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Varus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.9%#74 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.0%picked in 1,999 of 28,544 games
Ban: 3.9%900 bans over 23,109 games, against 1.2% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.1% between 44.0% and 54.1% over 265 gamesSoloQ 47.2%: no clear gap

Median length29.7 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 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.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.5%
SoloQ
0.6%
0.5% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.2%
SoloQ
1.2%
4.2% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 1.2% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.7 min
SoloQ
27 min
Median of 29.7 min in amateur play, against 27 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Press the Attack, then Experimental Hexplate, Dusk and Dawn, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesPress the Attack61% · 6,974

Same in amateur play

SpellsExhaust + Flash52% · 5,936

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 88% · 91 games

Core (3 legendaries)10% · 434

10%of soloQ games

Experimental Hexplate
Dusk and Dawn
Zhonya's Hourglass

Amateur: Experimental Hexplate, Dusk and Dawn, Riftmaker (11%), gap not settled

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

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%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.