Varus Top Lane is ranked Off Meta Tier and has a 50.26% win rate in LoL Patch 7.24. We've analyzed 70 Varus Top Lane games to compile our statistical Varus Build Guide. For items, our build recommends: Berserker's Greaves, Statikk Shiv, Runaan's Hurricane, The Bloodthirster, Blade of the Ruined King, and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For runes, the strongest choice is Precision (Primary) with Press the Attack (Keystone), and <pathBonus><pathPrecision>Precision</pathPrecision> + <pathSorcery>Sorcery</pathSorcery> </pathBonus> (Secondary). The optimal Summoner Spells for this build are Flash and Teleport. Starting items should include Health Potion, Doran's Blade, Cull, Long Sword, and Warding Totem (Trinket). Varus's Best Top Lane matchups include Shen. Varus's Best Top Lane counters are Dr. Mundo, Heimerdinger, and Pantheon.
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Varus Skill Order
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