Wild Rift Varus Build Guide with Item Builds, Runes and Summoner spells

In League of Legends Wild Rift, Varus is a Marksman champion commonly played in a Dragon lane as an AD Carry. Varus is dealing Mix damage (Physical + Magical damage) with his abilities and basic attacks. Varus is considered as an Easy to Play champion based on his abilities and Playstyle. 

In Wild Rift, Varus is considered as an A-tier pick for Dragon lane AD Carry. In this post, we will look at the Best Item Builds, Runes, Summoner Spells, and Abilities analysis for Varus, including some gameplay tips and tricks we have found especially for you, which help you to Master Varus quickly.

Wild Rift Varus Build Guide with Item Builds, Runes and Summoner spells

Let’s begin with Runes first, 

Best Runes for Varus in Wild Rift

Name	Stats
Conqueror	Stacking Damage: Gain Stacks of adaptive force when hitting a champion with a separate attack or abilities. It stacks up to 5 times. When fully stacked, deals bonus adaptive damage to and champion. Per Stack: (2-6) bonus AD or (3-9) AP for 6 seconds. Fully Stacked Bonus: Melee: 10% Ranged: 7% Bonus adaptive damage to champions.
Gathering Storm	Increasing AD/ AP Every 3 minutes, gain increasing adaptive AD or AP Totalling: 2,5,9,14… AD etc or 4,10,18,28… AP etc; based on the game time.
Adaptive Carapace	Health, AR/ MR Gain 50 Health. While below 50 health, gain 12 AR or MR based on the damage type you took more over the last 60 seconds (Physical damage grants AR, Magic damage grants MR).
Sweet Tooth	Honey fruit, Gold Increases honey fruit healing by 25. Whenever you and your nearby ally eat a honey fruit gain 20 gold.

Note: You can also use Brutal instead of Gathering Strom for early game advantage, and you can use Electrocute instead of Conqueror if you want to play AP Varus.

Gathering Storm

Electrocute

Now, Let’s look at the Summoners Spells for Varus

Best Summoner Spells for Varus in Wild Rift

Name	Stats
Flash	Flash undoubtedly the best spell for any champion you play. Flash is used to teleport your champion forward for any aimed direction. (Cooldown: 150 seconds)
Barrier	Gain a shield that absorbs 115-465 (based on the level) damage for 2 seconds (Cooldown: 90 Seconds).

Note: If your support has picked Ignite, then you can go for Heal instead of Barrier. 

Now, Let’s start with the most important part of this guide, “Best Item Builds for Varus”, 

Best Item Builds for Varus in Wild Rift

In Wild Rift, You can use various Item Builds for Varus based on the enemy champion you are facing and your playstyle. You can play Varus as AD and AP marksman as varus has both AP and AD scaling. Let’s begin with the Item Builds,

1. Varus Item Build (AD – Dragon Lane)

Blade of the Ruined King	Runaan’s Hurricane	Gluttonous Greaves	Infinity Edge
Mortal Reminder	Gluttonous Stasis	Guardian Angel	Ward

2. Varus Item Build (AP – Dragon Lane)

Nashor’s Tooth	Lich Bane	Ionian Boots of Lucidity	Rabadon’s Deathcap
Void Staff	Ionian Stasis	Morellonomicon	Ward

3. Varus Item Build vs AP Champions

Blade of the Ruined King	Runaan’s Hurricane	Mercury’s Tread	Maw of Maltrious
Mortal Reminder	Mercury’s Stasis	Guardian Angel	Ward

4. Varus Item Build vs AD Champions

Blade of the Ruined King	Runaan’s Hurricane	Plated Steelcaps	Infinity Edge
Mortal Reminder	Steel-plated Stasis	Guardian Angel	Ward

5. Varus Item Build vs Tanks

Blade of the Ruined King	Runaan’s Hurricane	Gluttonous Greaves	Mortal Reminder
Infinity Edge	Gluttonous Stasis	Guardian Angel	Ward

6. Varus’s Hidden Op Build (Bonus)

Manamune	Yommu’s Ghostblade	Plated Steelcaps	Mortal Reminder
Duskblade of Draktharr	Steel-plated Protobelt	Guardian Angel	Ward

Now, Let’s look at Varus’s Ability analysis with attack combos,

Wild Rift Varus’s Ability analysis with Attack Combos

Let’s begin with the ability analysis first, as it will help us to understand Varus’s Ability in-depth so we can perform attack combos more easily.

