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Champions 11.2.1 · en_US

Varus

The Arrow of Retribution

MarksmanMage Resource: Mana
Attack 7
Defense 3
Magic 4
Difficulty 2

Abilities

P · Q · W · E · R
P

Living Vengeance

Passive
On kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.

Ability videos show the latest version of the spells; they may differ on older patches.

Skins

9

  • Blight Crystal Varus

  • Arclight Varus

  • Arctic Ops Varus

  • Heartseeker Varus

  • Varus Swiftbolt

  • Dark Star Varus

  • Conqueror Varus

  • Infernal Varus

  • Cosmic Hunter Varus

Lore

One of the ancient darkin, Varus was a deadly killer who loved to torment his foes, driving them almost to insanity before delivering the killing arrow. He was imprisoned at the end of the Great Darkin War, but escaped centuries later in the remade flesh of two Ionian hunters—they had unwittingly released him, cursed to bear the bow containing his bound essence. Varus now seeks out those who trapped him, in order to enact his brutal vengeance, but the mortal souls within still resist him every step of the way.

Tips

Playing as

  • An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
  • During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
  • Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.

Playing against

  • If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
  • When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
  • You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.

In the latest patch

What changed in this patch

Compared with patch 11.1.1.

Mana per level
33 → 40
Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
18/16/14/12/10 → 16/14.5/13/11.5/10
Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
120/90/60 → 100/80/60
Piercing Arrow (Q): cost
70/75/80/85/90 → 65/70/75/80/85

History

  1. Changed in patch 11.7.1
  2. Patches 11.2.1 to 11.6.1Mana per level, Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown, Piercing Arrow (Q): cost
  3. Patches 10.24.1 to 11.1.1Skins, Skin name (110017)
  4. Patches 10.20.1 to 10.23.1Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  5. Patches 10.18.1 to 10.19.1Attack speed per level
  6. Patches 10.12.1 to 10.16.1Attack damage per level
  7. Patch 10.11.1Health, Health per level
  8. Patches 10.8.1 to 10.10.3216176Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  9. Patches 10.1.1 to 10.7.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  10. Patches 9.20.1 to 9.24.2Health, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage
  11. Patches 9.17.1 to 9.19.1Skins, Skin name (110009)
  12. Patches 8.23.1 to 9.16.1Attack speed, Attack speed per level
  13. Patches 8.17.1 to 8.22.1Health, Health per level
  14. Patches 8.13.1 to 8.16.1Lore
  15. Patches 8.11.1 to 8.12.1Health, Health regen, Attack damage, Armor, Health per level, Attack damage per level
  16. Patches 8.8.1 to 8.10.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown, Skins, Skin name (110007)
  17. Patches 8.3.1 to 8.7.1Health regen
  18. Patches 7.24.1 to 8.2.1Lore
  19. Patches 7.22.1 to 7.23.1Attack damage, Armor
  20. Patches 7.9.1 to 7.21.1Magic resist per level
  21. Patches 7.5.1 to 7.8.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  22. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.4.3Resource, Health regen
  23. Patches 6.12.1 to 7.2.1Skins, Skin name (110006)
  24. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.11.1Resource, Blighted Quiver (W): range, Chain of Corruption (R): range
  25. Patches 6.1.1 to 6.3.1Hail of Arrows (E): description
  26. Patches 5.24.1 to 5.24.2Lore
  27. Patch 5.23.1Skins, Skin name (110005)
  28. Patches 5.22.1 to 5.22.3Mana, Attack damage, Mana per level, Attack damage per level
  29. Patches 5.19.1 to 5.21.1Blighted Quiver (W): cost
  30. Patches 5.3.1 to 5.18.1Skins, Skin name (110004)
  31. Patches 4.21.1 to 5.2.2Resource regen per level
  32. Patches 4.20.1 to 4.20.2Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor
  33. Patches 4.18.1 to 4.19.3Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown
  34. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.17.1Profile: Difficulty
  35. Patch 4.14.2Tips (playing against)
  36. Patch 4.13.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  37. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.12.2Armor
  38. Patches 4.4.2 to 4.4.3Skins, Skin name (110003)
  39. Patches 4.2.5 to 4.3.18Roles
  40. Patch 4.2.1Roles
  41. Patches 4.1.13 to 4.1.43Roles
  42. Patches 3.13.1 to 4.1.9Tips (playing against), Chain of Corruption (R): cost
  43. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.12.37Roles
  44. Patches 3.7.1 to 3.9.7Lore, Move speed, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Piercing Arrow (Q): name, Blighted Quiver (W): name, Hail of Arrows (E): name, Chain of Corruption (R): name, Piercing Arrow (Q): description, Blighted Quiver (W): description, Hail of Arrows (E): description, Chain of Corruption (R): description, Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown, Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown, Hail of Arrows (E): cooldown, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown, Piercing Arrow (Q): cost, Blighted Quiver (W): cost, Hail of Arrows (E): cost, Chain of Corruption (R): cost, Piercing Arrow (Q): range, Hail of Arrows (E): range, Chain of Corruption (R): range, Piercing Arrow (Q): ranks, Blighted Quiver (W): ranks, Hail of Arrows (E): ranks, Chain of Corruption (R): ranks, Skins, Skin name (110000), Skin name (110001), Skin name (110002)
  45. Patches 3.6.14 to 3.6.15Lore, Resource, Tips (playing as), Tips (playing against), Passive: name, Passive: description, Piercing Arrow (Q): name, Blighted Quiver (W): name, Hail of Arrows (E): name, Chain of Corruption (R): name, Piercing Arrow (Q): description, Blighted Quiver (W): description, Hail of Arrows (E): description, Chain of Corruption (R): description, Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown, Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown, Hail of Arrows (E): cooldown, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown, Piercing Arrow (Q): cost, Blighted Quiver (W): cost, Hail of Arrows (E): cost, Chain of Corruption (R): cost, Piercing Arrow (Q): range, Hail of Arrows (E): range, Chain of Corruption (R): range, Piercing Arrow (Q): ranks, Blighted Quiver (W): ranks, Hail of Arrows (E): ranks, Chain of Corruption (R): ranks
  46. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  47. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101