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Champions 12.2.1 · 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

10

  • Blight Crystal Varus

  • Arclight Varus

  • Arctic Ops Varus

  • Heartseeker Varus

  • Varus Swiftbolt

  • Dark Star Varus

  • Conqueror Varus

  • Infernal Varus

  • PROJECT: 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 12.1.1.

Hail of Arrows (E): description
Varus fires a hail of arrows that deal physical damage and desecrate the ground. Desecrated ground slows enemies' MovementMove Speed and reduces their self healing and regeneration.

History

  1. Changed in patch 12.9.1
  2. Patches 12.2.1 to 12.8.1Hail of Arrows (E): description
  3. Patches 11.24.1 to 12.1.1Chain of Corruption (R): range
  4. Patches 11.19.1 to 11.23.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  5. Patch 11.18.1Attack damage
  6. Patches 11.11.1 to 11.17.1Skins, Skin name (110016)
  7. Patches 11.7.1 to 11.10.1Attack damage per level
  8. Patches 11.2.1 to 11.6.1Mana per level, Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown, Piercing Arrow (Q): cost
  9. Patches 10.24.1 to 11.1.1Skins, Skin name (110017)
  10. Patches 10.20.1 to 10.23.1Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  11. Patches 10.18.1 to 10.19.1Attack speed per level
  12. Patches 10.12.1 to 10.16.1Attack damage per level
  13. Patch 10.11.1Health, Health per level
  14. Patches 10.8.1 to 10.10.3216176Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  15. Patches 10.1.1 to 10.7.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  16. Patches 9.20.1 to 9.24.2Health, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage
  17. Patches 9.17.1 to 9.19.1Skins, Skin name (110009)
  18. Patches 8.23.1 to 9.16.1Attack speed, Attack speed per level
  19. Patches 8.17.1 to 8.22.1Health, Health per level
  20. Patches 8.13.1 to 8.16.1Lore
  21. Patches 8.11.1 to 8.12.1Health, Health regen, Attack damage, Armor, Health per level, Attack damage per level
  22. Patches 8.8.1 to 8.10.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown, Skins, Skin name (110007)
  23. Patches 8.3.1 to 8.7.1Health regen
  24. Patches 7.24.1 to 8.2.1Lore
  25. Patches 7.22.1 to 7.23.1Attack damage, Armor
  26. Patches 7.9.1 to 7.21.1Magic resist per level
  27. Patches 7.5.1 to 7.8.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  28. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.4.3Resource, Health regen
  29. Patches 6.12.1 to 7.2.1Skins, Skin name (110006)
  30. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.11.1Resource, Blighted Quiver (W): range, Chain of Corruption (R): range
  31. Patches 6.1.1 to 6.3.1Hail of Arrows (E): description
  32. Patches 5.24.1 to 5.24.2Lore
  33. Patch 5.23.1Skins, Skin name (110005)
  34. Patches 5.22.1 to 5.22.3Mana, Attack damage, Mana per level, Attack damage per level
  35. Patches 5.19.1 to 5.21.1Blighted Quiver (W): cost
  36. Patches 5.3.1 to 5.18.1Skins, Skin name (110004)
  37. Patches 4.21.1 to 5.2.2Resource regen per level
  38. Patches 4.20.1 to 4.20.2Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor
  39. Patches 4.18.1 to 4.19.3Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown
  40. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.17.1Profile: Difficulty
  41. Patch 4.14.2Tips (playing against)
  42. Patch 4.13.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  43. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.12.2Armor
  44. Patches 4.4.2 to 4.4.3Skins, Skin name (110003)
  45. Patches 4.2.5 to 4.3.18Roles
  46. Patch 4.2.1Roles
  47. Patches 4.1.13 to 4.1.43Roles
  48. Patches 3.13.1 to 4.1.9Tips (playing against), Chain of Corruption (R): cost
  49. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.12.37Roles
  50. 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)
  51. 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
  52. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  53. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101