Wild Rift: VARUS Build Guide
League of Legends: Wild Rift VARUS, role - Mage / Marksman. Use the guidelines to take your VARUS Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position VARUS is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 58 (3.6) |  570 (128) |  6 (0.57) |
 0.81 (0.02) |  390 (33) |  12 (0.5) |
 335 (0) |  35 (4.5) |  30 (1.4) |
 175 (0) |
(PASSIVE) LIVING VENGEANCE
Gains 60% Attack Speed for 5/6/7/8s on a champion kill or assist, 30% on non-champion kills.
(Q) PIERCING ARROW
15/14/13/12s 
75
Hold: Draws the bow, gradually increasing the range and damage for the next shot. Movement Speed is slowed by 20% while preparing to shoot.
Release: Fires the arrow, dealing 93 to 139 physical damage (20/70/120/170 + 125% to 30/105/180/255 + 187.5% ), reduced by 15% per enemy hit (minimum 33%).
Piercing Arrow's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds if the arrow detonates Blight stacks on at least one enemy champion.
Piercing Arrow fails if not released after 4 seconds, but will refund 50% of its Mana cost.
(W) BLIGHTED QUIVER
22/20/18/16s
Passive: Attacks deal 12 bonus magic damage (12/16/20/24 + 20% 
) and apply Blight for 6 seconds (stacks 3 times). Varus's other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage equal to 5% (5/5.5/6/6.5 + 1% ) of the target's max Health per stack.
Active: Doubles the bonus on hit damage from Blighted Quiver's passive for 6 seconds. The next Piercing Arrow deals bonus magic damage equal to 8% to 16% (
) of the target's missing Health, increase by 0% - 100% (based on Piercing Arrow's channel time).
(E) HAIL OF ARROWS
13/12/11/10s 80
Fires a hail of arrows that deals 70 physical damage (70/115/160/205 + 90% bonus ) and desecrates the ground for 4 seconds. Desecrated ground slows enemies by 25% and applies 40% Grievous Wounds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
(R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
65/55/45s 100
Flings out a tendril of corruption that deals 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 85% ) and roots the first enemy champion hit for 2 seconds.
The corruption then spreads toward nearby enemy champions, also immobilizing them on contact. Immobilized units gain 3 Blight stacks over the next 3 seconds.
Adc VARUS Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Adc Line VARUS. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword
+12 Attack Damage
500
Essence Reaver
Attacks restore Mana, Crit Rate increases Ability Damage +40 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate +20 Ability Haste
Essence Flare: After attacking a champion, enhanced your next damaging ability or empowered attack up to 30% based on, with a 4 seconds cooldown. Reduces 1 seconds cooldown on champion hits with Basic Attacks.
Mana Siphon: Attacks restore 3% missing Mana on-hit. 3050
Essence Reaver TIPS: A strong item for champions who rely on basic attacks and abilities and can benefit from it’s high burst damage and mana replenishment.
Boots of Dynamism
Attack Damage, Armor Penetration +30 Attack Damage
+45 Move Speed.
Strike: 
+10 Armor Penetration. 1400
Duskblade of Draktharr
Attacks deal bonus damage +55 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Razor: +18 Armor Penetration.
Nightstalker: The first attack against a champion deals 60-160 bonus physical damage and slows them by 99% for 0.35s (10s cooldown). Champion takedowns refresh cooldown duration. 3000
Duskblade of Draktharr TIPS: This item is best purchased on AD assassins who can attack quickly and decisively after being spotted. The large lethality boost this item provides means it is best against squishy targets. If the enemy is built more around tanks or brawlers, you may want to get a different core item.
Boots of Dynamism
Attack Damage, Armor Penetration +30 Attack Damage +45 Move Speed.
Strike: +10 Armor Penetration. 1400
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Essence Reaver (Attacks restore Mana, Crit Rate increases Ability Damage) as your first item, followed by Boots of Dynamism (Grants Attack Damage and Armor Penetration) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Duskblade of Draktharr (Attacks deal bonus damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Quicksilver Enchant (Dispels crowd control). You may want to replace it with Stasis Enchant (Turn invulnerable), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Essence Reaver
Attacks restore Mana, Crit Rate increases Ability Damage +40 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate +20 Ability Haste
Essence Flare: After attacking a champion, enhanced your next damaging ability or empowered attack up to 30% based on, with a 4 seconds cooldown. Reduces 1 seconds cooldown on champion hits with Basic Attacks.
Mana Siphon: Attacks restore 3% missing Mana on-hit. 3050
Essence Reaver TIPS: A strong item for champions who rely on basic attacks and abilities and can benefit from it’s high burst damage and mana replenishment.
Boots of Dynamism
Attack Damage, Armor Penetration +30 Attack Damage +45 Move Speed.