Wild Rift Varus’s Ability Analysis

1. Living Vengence (Passive)

Living Vengence

Gains 40% Attack Speed for 5 seconds on a champion kill or assist. 20% on non-champion Kill.

2. Piercing Arrow (First Ability)

Piercing Arrow

Hold: Draw 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 74 to 111 physical damage (10 + 110% AD to 15 + 165% AD), reduced by 15% per enemy hit (minimum 33%). The piercing arrow’s cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds if the arrow detonates the Blight stacks on at one enemy champion. The piercing arrow fails if not released after 4 seconds, but will refund 50% of its mana cost.  Base Damage: 10/60/110/160 Max Damage: 15/90/165/240 Mana Cost: 75/80/85/90 Cooldown: 15.6/13.7/11.7/9.8

3. Blighted Quiver (Second Ability)

Blighted Quiver

Passive: Attacks deal 8 bonus magic damage (8 + 20% AP) and apply Blight for 6 seconds (stacks 3 times). Varus’s other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage equal to 3.5% (3.5% + 0.02% AP) 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 deal bonus magic damage equal to 7% to 13% (based on the level) of the target’s missing Health, increased by 0%-100% (Based on piercing Arrow’s channel time). Base Damage: 8/12/16/20 % Damage: 3.5%/4%/4.5%/5% Cooldown: 24.4 seconds

4. Hail of Arrow (Third Ability)

Hail of Arrows

Fires a Hail of arrow that deals 70 physical damage (70 + 60% bonus AD) and desecrates the ground for 4 seconds. Desecrated ground slow enemies by 25% and applies Grievous wounds. Grievous wounds: reduce healing effects by 50% Base Damage: 70/115/160/205 Cooldown: 15.6/13.7/11.7/9.8 Mana Cost: 80

5. Chain of Corruption (Ultimate)

Chain of Corruption

Flings out a tendril of corruption that deal 150 magic damage (150 + 80% AP) and roots the first enemy champion hit for 2 seconds. The corruption then spreads towards nearby enemies champions, also immobilizing them on contact. Immobilized units gain 3 Blight stacks for the next 3 seconds. Base Damage: 150/240/250 Cooldown: 68.3/58.5/48.8 Mana Cost: 80

Now, Let’s look at the “Varus Ability Up-gradation path”,

Which Varus’s Ability I should upgrade first?

When upgrading the Varus’s abilities in Wild Rift, First unlock all three basic abilities. After that, start upgrading n his Q to max level, followed by his W and E. Don’t forget to unlock and upgrade his ultimate whenever possible.

Varus’s Ability Upgradation Path
Piercing Arrow	1	4	6	7
Blighted Quiver	3	8	10	11
Hail of Arrows	2	12	14	15
Chain of Corruption	5	9	13	–

Now, Let’s look at the Best Attack Combos for Varus,

Best Attack Combos for Varus in Wild Rift

In Wild Rift, You can perform multiple attack combos with Varus based on the enemy champion you are facing and your playstyle. Let’s look at some combos used by Varus mains,

Combo 1 (with Ultimate): 

R (Chain of corruption) > E (Hail of Arrow) > AA (Auto Attacks) > AA (Auto Attacks) > W (Blightes Quiver) > Q (Percing Arrow) > AA (Auto Attacks)

Combo 2 (without Ultimate):

E (Hail of Arrow) > AA (Auto Attacks) > AA (Auto Attacks) > W (Blightes Quiver) > Q (Percing Arrow) > AA (Auto Attacks)

Wild Rift Varus Counter

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Ezreal

Xayah

Kai’sa

Draven

Wild Rift Varus Gameplay Tips and Tricks

Early Game: 

In Wild Rift, Varus’s early game is very weak. So, in the early game, try to farm from a safe distance and use your second ability (Piercing arrow) to poke the enemy. Once Varus gets his ultimate, you can look for an opportunity to engage and try to get a kill. Varus’s Ultimate is really good in team fights, so only use it if you are sure you can get a kill.

Late Game: 

In the late game, when Varus get his core items, he becomes really strong, and he can kill the whole enemy team with his attack combos. When you are playing as AD carry, try to stay behind your team as most of the time, you will be the primary damage source of your team, and if you die early in, your team will struggle a lot. So, always let your frontline engage and sock damage while you deal damage from a safe distance.

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