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Varus against Veigar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus to counter Veigar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Veigar. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly 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 displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Varus versus Veigar build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Veigar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 48.1% when playing against Veigar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Veigar as Varus, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Varus vs Veigar fights, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Veigar as Varus are presented for every ranked division. To scope the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.