Strike: +10 Armor Penetration. 1400
Duskblade of Draktharr
Attacks deal bonus damage +55 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Razor: +18 Armor Penetration.
Nightstalker: The first attack against a champion deals 60-160 bonus physical damage and slows them by 99% for 0.35s (10s cooldown). Champion takedowns refresh cooldown duration. 3000
Duskblade of Draktharr TIPS: This item is best purchased on AD assassins who can attack quickly and decisively after being spotted. The large lethality boost this item provides means it is best against squishy targets. If the enemy is built more around tanks or brawlers, you may want to get a different core item.
The Collector
Execute low health champions +40 Attack Damage +25% Critical Rate
Killer: +10 Armor Penetration.
Death and Taxes: Dealing damage that would leave an enemy champion below 5% of their maximum Health executes them. Champion kills grant an additional 25 gold.
Limited to 1 The Collector. 2900
The Collector TIPS: Is good on champions with lots of burst or AOE damage.
Serylda's Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +40 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration 
.
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: There is a need to slow down enemy champions and improve their kiting potential. A good item to build if you want to control the pace of the fight and peel for your team.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability
+250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Situational items
Serylda's Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +40 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration .
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: There is a need to slow down enemy champions and improve their kiting potential. A good item to build if you want to control the pace of the fight and peel for your team.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage
+30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Penetration and 
11% Magic Penetration for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. The upper limit of armor and magic penetration rates is 40% when equipped with Terminus. 3400
Terminus TIPS: On-hit item that provides mixed penetration & stacking bonus resistances. It works well on champions that auto-attack a lot.
Serylda's Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +40 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: +33% Armor Penetration .
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second. 3100
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: There is a need to slow down enemy champions and improve their kiting potential. A good item to build if you want to control the pace of the fight and peel for your team.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +25 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
Thirst:
+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown) 3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding +50 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: If you're an assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Eclipse
Gain a shield and deal bonus damage +55 Attack Damage +20 Ability Haste
Ever Rising Moon: Hitting an enemy champion with 2 separate attacks or abilities within 1.8s deals bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the target's max Health(3% for ranged champions), and grants you a shield that absorbs damage equal to 140 + 35% bonus Attack Damage (70 + 18% bonus Attack Damage for ranged champions) for 2s. (6s Cooldawn) 2900
Eclipse TIPS: Is good for assassins who want to burst the enemy down quickly.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage
+45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second. 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage
+40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: Second chance in teamfights. Effective against high burst damage champions (Zed, Syndra, Zoe, etc.) and strong diving potential (Camille, Kha’Zix, Lee Sin, etc.).
Duskblade of Draktharr
Attacks deal bonus damage +55 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Razor: +18 Armor Penetration.
Nightstalker: The first attack against a champion deals 60-160 bonus physical damage and slows them by 99% for 0.35s (10s cooldown). Champion takedowns refresh cooldown duration. 3000
Duskblade of Draktharr TIPS: This item is best purchased on AD assassins who can attack quickly and decisively after being spotted. The large lethality boost this item provides means it is best against squishy targets. If the enemy is built more around tanks or brawlers, you may want to get a different core item.
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Increases Movement Speed +55 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Slice: +15 Armor Penetration.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 50 Move Speed and 3-6 at 100 stacks. () Attacks removes all Momentum, but Armor Penetration will last for 3 seconds after. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Haste: Attacking with max Momentum grants 25% Attack Speed for 4 seconds. 3200
Youmuu's Ghostblade TIPS: Youmuu's is good on assassins and on champions who need to get in and out of fights quickly.
Duskblade of Draktharr
Attacks deal bonus damage +55 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Razor: +18 Armor Penetration.
Nightstalker: The first attack against a champion deals 60-160 bonus physical damage and slows them by 99% for 0.35s (10s cooldown). Champion takedowns refresh cooldown duration. 3000
Duskblade of Draktharr TIPS: This item is best purchased on AD assassins who can attack quickly and decisively after being spotted. The large lethality boost this item provides means it is best against squishy targets. If the enemy is built more around tanks or brawlers, you may want to get a different core item.
Trinity Force
Well-Rounded +250 Max Health +30 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed +25 Ability Haste
Fervor: +5% Move Speed.
Spellblade: Using an ability causes the next attack used within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to 200% base AD(1.5s Cooldown). Damage is reduced vs structures.
Valor: Attacks grant 20 Move Speed and kills grant 60 Move Speed for 2 seconds. Bonuses do not stack. Ranged champions gain halved values. 3333
Trinity Force TIPS: Offers a variety of stats. Good if your champion uses their abilities often but also auto-attacks alot.
Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Ghost (Gain a large burst of movement speed) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ghost
Gain a large burst of movement speed, that decays to 25% bonus movement speed for 8 seconds. With each takedown, Ghost's duration is extended by 6 seconds, refreshing its effects, up to the original amount.
