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Varus in draft

Played at ADC in 89% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Ban, presence, fearless and patch by patch: Varus, all builds combined. In a comp, with / against and build: the chosen build.

Presence (pick + ban)

11 %

picked or banned · 72nd of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 8.2%

Picked 7% · 440 of 6,543 gamesBanned 4% · 124 of 3,272 drafts with bans

Win rate at ADC

Everything below reads on 393 games at ADC. · 422 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (3,272 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 27, 2026, 1:37 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftMixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.What the scene picks when it is banned: not measurable yet.

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other ADCCCNo poke

03 · With / againstGood against Ornn.Good against

Ornn70%37 gamesBad againstno clear pairBad duo withno clear pairGood duo with

Viktor67%33 games

04 · BuildOne path: Statikk Shiv.

Lethal Tempo

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Read on Varus, all builds combined.

Where it is played

Share of ADC picks taken by Varus, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

1.7%10,124 picks out of 610,299banned in 1.7% of games · 1,626 of 98,270patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

3.0%282 picks out of 9,366banned in 4.2% of games · 80 of 1,886patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

3.2%70 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 8% and 16% since 16.12 · 12.2% on 16.21 · 10.7% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	12.2%	2,671	Lethal Tempo56% · 122
16.20	10.7%	7,858	Lethal Tempo85% · 380
16.19	11.2%	6,733	Lethal Tempo84% · 314
16.18	9.2%	5,762	Lethal Tempo85% · 239
16.17	9.8%	5,728	Lethal Tempo82% · 280
16.16	9.0%	5,992	Lethal Tempo69% · 183
16.15	8.0%	5,530	Lethal Tempo70% · 119
16.14	9.1%	5,702	Lethal Tempo65% · 137
16.13	12.1%	7,391	Lethal Tempo74% · 324
16.12	15.6%	5,118	Lethal Tempo79% · 275

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Mixed ban: phase 1 and phase 2 share its bans.

124 bans of 3,272 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: fallback pick — brought out late in the series, once the pool is drained.

G15.3%
G26.9%
G3+9.2%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Xayah12

Jhin10

Jinx10

series, of 101 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (101), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

Read at ADC, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

No champion comes out more often at ADC when Varus is banned: both teams keep their usual picks.

124 games where it is banned · 2,929 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Varus ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on Varus, on-hit build.

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

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the ADC

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min

Not applicable to this position.

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

itADC
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on ADC: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks itCC

What it is notNo poke

Split-push — Not applicable to this position.

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 7:18 (7:12), 1st item at 11:48 (11:42), 2nd at 18:06 (18:30), 3rd at 23:18 (24:12).

311 games · median minute of each milestone, ADC in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Read on Varus, on-hit build.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
WukongJGL	39	Evenbetween 39% and 64%
OrnnTOP	37	Favourablebetween 57% and 81%
AhriMID	33	Leans its waybetween 49% and 76%
SyndraMID	31	Leans its waybetween 43% and 71%
JinxADC	31	Favourablebetween 56% and 82%
LeonaSUP	30	Leans its waybetween 45% and 73%
Jarvan IVJGL	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
YunaraADC	29	Too few for a rate (29 of 30)
LuluSUP	28	Too few for a rate (28 of 30)
OriannaMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)

show 75 other pairs

ViktorMID	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
SivirADC	27	Too few for a rate (27 of 30)
AsheADC	25	Too few for a rate (25 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
NautilusSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	24	Too few for a rate (24 of 30)
SionTOP	22	Too few for a rate (22 of 30)
CaitlynADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
JhinADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	20	Too few for a rate (20 of 30)
BraumSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
KarmaSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
MilioSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
RakanSUP	18	Too few for a rate (18 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
RellSUP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
GnarTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
OlafTOP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
XayahADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
ThreshSUP	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
K'SanteTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
RenektonTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
EzrealADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
LucianADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
TristanaADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
HweiMID	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
LilliaJGL	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
AlistarSUP	13	Too few for a rate (13 of 30)
GwenTOP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SkarnerJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
AuroraMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
LockeMID	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
ApheliosADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
SylasJGL	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
SylasMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
YoneMID	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	10	Too few for a rate (10 of 30)
CamilleTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
NaafiriJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
PantheonJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AkaliMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AniviaMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AzirMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
RyzeMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
CorkiADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
KalistaADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
ShenTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
NocturneJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ShyvanaJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ViJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
BardSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Renata GlascSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
RumbleTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
TrundleJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
ViegoJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MelMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
VeigarMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NasusTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
Cho'GathJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GalioMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LissandraMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
KledTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MalphiteTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YoneTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
GravesJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
IvernJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AmumuSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
NamiSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
PykeSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 85 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 311 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

Read on Varus, on-hit build.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 38 games
Patch16.21 · 127 games
2 patches515 games
Window311 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Lethal Tempo+

Inspiration

92% · 35 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Barrier

58% · 22 games

First maxed skill

92% · 35 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orPress the Attack+Inspiration5% · 2 games
orLethal Tempo+Resolve16% · 6 games

Other spells

orCleanse + Flash21% · 8 games
orExhaust + Flash13% · 5 games

38 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Statikk Shiv92% · 11:30
Guinsoo's Rageblade94% · 18:18
Terminus93% · 22:48

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).