Champion sheet · Top
Varus
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KRTournament presence · pick + ban
11.2%#74 of 173 champions
- Pick
- 7.2%picked in 1,340 of 18,494 games
- Ban
- 4.0%693 bans over 17,510 games, against 1.3% in soloQ
Win rate as Top43.7% between 38.1% and 49.4% over 206 gamesSoloQ 46.1%: no clear gap
Median length29.9 minsoloQ 26.2 min
Amateur: 18,750 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 348,503 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 tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
- 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 draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.6%
- SoloQ
- 0.8%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 4.2%
- SoloQ
- 1.3%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.9 min
- SoloQ
- 26.2 min
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 Attack51% · 2,910Same in amateur play
SpellsExhaust + Flash49% · 2,796Same in amateur play
SkillsWnot collected in soloQAmateur: 89% · 32 games
Core (3 legendaries)10% · 198
10%of soloQ games
- Experimental Hexplate
- Dusk and Dawn
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Amateur: Experimental Hexplate, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus (12%), gap not settled
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.
680+81 vs 599
956+88 vs 868
1,114+35 vs 1,079
Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30
Varustop laners
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, ahead of 99% of top laners against the direct opponent.
top laners
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.
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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
Topgap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
Junglegap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
Midgap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
ADCgap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
Supportgap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
Junglegap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
Midgap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
ADCgap to expected
No positive gap in amateur play.
Supportgap to expected
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.
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Top13 champions
- K'Sante27 games—SoloQ: 49.9% · 365 g
- Gnar10 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 108 g
- Sion10 games—SoloQ: 45.5% · 77 g
- Ambessa8 games—SoloQ: 51.7% · 149 g
- Nasus8 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 109 g
- Ornn8 games—SoloQ: 43.8% · 48 g
- Renekton7 games—SoloQ: 54.2% · 153 g
- Yasuo7 games—SoloQ: 44.2% · 163 g
- Zaahen7 games—SoloQ: 46.4% · 56 g
- Illaoi5 games—SoloQ: 56.1% · 82 g
- Malphite5 games—SoloQ: 43.6% · 163 g
- Olaf5 games—SoloQ: 42.7% · 213 g
- Poppy5 games—SoloQ: 40.4% · 47 g
Jungle13 champions
- Lee Sin23 games—SoloQ: 45.7% · 733 g
- Wukong15 games—SoloQ: 49.6% · 119 g
- Sylas15 games—SoloQ: 49.4% · 249 g
- Jarvan IV14 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 189 g
- Cho'Gath10 games—SoloQ: 47.7% · 107 g
- Lillia10 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 116 g
- Vi9 games—SoloQ: 51.0% · 155 g
- Xin Zhao9 games—SoloQ: 52.3% · 111 g
- Viego8 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 205 g
- Kha'Zix7 games—SoloQ: 40.7% · 150 g
- Graves6 games—SoloQ: 43.9% · 244 g
- Rammus5 games—SoloQ: — · 24 g
- Sejuani5 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 41 g
Mid13 champions
- Viktor17 games—SoloQ: 52.4% · 340 g
- Sylas12 games—SoloQ: 45.6% · 285 g
- Ahri11 games—SoloQ: 41.1% · 185 g
- Syndra11 games—SoloQ: 46.6% · 238 g
- Orianna9 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 148 g
- Yasuo9 games—SoloQ: 45.3% · 137 g
- Yone9 games—SoloQ: 47.5% · 242 g
- Akali8 games—SoloQ: 53.0% · 200 g
- Malzahar6 games—SoloQ: 48.4% · 62 g
- Diana5 games—SoloQ: 38.1% · 97 g
- LeBlanc5 games—SoloQ: 51.2% · 160 g
- Lissandra5 games—SoloQ: 43.4% · 182 g
- Xerath5 games—SoloQ: 44.0% · 84 g
ADC15 champions
- Ezreal21 games—SoloQ: 49.2% · 384 g
- Yunara20 games—SoloQ: 45.1% · 474 g
- Caitlyn18 games—SoloQ: 44.2% · 330 g
- Aphelios15 games—SoloQ: 47.9% · 428 g
- Kai'Sa14 games—SoloQ: 47.2% · 650 g
- Jhin13 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 707 g
- Xayah13 games—SoloQ: 45.7% · 208 g
- Lucian10 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 261 g
- Tristana10 games—SoloQ: 42.9% · 317 g
- Ashe9 games—SoloQ: 43.3% · 104 g
- Zeri9 games—SoloQ: 43.8% · 217 g
- Jinx6 games—SoloQ: 41.9% · 396 g
- Sivir6 games—SoloQ: 48.8% · 86 g
- Draven5 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 81 g
- Kalista5 games—SoloQ: 43.9% · 164 g
Support15 champions
- Thresh20 games—SoloQ: 44.6% · 478 g
- Nautilus18 games—SoloQ: 50.3% · 394 g
- Lulu15 games—SoloQ: 47.8% · 456 g
- Leona13 games—SoloQ: 41.4% · 244 g
- Braum12 games—SoloQ: 43.4% · 175 g
- Milio12 games—SoloQ: 57.9% · 114 g
- Rakan12 games—SoloQ: 46.9% · 162 g
- Karma11 games—SoloQ: 44.2% · 197 g
- Blitzcrank9 games—SoloQ: 42.2% · 322 g
- Seraphine9 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 105 g
- Bard8 games—SoloQ: 47.6% · 286 g
- Rell8 games—SoloQ: 44.3% · 235 g
- Yuumi8 games—SoloQ: 46.4% · 153 g
- Alistar7 games—SoloQ: 43.2% · 266 g
- Neeko5 games—SoloQ: 45.5% · 66 g
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.8%5,711 picks of 697,004ban 1.3% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.6%142 picks of 25,798ban 4.2% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro1.3%28 picks of 2,238bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
13.4% on 16.2116.1216.21
Pick + ban, all regions, one point per patch; a patch without a measure leaves a gap.