Cooldown: 90s
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
First Strike (Obtains gold and bonus damage when initiate deals damage.) as your keystone, followed by 
Gathering storm (Damage output increases over time.), 
Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and 
Legend: Bloodline (Gains Omnivamp.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
First Strike
Bonus Gold, Bonus Damage
0.25s after engaging an enemy champion in combat, dealing damage to them grants 10 gold and a First Strike effect that lasts 3s to you, allowing you to deal 8% bonus true damage to the enemy champion. Once the effect has ended, gain gold according to the bonus damage dealt (melee: 100% /ranged: 85%) during the effect.
Cooldown: 20s
Gathering storm
Increasing AD/AP
Every 3 minutes, gain increasing Adaptive or 
. Totaling: 2/5/9/14 or 4/10/18/28 based on game time.
Coup de Grace
Bonus Damage
When an enemy champion has less than 40% Health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.
Legend: Bloodline
Omnivamp
Gains 1% Omnivamp 
. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 7% Omnivamp .
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Situational Runes
First Strike
Bonus Gold, Bonus Damage
0.25s after engaging an enemy champion in combat, dealing damage to them grants 10 gold and a First Strike effect that lasts 3s to you, allowing you to deal 8% bonus true damage to the enemy champion. Once the effect has ended, gain gold according to the bonus damage dealt (melee: 100% /ranged: 85%) during the effect.
Cooldown: 20s
Fleet Footwork
Mobility, Heal
Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack gains Attack Speed, heals you, grants bonus Movement Speed. If the attack is again st a champion, it also restores Mana or Energy.
Bonus Attack Speed: 100%
Health Restore: 15-85 () + 30% bonus + 30%.
Bonus Movement Speed: 20% for 1s.
When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy
.
When attacking minions or monsters, heals for 60% (Melee champions) or 20% (Ranged champions) of the original heal amount.
Fleet Footwork — Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At maximum stacks, your next attack heals and grants increased Movement Speed.
First Strike
Bonus Gold, Bonus Damage
0.25s after engaging an enemy champion in combat, dealing damage to them grants 10 gold and a First Strike effect that lasts 3s to you, allowing you to deal 8% bonus true damage to the enemy champion. Once the effect has ended, gain gold according to the bonus damage dealt (melee: 100% /ranged: 85%) during the effect.
Cooldown: 20s
Arcane Comet
Poke, Stack Amplification
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.
Damage: (23 to 100) + (3 x total hits on enemy champions) + 35% bonus + 20%.
Cooldown: 16-8s ()
Arcane Comet — Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a comet at their location. When a comet hits an enemy champion, the next comet's damage increases.
Coup de Grace
Bonus Damage
When an enemy champion has less than 40% Health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.
Giant Slayer
Takedown high health champions
Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion’s bonus health, up to 16% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1600 bonus health.
Giant Slayer — Deals more damage to an enemy champions the more bonus Health they have.
Legend: Bloodline
Omnivamp
Gains 1% Omnivamp . Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 7% Omnivamp .
Legend: Alacrity
Bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 20% Attack Speed.
Legend: Alacrity — Gains Attack Speed.
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Manaflow Band
Mana
Hitting an enemy champion with and ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.
Manaflow Band — Increases max Mana when an ability hits an enemy champions.Skills Order
(Q) PIERCING ARROW
15/14/13/12s 75
Hold: Draws the bow, gradually increasing the range and damage for the next shot. Movement Speed is slowed by 20% while preparing to shoot.
Release: Fires the arrow, dealing 93 to 139 physical damage (20/70/120/170 + 125% to 30/105/180/255 + 187.5% ), reduced by 15% per enemy hit (minimum 33%).
Piercing Arrow's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds if the arrow detonates Blight stacks on at least one enemy champion.
Piercing Arrow fails if not released after 4 seconds, but will refund 50% of its Mana cost.
(Q) PIERCING ARROW
(W) BLIGHTED QUIVER
22/20/18/16s
Passive: Attacks deal 12 bonus magic damage (12/16/20/24 + 20% ) and apply Blight for 6 seconds (stacks 3 times). Varus's other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage equal to 5% (5/5.5/6/6.5 + 1% ) of the target's max Health per stack.
Active: Doubles the bonus on hit damage from Blighted Quiver's passive for 6 seconds. The next Piercing Arrow deals bonus magic damage equal to 8% to 16% () of the target's missing Health, increase by 0% - 100% (based on Piercing Arrow's channel time).
(W) BLIGHTED QUIVER
(E) HAIL OF ARROWS
13/12/11/10s 80
Fires a hail of arrows that deals 70 physical damage (70/115/160/205 + 90% bonus ) and desecrates the ground for 4 seconds. Desecrated ground slows enemies by 25% and applies 40% Grievous Wounds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
(E) HAIL OF ARROWS
(R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
65/55/45s 100
Flings out a tendril of corruption that deals 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 85% ) and roots the first enemy champion hit for 2 seconds.
