Champion sheet · ADC

Varus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Bans, presence and fearless: Varus across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

9.6%#83 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.4%picked in 169 of 2,644 games
Ban: 3.2%63 bans over 1,958 games, against 0.7% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC46.7% between 40.1% and 53.4% over 150 gamesSoloQ 47.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 28.3 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.Draft
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 78% of ADC.CC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.1%
SoloQ
1.4%
3.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.4%
SoloQ
0.7%
3.4% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 0.7% in soloQ over 82,299 games.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo67% · 4,562

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier73% · 4,990

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 81% · 103 games

Core (3 legendaries)47% · 1,980

47%of soloQ games

Statikk Shiv
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Terminus

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 78% of ADC.

Crowd control (CC)top22%0.9 · ADC: 0.6

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Like other ADC

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 66 in lane, 49 in mid game and 41 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

540+15 vs 525

914-1 vs 915

1,347-19 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

VarusADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 74% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 66 of 100 among ADC540 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 49 of 100 among ADC914 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 41 of 100 among ADC1,347 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 75 of 100 among ADC+127 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 74 of 100 among ADC+180 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 66 of 100 among ADC401 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 58 of 100 among ADC57% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 49 of 100 among ADC19% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 23 of 100 among ADCrank 23 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 78 of 100 among ADC0.9 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 73 of 100 among ADC25% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.