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Champions 16.2.1 · 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 Damage and Ability Power. 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

15

  • Blight Crystal Varus

  • Arclight Varus

  • Arctic Ops Varus

  • Heartseeker Varus

  • Varus Swiftbolt

  • Dark Star Varus

  • Conqueror Varus

  • Infernal Varus

  • PROJECT: Varus

  • Cosmic Hunter Varus

  • High Noon Varus

  • Snow Moon Varus

  • Empyrean Varus

  • Spirit Blossom Varus

  • T1 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

Unchanged since patch 15.18.1

History

  1. Changed in patch 16.3.1
  2. Patches 15.18.1 to 16.2.1Skins, Skin name (110069)
  3. Patches 15.12.1 to 15.17.1Armor
  4. Patches 15.9.1 to 15.11.1Skins, Skin name (110060)
  5. Patches 15.1.1 to 15.8.1Mana, Piercing Arrow (Q): cost, Hail of Arrows (E): cost
  6. Patches 14.15.1 to 14.24.1Attack damage
  7. Patches 14.13.1 to 14.14.1Attack damage, Attack speed per level, Passive: description
  8. Patches 14.9.1 to 14.12.1Skins, Skin name (110053)
  9. Patches 14.4.1 to 14.8.1Attack damage
  10. Patches 13.10.1 to 14.3.1Skins, Skin name (110044)
  11. Patches 12.14.1 to 13.9.1Attack damage
  12. Patches 12.10.1 to 12.13.1Health, Health per level, Armor per level, Magic resist per level
  13. Patch 12.9.1Skins, Skin name (110034)
  14. Patches 12.2.1 to 12.8.1Hail of Arrows (E): description
  15. Patches 11.24.1 to 12.1.1Chain of Corruption (R): range
  16. Patches 11.19.1 to 11.23.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  17. Patch 11.18.1Attack damage
  18. Patches 11.11.1 to 11.17.1Skins, Skin name (110016)
  19. Patches 11.7.1 to 11.10.1Attack damage per level
  20. Patches 11.2.1 to 11.6.1Mana per level, Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown, Piercing Arrow (Q): cost
  21. Patches 10.24.1 to 11.1.1Skins, Skin name (110017)
  22. Patches 10.20.1 to 10.23.1Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  23. Patches 10.18.1 to 10.19.1Attack speed per level
  24. Patches 10.12.1 to 10.16.1Attack damage per level
  25. Patch 10.11.1Health, Health per level
  26. Patches 10.8.1 to 10.10.3216176Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  27. Patches 10.1.1 to 10.7.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  28. Patches 9.20.1 to 9.24.2Health, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage
  29. Patches 9.17.1 to 9.19.1Skins, Skin name (110009)
  30. Patches 8.23.1 to 9.16.1Attack speed, Attack speed per level
  31. Patches 8.17.1 to 8.22.1Health, Health per level
  32. Patches 8.13.1 to 8.16.1Lore
  33. Patches 8.11.1 to 8.12.1Health, Health regen, Attack damage, Armor, Health per level, Attack damage per level
  34. Patches 8.8.1 to 8.10.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown, Skins, Skin name (110007)
  35. Patches 8.3.1 to 8.7.1Health regen
  36. Patches 7.24.1 to 8.2.1Lore
  37. Patches 7.22.1 to 7.23.1Attack damage, Armor
  38. Patches 7.9.1 to 7.21.1Magic resist per level
  39. Patches 7.5.1 to 7.8.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  40. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.4.3Resource, Health regen
  41. Patches 6.12.1 to 7.2.1Skins, Skin name (110006)
  42. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.11.1Resource, Blighted Quiver (W): range, Chain of Corruption (R): range
  43. Patches 6.1.1 to 6.3.1Hail of Arrows (E): description
  44. Patches 5.24.1 to 5.24.2Lore
  45. Patch 5.23.1Skins, Skin name (110005)
  46. Patches 5.22.1 to 5.22.3Mana, Attack damage, Mana per level, Attack damage per level
  47. Patches 5.19.1 to 5.21.1Blighted Quiver (W): cost
  48. Patches 5.3.1 to 5.18.1Skins, Skin name (110004)
  49. Patches 4.21.1 to 5.2.2Resource regen per level
  50. Patches 4.20.1 to 4.20.2Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor
  51. Patches 4.18.1 to 4.19.3Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown
  52. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.17.1Profile: Difficulty
  53. Patch 4.14.2Tips (playing against)
  54. Patch 4.13.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  55. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.12.2Armor
  56. Patches 4.4.2 to 4.4.3Skins, Skin name (110003)
  57. Patches 4.2.5 to 4.3.18Roles
  58. Patch 4.2.1Roles
  59. Patches 4.1.13 to 4.1.43Roles
  60. Patches 3.13.1 to 4.1.9Tips (playing against), Chain of Corruption (R): cost
  61. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.12.37Roles
  62. 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)
  63. 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
  64. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  65. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101