The corruption then spreads toward nearby enemy champions, also immobilizing them on contact. Immobilized units gain 3 Blight stacks over the next 3 seconds.
(R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
Adc VARUS Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Adc VARUS. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Adc VARUS Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Adc VARUS in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against VARUS combo.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health
+100% Health Regen +35 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% (). 1350
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +50 Magic Resistance +20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%. 2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: It is a strong item to amplify in-build sustain (to increase healing and health regeneration). It's good against magic damage champions who deal sustained damage like Vladimir and Swain; against burst mages like Syndra and Veigar to survive their initial burst and heal up quickly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health +55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second. 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Armor
Items that reduce Auto Attacks (AA) / Physical Damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage +150 Max Health +100% Health Regen +35 Armor +45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% (). 1350
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage +40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: Second chance in teamfights. Effective against high burst damage champions (Zed, Syndra, Zoe, etc.) and strong diving potential (Camille, Kha’Zix, Lee Sin, etc.).
Randuin's Omen
Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: Pick the item if enemy team has a lot of physical damage, you need increased armor and you want to get an additional bonus to movement speed and resistance to slowdowns.. Effective against champions who deal consistent crit based damage like Jinx, Yasuo or Tryndamere.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an enemy champion's attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker and inflict 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 second(s).
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: Consider in the following situations: 1) when facing multiple auto-attack reliant champions on the enemy team, such as Tryndamere, Yasuo, and Jinx; 2) reduce the effectiveness of healing when playing against Soraka, Vladimir or Samira; 3) soak up damage.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +250 Max Health +50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
Reduce Attack Speed
Items that reduce VARUS Attack Speed.
Warden's Mail
Reduces enemy's Attack Speed +35 Armor
Cold Steel: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemies by 15% for 1.5 seconds when struck by an attack. 1050
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Reduce Hybrid Damage
Items that reduce Physical and Magic Damage.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor +60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: The item increases your stamina during combat, in addition to high defensive characteristics, it reduces the slowdown effects imposed on you. It enjoys great popularity among bruisers and tanks.
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Recover health when you are low on health +200 Max Health +40 Armor +40 Magic Resistance
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35%, grants bonus max Health equal to 180 + 45% bonus health for 3 seconds, and provides 50% Slow Resistance and 30 Movement Speed for 3 seconds. (90 second cooldown) 2900
Adc VARUS Strengths and Weaknesses
Adc VARUS Strategy and Tactics
APC VARUS Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the APC Line VARUS. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Long Sword. Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Long Sword +12 Attack Damage 500
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Penetration and 11% Magic Penetration for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. The upper limit of armor and magic penetration rates is 40% when equipped with Terminus. 3400
Terminus TIPS: On-hit item that provides mixed penetration & stacking bonus resistances. It works well on champions that auto-attack a lot.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +35 Attack Damage +45 Move Speed.
Conversion: +7% Omnivamp. 1400
Riftmaker
Ramping Damage +150 Max Health +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Assimilation: +11% Omnivamp.
Void Corruption: When in combat with champions, gain 1 stack(s) of Corruption every 1 second(s). Each stack increases the damage you deal by 2.5%, up to 3 stacks. At maximum stacks, the additional damage provided by Corruption becomes true damage. 3300
Riftmaker TIPS: This item increases damage over time while fighting.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +35 Attack Damage +45 Move Speed.
Conversion: +7% Omnivamp. 1400
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Terminus (Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist) as your first item, followed by Gluttonous Greaves (Grants Attack Damage and Omnivamp) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Riftmaker (Ramping Damage).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Stasis Enchant (Turn invulnerable). You may want to replace it with Quicksilver Enchant (Dispels crowd control), it all depends on your playstyle and the situation on the battlefield.
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Terminus
Increases Armor Pen, Megic Pen, Armor, and Magic Resist +35 Attack Damage +30% Attack Speed
Shadow: Attacks deal 35 bonus magic damage on-hit.
Juxtaposition: Alternate between Light and Dark on-hits when attacking. Light attacks grant 5-8 Armor and Magic Resist for 5 seconds on hit. Dark attacks grant 11% Armor Penetration and 11% Magic Penetration for 5 seconds on hit. Each on-hit effect stacks up to 3 times. The upper limit of armor and magic penetration rates is 40% when equipped with Terminus. 3400
Terminus TIPS: On-hit item that provides mixed penetration & stacking bonus resistances. It works well on champions that auto-attack a lot.
Gluttonous Greaves
Attack Damage, Omnivamp +35 Attack Damage +45 Move Speed.
Conversion: +7% Omnivamp. 1400
Riftmaker
Ramping Damage +150 Max Health +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +15 Ability Haste
Assimilation: +11% Omnivamp.
