Xerath vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Xerath
based on 6,123 Xerath vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Varus
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several strategic Xerath versus Varus counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Xerath usually has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Varus. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xerath and Varus
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Who is Better, Xerath or Varus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Varus, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter to Varus.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Varusas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Varus matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Varus. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually racks up less CS relative to Varus. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Xerath versus Varus build include Stormsurge, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Varus than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Varus with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Varus as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Xerath vs Varus counters, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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