# Varus Counters
Who counters Varus? Best and worst picks against Varus by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Varus in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank.
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## Page Content

[Varus guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/)
[Play against Varus](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/how-to-play-against/)
[Varus counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/varus/counters/)

Best and worst picks against Varus in Bot at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Yasuo, Kog'Maw and Twitch beat Varus most often. Draven, Samira and Miss Fortune win the laning phase against Varus by the widest gold margin.

## Best picks against Varus

Highest win rate versus Varus in Bot.

- 1 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 198 games 63.1%

- 2 [Kog'Maw](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kogmaw/) 179 games 58.1%

- 3 [Twitch](https://baronbuff.com/champions/twitch/) 499 games 56.5%

- 4 [Zeri](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zeri/) 305 games 56.4%

- 5 [Sivir](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sivir/) 487 games 56.3%

- 6 [Ziggs](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ziggs/) 219 games 56.2%

- 7 [Jinx](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jinx/) 1,477 games 56.1%

- 8 [Swain](https://baronbuff.com/champions/swain/) 132 games 55.3%

- 9 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 1,690 games 55.0%

- 10 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 410 games 54.1%

- 11 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 447 games 53.2%

- 12 [Seraphine](https://baronbuff.com/champions/seraphine/) 487 games 53.0%

- 13 [Jhin](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jhin/) 1,623 games 52.9%

- 14 [Tristana](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tristana/) 911 games 52.9%

- 15 [Senna](https://baronbuff.com/champions/senna/) 519 games 52.8%

## Worst picks against Varus

Lowest win rate versus Varus in Bot.

- 1 [Yunara](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yunara/) 963 games 47.1%

- 2 [Ezreal](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ezreal/) 1,571 games 48.0%

- 3 [Kalista](https://baronbuff.com/champions/kalista/) 279 games 48.4%

## Best lane counters vs Varus

Largest gold lead over Varus at 15 minutes in Bot.

- 1 [Draven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/) 143 games +845

- 2 [Samira](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/) 246 games +147

- 3 [Miss Fortune](https://baronbuff.com/champions/missfortune/) 799 games +145

- 4 [Lucian](https://baronbuff.com/champions/lucian/) 301 games +32

## How to play against Varus

Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick.

### In lane and in teamfights

- Stand outside the minion line after he charges Q so he must choose wave or damage.

- Trade after he spends E, then disengage before stacked passive autos become lethal.

- Dodge sideways before committing through river; his linear Q and R punish straight entries.

- Force his Flash or R before objectives, then re-engage while he lacks self-peel.

- Spread before R so it cannot chain through your team.

## Where Varus is weak

Exploit these in draft and in lane.

- Varus has no mobility, so flank pressure and layered engage punish him once his root is forced.

- Varus often needs setup time for poke or Blight stacks, making rushed fights disrupt his damage pattern.

## Varus counters: questions

### Who counters Varus in Bot?

At Gold+, Yasuo (63.1%), Kog'Maw (58.1%) and Twitch (56.5%) have the highest win rates against Varus.

### Who does Varus counter?

Varus wins most often against Yunara (47.1%), Ezreal (48.0%) and Kalista (48.4%).

### Who wins lane against Varus?

By gold lead at 15 minutes, Draven (+845), Samira (+147) and Miss Fortune (+145) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Varus.

### How is the counter list ranked?

Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength.

- [Bot Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/adc/)

- [Draven counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/draven/counters/)

- [Samira counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/samira/counters/)
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