Void Corruption: When in combat with champions, gain 1 stack(s) of Corruption every 1 second(s). Each stack increases the damage you deal by 2.5%, up to 3 stacks. At maximum stacks, the additional damage provided by Corruption becomes true damage. 3300
Riftmaker TIPS: This item increases damage over time while fighting.
Nashor's Tooth
Attacks deal bonus damage +45% Attack Speed +20 Ability Haste
Magic Fang: Obtain 30 Attack Damage or 60 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Gnaw: When basic attack hits enemy champions, it will cause 15 + 25% bonus + 25% bonus Magic Damage. 3000
Nashor's Tooth TIPS: Effective on champions that rely on basic attacks for damage and have AP scaling, such as Diana or Kayle. It's also effective on AP split-pushers like Teemo.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health. 3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Situational items
Nashor's Tooth
Attacks deal bonus damage +45% Attack Speed +20 Ability Haste
Magic Fang: Obtain 30 Attack Damage or 60 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Gnaw: When basic attack hits enemy champions, it will cause 15 + 25% bonus + 25% bonus Magic Damage. 3000
Nashor's Tooth TIPS: Effective on champions that rely on basic attacks for damage and have AP scaling, such as Diana or Kayle. It's also effective on AP split-pushers like Teemo.
Blade of the Ruined King
Attacks deal bonus damage +25 Attack Damage +35% Attack Speed
Thirst:+10% Physical Vamp.
Ruined Strikes: Attacks deal bonus physical damage equal to 6% of the enemy's current Health on-hit. (Melee attacks deal 9%). Minion damage: 15. Max damage vs monsters: 60.
Drain: Hitting a champion with 3 attacks or abilities deals 30-100 bonus magic damage and steals 25% of their Move Speed for 2 seconds. (60s Cooldown) 3000
Blade of the Ruined King TIPS: Is a great source of sustain with it’s lifesteal but mostly picked for it’s ability to cut through tanks or champions who heavily stack health like Dr. Mundo.
Nashor's Tooth
Attacks deal bonus damage +45% Attack Speed +20 Ability Haste
Magic Fang: Obtain 30 Attack Damage or 60 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Gnaw: When basic attack hits enemy champions, it will cause 15 + 25% bonus + 25% bonus Magic Damage. 3000
Nashor's Tooth TIPS: Effective on champions that rely on basic attacks for damage and have AP scaling, such as Diana or Kayle. It's also effective on AP split-pushers like Teemo.
Runaan's Hurricane
Ranged Attacks hit 3 targets +45% Attack Speed
Wind's Fury: Attacks strike 2 additional nearby enemies, each dealing 55%. These strikes can Critically Strike and trigger on-hit effects.
Wind’s Favor: Gain 20 AD or 40 AP(Adaptive).
Wind Blade: Attacks deal 15 bonus physical damage on-hit against targets.
This item cannot only be used by melee champions. 2900
Runaan's Hurricane TIPS: Good for champions who need to constantly auto-attack to deal damage.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Liandry's Torment
Abilities deal bonus damage +250 Max Health +75 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Torment: Damaging abilities or empowered attacks deal 20 + 0.5%+ 0.4% of enemy's max Health as bonus magic damage over 3 seconds. 3000
Liandry's Torment TIPS: Liandry's is good against tanks. Pick it up when the enemy consists of multiple tank champions.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +100 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 20-45%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: A huge power spike for champions with high AP ratios to increase AP by 20-45% and significantly increase their damage. Most effective against enemy teams that lack magic resistance or have squishy targets.
Wit's End
Basic Attack deals Bonus Damage +45% Attack Speed +45 Magic Resistance
At Wit's End: Basic attacks deal 15-65 bonus magic damage. While below 50% Health, dealing damage to an enemy champion heals you for (Melee 100%/Range 33%) of this effect's post-mitigation damage. 2700
Wit's End TIPS: A good item to build if you want to deal sustained damage and have some defensive stats against magic damage threats. Most commonly bought on champions that can benefit from it’s on-hit damage like Vayne, Irelia or Master Yi.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health. 3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor +60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: The item increases your stamina during combat, in addition to high defensive characteristics, it reduces the slowdown effects imposed on you. It enjoys great popularity among bruisers and tanks.
Infinity Orb
Abilities deal bonus damage +85 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration
Destiny: +5% Move Speed.
Balanced: +15 Magic Penetration.
Inevitable Demise: Abilities and empowered attacks Critically Strike for 20% bonus damage against enemies below 35% Health. 3200
Infinity Orb TIPS: This item increases damage to enemies with low health. Indispensable for mages and assassins with magical damage type.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health +80 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: If you're an mage-assassin and the enemy has a lot of shields, pick this item up to make destroying their shields easier.
Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and Ghost (Gain a large burst of movement speed) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Ghost
Gain a large burst of movement speed, that decays to 25% bonus movement speed for 8 seconds. With each takedown, Ghost's duration is extended by 6 seconds, refreshing its effects, up to the original amount.
Cooldown: 90s
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Lethal Tempo (Attack faster with each consecutive attack.) as your keystone, followed by 
Brutal (Attacks deal bonus damage to enemy champions.), Coup de Grace (Increases damage dealt to enemy champions with low Health.) and Legend: Alacrity (Gains Attack Speed.) in the primary tree, as well as Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Lethal Tempo
Attack Speed
Gain stacks of Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed the Attack Speed cap.
Each stack: increase 10-18% (Melee) or 4-13% (Ranged) Attack Speed for 6 seconds.
At max stack bonus: Gain 50 (Melee) or 75 (Ranged) Attack Distance.
Brutal
On-hit Damage
Basic attacks deal 7-21 bonus adaptive damage on-hit against champions.
Coup de Grace
Bonus Damage
When an enemy champion has less than 40% Health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.
Legend: Alacrity
Bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 20% Attack Speed.
Bone Plating
Block Combo-damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 30s
Situational Runes
Brutal
On-hit Damage
Basic attacks deal 7-21 bonus adaptive damage on-hit against champions.
Gathering storm
Increasing AD/AP
Every 3 minutes, gain increasing Adaptive or . Totaling: 2/5/9/14 or 4/10/18/28 based on game time.
Gathering storm — Damage output increases over time.
Coup de Grace
Bonus Damage
When an enemy champion has less than 40% Health, deals 8% bonus adaptive damage.
Giant Slayer
Takedown high health champions
Deal bonus damage based on the enemy champion’s bonus health, up to 16% bonus damage when the enemy champion has 1600 bonus health.
Giant Slayer — Deals more damage to an enemy champions the more bonus Health they have.
Legend: Alacrity
Bonus Attack Speed
Gains 3% Attack Speed. Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 20% Attack Speed.
Legend: Bloodline
Omnivamp
Gains 1% Omnivamp . Takedown monsters, enemy champions, or minions to gain up to an additional 7% Omnivamp .
Legend: Bloodline — Gains Omnivamp.
Lethal Tempo
Attack Speed
Gain stacks of Attack Speed when attacking enemy champions. Stacks up to 6 times. At max stacks, you gain bonus range and can exceed the Attack Speed cap.
Each stack: increase 10-18% (Melee) or 4-13% (Ranged) Attack Speed for 6 seconds.
At max stack bonus: Gain 50 (Melee) or 75 (Ranged) Attack Distance.
Phase Rush
Mobility, Ability Haste
Using basic attacks or abilities on an enemy champion 3 time(s) within 4s grants Movement Speed and reduces the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Duration: 3s.
Movement Speed bonus: Melee - 40%-60% () | Ranged - 30-50% ().
Ability Haste: 25.
Cooldown: 12s
Phase Rush — Hitting the enemy champion(s) with basic attacks or abilities multiple times grants Movement Speed and Ability Haste.Skills Order
(Q) PIERCING ARROW
15/14/13/12s 75
Hold: Draws the bow, gradually increasing the range and damage for the next shot. Movement Speed is slowed by 20% while preparing to shoot.
Release: Fires the arrow, dealing 93 to 139 physical damage (20/70/120/170 + 125% to 30/105/180/255 + 187.5% ), reduced by 15% per enemy hit (minimum 33%).
Piercing Arrow's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds if the arrow detonates Blight stacks on at least one enemy champion.
Piercing Arrow fails if not released after 4 seconds, but will refund 50% of its Mana cost.
(Q) PIERCING ARROW
(W) BLIGHTED QUIVER
22/20/18/16s
Passive: Attacks deal 12 bonus magic damage (12/16/20/24 + 20% ) and apply Blight for 6 seconds (stacks 3 times). Varus's other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage equal to 5% (5/5.5/6/6.5 + 1% ) of the target's max Health per stack.
Active: Doubles the bonus on hit damage from Blighted Quiver's passive for 6 seconds. The next Piercing Arrow deals bonus magic damage equal to 8% to 16% () of the target's missing Health, increase by 0% - 100% (based on Piercing Arrow's channel time).
(W) BLIGHTED QUIVER
(E) HAIL OF ARROWS
13/12/11/10s 80
Fires a hail of arrows that deals 70 physical damage (70/115/160/205 + 90% bonus ) and desecrates the ground for 4 seconds. Desecrated ground slows enemies by 25% and applies 40% Grievous Wounds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
(E) HAIL OF ARROWS
(R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
65/55/45s 100
Flings out a tendril of corruption that deals 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 85% ) and roots the first enemy champion hit for 2 seconds.
