Varus·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Varus Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Hail of Blades as your keystone, followed by Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Absolute Focus and Gathering Storm 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 Nashor's Tooth as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Riftmaker. For your last 3 items, you should build Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - W - E. Right now, this build has 42.9% winrate over 231 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Barrier as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Press the Attack as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity and Coup de Grace in the primary tree, and Bone Plating with Overgrowth 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 Nashor's Tooth as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Riftmaker as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it W - Q - E. This build is currently sitting at a 51.1% win rate across 92 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, 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 Manamune as third item. The last 3 options are Opportunity, 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 45.7% win rate over 81 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.