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Varus

Create an isolated target before dragon or Baron.

5v5 winrate
48.1%
2,502 games · High confidence
Role rank
#45 / 54
Top 60% DPM
KDA / DPM
3.14 · 926
PokeObjective damagePick potential
Best style
Poke Siege
Draft fit score 63/100 · Theoretical fit
Karma Top
Nunu & Willump Jungle
Morgana Mid
Varus Bot
Braum Support
5v5 vs SoloQ
+1.8 pts vs SoloQ
Priority ban
Jhin
Updated Jul 19, 2026

What Varus gives your team

Poke
5.0
Objective damage
4.0
Pick potential
4.0
Reliable CC
4.0
Needs peel
1.0
Vulnerable to dive
1.0
Win condition

Create an isolated target before dragon or Baron.

Needs

Needs peel.

Avoid

Avoid hard dive.

Coordinated 5v5 vs Solo Queue

5v5 WR
48.1%
SoloQ WR
46.3%
+1.8 pts

Performs better in coordinated 5v5

SoloQ context: D · 79,751 games · 1.1% banrate

Power curve

Early
68

Use lane priority to place vision before objective spawns.

Mid
90

Hold mid wave, set traps around river, and force enemies to walk through skillshots.

Late
98

Do not start short-range 5v5 fights before landing poke.

Role ranking

Among 54 comparable Bot champions.

Winrate
#45 / 54
KDA
#37 / 54
DPM
#33 / 54
Damage share
#31 / 54
CS/min
#20 / 54

Build a team around Varus

Three bounded line-ups: the champion is locked, alternatives stay compact, and the score is draft fit, not win probability.

Best statistical fit

Poke Siege

63/100
Draft fit score
Top
Karma icon
Karma
Alt: Maokai · Poppy
Jungle
Nunu & Willump icon
Nunu & Willump
Alt: Morgana · Maokai
Mid
Morgana icon
Morgana
Alt: Karma · Lissandra
Bot
Varus icon
Varus
Locked
Support
Braum icon
Braum
Alt: Morgana · Karma
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Poke Siege shapePokeObjective damage

Weak if missing long range damage.

early

Use lane priority to place vision before objective spawns.

mid

Hold mid wave, set traps around river, and force enemies to walk through skillshots.

late

Do not start short-range 5v5 fights before landing poke.

Safer execution

Pick Comp

62/100
Draft fit score
Top
Maokai icon
Maokai
Alt: Gragas · Skarner
Jungle
Gragas icon
Gragas
Alt: Maokai · Zac
Mid
Galio icon
Galio
Alt: Gragas · Cho'Gath
Bot
Varus icon
Varus
Locked
Support
Alistar icon
Alistar
Alt: Maokai · Gragas
Medium execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Pick Comp shapePokeObjective damage

Weak if missing vision control.

early

Use pushing lanes to unlock support and jungle movement.

mid

Deny vision, hold control wards, and threaten catches before objectives.

late

Avoid fair 5v5s unless a key target is already chunked or caught.

Alternative game plan

Front to Back

60/100
Draft fit score
Top
Maokai icon
Maokai
Alt: Ornn · Cho'Gath
Jungle
Poppy icon
Poppy
Alt: Maokai · Nunu & Willump
Mid
Gragas icon
Gragas
Alt: Galio · Swain
Bot
Varus icon
Varus
Locked
Support
Taric icon
Taric
Alt: Braum · Poppy
Easy execution
Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes
Front to Back shapePokeObjective damage

Weak if missing frontline.

early

Keep lanes stable and avoid forced fights before core items.

mid

Group around dragon and mid waves with frontline first.

late

Fight slowly from vision lines and let carries kill the nearest target.

Best bans

Lane, composition and blind-draft bans use separate reasons.

Jhin icon
Jhin
Lane ban
93

Jhin is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Varus.

External SoloQ · High confidence
Jinx icon
Jinx
Composition ban
93

Jinx is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Varus.

External SoloQ · High confidence
Morgana icon
Morgana
Blind-draft ban
59

Morgana matches the profile of champions that punish hard dive.

Champion profile · Profile-based

Other viable roles

Only roles with enough analyzed games are shown here. Tiny samples are hidden from the public page.

Bot

Main role
2,502 games · High confidence
48.1%
WR
KDA
3.14
DPM
926
KP
50.6%

Top

Viable
559 games · High confidence
50.2%
WR
KDA
2.46
DPM
928
KP
38.2%
Dataset and methodology

These pages summarize high-elo coordinated 5v5 games. Public scouting sections use raw game counts for readability; weighted games remain in the methodology because lower-confidence sources count less.

Games
2,502
1,778 weighted games
Confidence
High confidence
Weighted WR 48.1%
Updated
Jul 19, 2026
Latest refresh
Source tiers
Ranked 5v5 and Flex 5 samples
Lower-confidence sources count less.

Ranked 5v5 is treated as the highest-confidence coordinated 5-player source.

Flex 5 confirmed means the same five-player group was detected across multiple games.

Flex 5 candidate is useful high-elo Flex signal, weighted lower until confirmed.

Role rankings require at least 100 raw games and 75 weighted games for each comparable champion. Secondary roles require at least 100 raw games and 50 weighted games.

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