The corruption then spreads toward nearby enemy champions, also immobilizing them on contact. Immobilized units gain 3 Blight stacks over the next 3 seconds.
(R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
APC VARUS Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the APC VARUS. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
APC VARUS Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter APC VARUS in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against VARUS combo.
Mercury's Treads
Reduces Magic Damage +200 Max Health +100% Health Regen +35 Magic Resistance +45 Move Speed.
Dissolve: Reduces magic damage taken by 7-12% (). 1350
Spirit Visage
Increases healing and shielding received +350 Max Health +100% Health Regen +50 Magic Resistance +20 Ability Haste
Blessed: Increases all healing, regen, drain effects and shields on yourself by 30%. 2800
Spirit Visage TIPS: It is a strong item to amplify in-build sustain (to increase healing and health regeneration). It's good against magic damage champions who deal sustained damage like Vladimir and Swain; against burst mages like Syndra and Veigar to survive their initial burst and heal up quickly.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health +55 Magic Resistance
Storm: +5% Move Speed.
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 25%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: Tank item which is recommended in situations where: 1) enemy team has a lot of magic damage; 2) you need increased movement speed. Effective against champions like Syndra, Brand, etc.
Maw of Malmortius
Converts damage from attacks into a magic shield +55 Attack Damage +45 Magic Resistance +10 Ability Haste
Demonbane: 20% of the damage that your attack deals, or 15% of the physical damage that your abilities deal is converted into a magic shield that absorbs up to 60-400 magic damage. The shield decays by 5% per second. 3000
Maw of Malmortius TIPS: Good choice against burst mages like Vex, Syndra, and Annie who can quickly take you down. It's also effective against sustained damage mages like Vladimir and Swain who rely on consistent damage over time.
Armor
Items that reduce Auto Attacks (AA) / Physical Damage.
Plated Steelcaps
Reduces Physical Damage +150 Max Health +100% Health Regen +35 Armor +45 Move Speed.
Block: Reduces physical damage taken by 7-10% (). 1350
Guardian Angel
Revives at death +40 Attack Damage +40 Armor
Resurrect: Upon taking lethal damage, restores 50% Health and 30% Mana after 4 seconds of stasis. (210s Cooldown) 3400
Guardian Angel TIPS: Second chance in teamfights. Effective against high burst damage champions (Zed, Syndra, Zoe, etc.) and strong diving potential (Camille, Kha’Zix, Lee Sin, etc.).
Randuin's Omen
Attack to heal from enemy Critical Strikes +400 Max Health +75 Armor
Countercurrent: When you are Critically Struck or take physical damage, gain 1 stack of Countercurrent. Each stack of Countercurrent grants 5% Critical Strike damage reduction. Stacks up to 4 times. Upon reaching full stacks, grants 20% bonus Movement Speed and slow resist equal to 20% plus 0.5% of bonus Health. 2800
Randuin's Omen TIPS: Pick the item if enemy team has a lot of physical damage, you need increased armor and you want to get an additional bonus to movement speed and resistance to slowdowns.. Effective against champions who deal consistent crit based damage like Jinx, Yasuo or Tryndamere.
Thornmail
Reflects damage and reduces enemy healing +200 Max Health +75 Armor
Thorns: When struck by an enemy champion's attack, deal 20 + 6% bonus Armor + 2% bonus Health magic damage to the attacker and inflict 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 second(s).
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2700
Thornmail TIPS: Consider in the following situations: 1) when facing multiple auto-attack reliant champions on the enemy team, such as Tryndamere, Yasuo, and Jinx; 2) reduce the effectiveness of healing when playing against Soraka, Vladimir or Samira; 3) soak up damage.
Dead Man's Plate
Increases Movement Speed +250 Max Health +50 Armor
Relentless: +5% Move Speed.
Momentum: Moving builds Momentum, granting up to 40 Move Speed at 100 stacks. Attacking removes all Momentum. Stacks decay when movement is impaired.
Crushing Blow: Attacks deal up to 100 bonus magic damage based on Momentum removed. Melee attacks with max Momentum slows by 50% for 1 second. 2800
Dead Man's Plate TIPS: Great for tanks and bruisers who need extra movement speed and durability. Also provides excellent burst especially in combination with spellblade items (e.g. Divine Sunderer).
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
Reduce Attack Speed
Items that reduce VARUS Attack Speed.
Warden's Mail
Reduces enemy's Attack Speed +35 Armor
Cold Steel: Reduce the Attack Speed of enemies by 15% for 1.5 seconds when struck by an attack. 1050
Frozen Heart
Reduces all nearby enemies Attack Speed +80 Armor +200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Winter's Caress: Basic attacks and magic damage caused by you or inflicted upon you and nearby allies, will apply stacks of Chill to the enemy champion for 3 seconds. Each stack of Chill slows enemy attack speed by 9%, up to a maximum of 4 stacks or 36% attack speed reduction. Each individual ability has a 3 seconds cooldown on applying Chill stacks. 2700
Frozen Heart TIPS: Recommended whenever you need to increase mana usage; reduce enemy attack speed. It's effective against AD champions who rely on basic attacks (Jinx, Tristana, Vayne) or use their abilities frequently (Yasuo, Riven, Zed).
