Champion sheet · ADC

Varus

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Varus across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.7%#74 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.9%picked in 1,953 of 28,365 games
Ban: 3.8%880 bans over 23,108 games, against 1.3% in soloQ

Win rate as ADC50.1% between 48.1% and 52.1% over 1,659 gamesSoloQ 48.4%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 27.5 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.DraftLength
How to play itLethal Tempo, then Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 80% of ADC.CC
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as ADC.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.1%
SoloQ
1.5%
3.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.5% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.1%
SoloQ
1.3%
4.1% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 1.3% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
27.5 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 27.5 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Lethal Tempo, then Statikk Shiv, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesLethal Tempo64% · 19,291

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Barrier61% · 18,359

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 151 games

Core (3 legendaries)46% · 8,385

46%of soloQ games

Statikk Shiv
Guinsoo's Rageblade
Terminus

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 80% of ADC.

Crowd control (CC)top20%0.9 · ADC: 0.6

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other ADC

What marks it

Like other ADC

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Team damage

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 76 in lane, 41 in mid game and 33 in late game, out of 100 ADC.

565+41 vs 525

898-17 vs 915

1,325-41 vs 1,366

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

VarusADC

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 59% of ADC against the direct opponent.

ADC

Where it stands among ADC · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 76 of 100 among ADC565 · median 525
Damage in mid game · rank 41 of 100 among ADC898 · median 915
Damage in late game · rank 33 of 100 among ADC1,325 · median 1,366
Gold at 15 min · rank 62 of 100 among ADC+23 · median -54
Gold at 20 min · rank 59 of 100 among ADC-25 · median -85
Absorbs damage · rank 27 of 100 among ADC273 · median 361
Plays teamfights · rank 60 of 100 among ADC57% · median 56%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 29 of 100 among ADC17% · median 19%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 64 of 100 among ADCrank 64 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 80 of 100 among ADC0.9 · median 0.6
Team damage · rank 53 of 100 among ADC23% · median 23%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.