Varus·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Varus Mid build, you should take Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Lethal Tempo as your keystone, followed by Absorb Life, Legend: Alacrity and Cut Down in the primary tree, as well as Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Attack Speed in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health 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 Nashor's Tooth. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 55.0% winrate over 202 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Varus Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Taste of Blood with Treasure Hunter 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 Nashor's Tooth, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Stormsurge as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil. The skill order for this build is W - Q - E. In the current patch, this build has a 51.8% win rate over 168 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Biscuit Delivery with Cosmic Insight in the secondary tree, as well as Attack Speed, Adaptive Force, and Health 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 Manamune as a third item. You want to finish the build with Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Maw of Malmortius. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 54.8% win rate across 155 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Varus Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Legend: Alacrity with Cut Down as your secondary tree. Use Attack Speed, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Stormsurge as third item. The last 3 options are Shadowflame, Rabadon's Deathcap and Banshee's Veil. The ability order for this build is W - Q - E. As of the current patch, this build has a 38.8% win rate over 103 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.