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Stasis Enchant
Turn invulnerable
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1000
Stasis Enchant TIPS: Good against assassins and burst damage.
Quicksilver Enchant
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.75 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): After the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 800
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3150
Edge of Night TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Crown of the Shattered Queen
Blocks an enemy ability +60 Ability Power +7% Magic Penetration +200 Max Mana +20 Ability Haste
Safeguard: Grant a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability, reduce incoming damage by 40% for 1s (40s Cooldown).
Poise: AP increases by 20 while Safeguarded. Dealing magic damage to enemy champions using an active ability reduces Safeguard's cooldown by 4s. 3000
Crown of the Shattered Queen TIPS: Defensive and offensive item, great for champions that need to engage and protect themselves from crowd control. It's most effective against champions with crucial abilities that can be blocked by its active shield, such as Ashe, Lux, Morgana.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Reduce Hybrid Damage
Items that reduce Physical and Magic Damage.
Amaranth's Twinguard
In-combat durability +60 Armor +60 Magic Resistance
Endurance: Gain 1 stacks of Endurance every 1 seconds while in combat with enemy champions (max 5 stacks). At maximum stacks, gain 20% size, 20% Tenacity, and increase Armor by 30% and Magic Resistance by 30% until out of combat with champion. 3100
Amaranth's Twinguard TIPS: The item increases your stamina during combat, in addition to high defensive characteristics, it reduces the slowdown effects imposed on you. It enjoys great popularity among bruisers and tanks.
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour
Recover health when you are low on health +200 Max Health +40 Armor +40 Magic Resistance
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35%, grants bonus max Health equal to 180 + 45% bonus health for 3 seconds, and provides 50% Slow Resistance and 30 Movement Speed for 3 seconds. (90 second cooldown) 2900
APC VARUS Strengths and Weaknesses
APC VARUS Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift VARUS Ability and Tips
LIVING VENGEANCE
PIERCING ARROW
BLIGHTED QUIVER
HAIL OF ARROWS
CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
(PASSIVE) LIVING VENGEANCE
Gains 60% Attack Speed for 5/6/7/8s on a champion kill or assist, 30% on non-champion kills.
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(Q) PIERCING ARROW
15/14/13/12s 75
Hold: Draws the bow, gradually increasing the range and damage for the next shot. Movement Speed is slowed by 20% while preparing to shoot.
Release: Fires the arrow, dealing 93 to 139 physical damage (20/70/120/170 + 125% to 30/105/180/255 + 187.5% ), reduced by 15% per enemy hit (minimum 33%).
Piercing Arrow's cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds if the arrow detonates Blight stacks on at least one enemy champion.
Piercing Arrow fails if not released after 4 seconds, but will refund 50% of its Mana cost.
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(W) BLIGHTED QUIVER
22/20/18/16s
Passive: Attacks deal 12 bonus magic damage (12/16/20/24 + 20% ) and apply Blight for 6 seconds (stacks 3 times). Varus's other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage equal to 5% (5/5.5/6/6.5 + 1% ) of the target's max Health per stack.
Active: Doubles the bonus on hit damage from Blighted Quiver's passive for 6 seconds. The next Piercing Arrow deals bonus magic damage equal to 8% to 16% () of the target's missing Health, increase by 0% - 100% (based on Piercing Arrow's channel time).
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(E) HAIL OF ARROWS
13/12/11/10s 80
Fires a hail of arrows that deals 70 physical damage (70/115/160/205 + 90% bonus ) and desecrates the ground for 4 seconds. Desecrated ground slows enemies by 25% and applies 40% Grievous Wounds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
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(R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION
65/55/45s 100
Flings out a tendril of corruption that deals 150 magic damage (150/250/350 + 85% ) and roots the first enemy champion hit for 2 seconds.
The corruption then spreads toward nearby enemy champions, also immobilizing them on contact. Immobilized units gain 3 Blight stacks over the next 3 seconds.
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Wild Rift VARUS Skills Combo
Varus Flash All-In
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Use this combo to get a pick on an enemy from a long range.
From a long range, use (R) CHAIN OF CORRUPTION, then immediately FLASH to root the the enemy. AA and (E) HAIL OF ARROWS to and proc your W's passive. From there, activate (W) BLIGHTED QUIVER and AA twice before using (Q) PIERCING ARROW to proc your W's passive again. Continue to AA 3 times and use (Q) to extend this combo if needed.