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Champions 9.7.2 · en_US

Varus

The Arrow of Retribution

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

Abilities

P · Q · W · E · R
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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

7

  • Blight Crystal Varus

  • Arclight Varus

  • Arctic Ops Varus

  • Heartseeker Varus

  • Varus Swiftbolt

  • Dark Star Varus

  • Conqueror 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 8.23.1

History

  1. Changed in patch 9.17.1
  2. Patches 8.23.1 to 9.16.1Attack speed, Attack speed per level
  3. Patches 8.17.1 to 8.22.1Health, Health per level
  4. Patches 8.13.1 to 8.16.1Lore
  5. Patches 8.11.1 to 8.12.1Health, Health regen, Attack damage, Armor, Health per level, Attack damage per level
  6. Patches 8.8.1 to 8.10.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown, Skins, Skin name (110007)
  7. Patches 8.3.1 to 8.7.1Health regen
  8. Patches 7.24.1 to 8.2.1Lore
  9. Patches 7.22.1 to 7.23.1Attack damage, Armor
  10. Patches 7.9.1 to 7.21.1Magic resist per level
  11. Patches 7.5.1 to 7.8.1Piercing Arrow (Q): cooldown
  12. Patches 7.3.1 to 7.4.3Resource, Health regen
  13. Patches 6.12.1 to 7.2.1Skins, Skin name (110006)
  14. Patches 6.4.1 to 6.11.1Resource, Blighted Quiver (W): range, Chain of Corruption (R): range
  15. Patches 6.1.1 to 6.3.1Hail of Arrows (E): description
  16. Patches 5.24.1 to 5.24.2Lore
  17. Patch 5.23.1Skins, Skin name (110005)
  18. Patches 5.22.1 to 5.22.3Mana, Attack damage, Mana per level, Attack damage per level
  19. Patches 5.19.1 to 5.21.1Blighted Quiver (W): cost
  20. Patches 5.3.1 to 5.18.1Skins, Skin name (110004)
  21. Patches 4.21.1 to 5.2.2Resource regen per level
  22. Patches 4.20.1 to 4.20.2Health, Health regen, Mana, Resource regen, Attack damage, Armor
  23. Patches 4.18.1 to 4.19.3Blighted Quiver (W): cooldown
  24. Patches 4.15.1 to 4.17.1Profile: Difficulty
  25. Patch 4.14.2Tips (playing against)
  26. Patch 4.13.1Blighted Quiver (W): description, Chain of Corruption (R): cooldown
  27. Patches 4.5.4 to 4.12.2Armor
  28. Patches 4.4.2 to 4.4.3Skins, Skin name (110003)
  29. Patches 4.2.5 to 4.3.18Roles
  30. Patch 4.2.1Roles
  31. Patches 4.1.13 to 4.1.43Roles
  32. Patches 3.13.1 to 4.1.9Tips (playing against), Chain of Corruption (R): cost
  33. Patches 3.10.2 to 3.12.37Roles
  34. 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)
  35. 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
  36. Patches 0.152.55 to 0.154.3Move speed
  37. Patches 0.151.2 to 0.151.101