Varus
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 6.4%picked in 169 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 3.2%63 bans over 1,958 games, against 0.7% in soloQ
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 tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itPress the Attack, then Experimental Hexplate, Dusk and Dawn, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 94% of top laners.DuelistDamageSplit-push
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.4%
- SoloQ
- 0.7%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Press the Attack, then Experimental Hexplate, Dusk and Dawn, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesPress the Attack65% · 1,181
SpellsExhaust + Flash49% · 889
SkillsWnot collected in soloQ- Experimental Hexplate
- Dusk and Dawn
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Team damage first: more damage than 94% of top laners.
- Team damagetop7%25% · top laners: 20%
- Takes its kills in duelstop16%32% · top laners: 28%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Duelist
- Damage
- Split-push
Like other top laners
- Damage in late game
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- Few teamfights
- Carries its own kills
- No poke
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 89 in lane, 86 in mid game and 63 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 99% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 89 of 100 among top laners680 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 86 of 100 among top laners956 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 63 of 100 among top laners1,114 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 99 of 100 among top laners+841 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 99 of 100 among top laners+1,167 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 24 of 100 among top laners540 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 23 of 100 among top laners50% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 84 of 100 among top laners32% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 10 of 100 among top lanersrank 10 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 62 of 100 among top laners0.9 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 94 of 100 among top laners25% · median 20%
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.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.3%1,497 picks of 431,266ban 0.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.3%12 picks of 3,686ban 3.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro1.3%28 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
12.2% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.