Varus Wild Rift Guide, Build and Strategy

Varus is a marksman champion that is a mix of physical ranged carry and caster, adept at whittling down individual targets or assassinating them from afar. He has a mix of persistent and burst damage, making him an exceptional additional to any team composition.

How to Play Varus

• Poke enemies with Piercing Arrow
• You can use Blighted Quiver before Piercing Arrow for increased damage
• You can use Flash while channeling Piercing Arrow
• Enemies affected by Blight receives more damage
• The longer you charge your Piercing Arrow, the higher its damage
• Use Hail of Arrows and Piercing Arrows to clear minion waves faster
• Hail of Arrows is very effective on heroes who have self-healing
• Chain of Corruption passes through minions
• Chain of Corruption provides temporary vision to those champion it hits
• You can use Chain of Corruption on enemies to secure your escape
• You can do a physical or magic type build for Varus

Skills

Passive / Living Vengeance: Gain 40% attack speed for 5 seconds on a champion kill or assist. 20% on non-champion kills.

Skill 1 / Piercing Arrow: 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 physical damage, reduced by 15% per enemy hit.

Skill 2 / Blighted Quiver: Passive: Attack deal bonus magic damage and apply blight for 6 seconds. Varus’ other abilities detonate blight, dealing magic damage. Active: Doubles the bonus on hit damage from Blighted Quiver’s passive for 6 seconds. The next Piercing Arrow deals bonus magic damage.

Skill 3 / Hail of Arrows: Fires a hall of arrows tat deals physical damage and desecrates the ground for 4 seconds. Desecrated ground slows enemies by 25% and applies Grievous Wounds.

Skill 4 / Chain of Corruption: Flings out a tendril of corruption that deals magic damage and roots the first enemy champion hit for 2 seconds. The corruption spreads toward nearby enemy champions, immobilizing them on contact. Immobilized targets gain 3 Blight stacks over the next 3 seconds.

Item Build

Blade of the Ruined King, Runaan’s Hurricane, Gluttonous Quicksilver, Infinity Edge, Guardian Angel, Mortal Reminder

Runaan’s Hurricane, Rabadon’s Deathcap, Ionian Protobelt, Infinity Orb, Void Staff, Nashor’s Tooth

Runes

• Conqueror – Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Deal bonus adaptive damage to champions. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Triumph – Champion takedowns restore 10% missing health. Deal 3% more damage to enemies below 35% health.
• Second Wind – Gain 6 health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate missing heath over the next 10 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
• Hunter Genius – Gain 2.5 Ability Haste. Unique champion takedowns grant 2.5 Ability Haste.

• Conqueror – Gain stacks of Adaptive Force when hitting a champion with separate attacks or abilities. Deal bonus adaptive damage to champions. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Gathering Storm – Every 3 minutes, gain increasing Adaptive AD or AP based on game time.
• Second Wind – Gain 6 health every 5 seconds. After taking damage from an enemy champion, regenerate missing heath over the next 10 seconds. This effect is doubled for melee champions.
• Sweet Tooth – Increases Honeyfruit healing by 25%. Whenever you or a nearby ally eats a Honeyfruit gain 20 gold.

Spells

• Barrier
• Flash

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