Varus·Bot Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Varus Bot build, you should take Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, as well as Taste of Blood and Treasure Hunter in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blade of The Ruined King as your first item, followed by Berserker's Greaves and Guinsoo's Rageblade. For your last 3 items, you should build Terminus, Jak'Sho, The Protean and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 51.5% winrate over 27 187 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Varus Bot build would be to take Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Hail of Blades as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Opportunity, which you should build first, followed by Boots of Swiftness as your second item and Edge of Night as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Manamune, Serylda's Grudge and Youmuu's Ghostblade. The skill order for this build is Q - W - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.5% win rate over 8 053 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ghost as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Hail of Blades as your keystone, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Absolute Focus with Gathering Storm in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Opportunity as a third item. You want to finish the build with Manamune, Edge of Night and Serylda's Grudge. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - W - E. This build is currently sitting at a 48.4% win rate across 7 182 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Varus Bot build in the current patch, try Flash and Heal as your Summoner Spells, Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Youmuu's Ghostblade as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Opportunity as third item. The last 3 options are Manamune, Serylda's Grudge and Edge of Night. The ability order for this build is Q - W - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 50.1% win rate over 2 787 matches played.

Situational Varus Runes and Items

Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Varus build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.