Varus ARAM Build 26.22

Varus Item Build

Varus runs two builds and the Abyss feeds both. Lethality and attack damage stretch a fully drawn Piercing Arrow across the poke phase, while an attack-speed line leans on Blighted Quiver, whose detonations gnaw a slice of max health off a frontline packed nose to tail down the bridge. That grinding on-hit melt pays off as richly as the opening burst.

Starting items 1400g Tear of the Goddess×1Serrated Dirk×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe Hubris56.1% WR2,950g @ 6:49›Ionian Boots of Lucidity59.6% WR900g @ 7:02›The Collector45.9% WR3,000g @ 8:22› Boots Berserker's Greaves57% · 47.2%Ionian Boots of Lucidity43% · 59.6%

HubrisSerrated Dirk1000g+Caulfield's Warhammer1050g=900g to combine · 2,950g total

vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.WWit's End3141.9%

vs stacked resistsbuy this gameWhen resists stack, penetration beats raw stats — swap a damage slot.SSerylda's Grudge7154.9%YYoumuu's Ghostblade2552.0%MMuramana12550.4%

Best Varus Runes

Dark Harvest leans into the poke war that defines Varus on the Abyss, where he chips the grouped enemies between every fight without stepping into their range. His whole plan is bleeding the clump down before it commits, then chaining Chain of Corruption through bodies packed together. Build for the mana and range that keep those arrows flying.

The pre-game page Dark Harvest · Domination + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Domination Primary Dark HarvestDamaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. Taste of Blood64% · 53.0%Grisly Mementos57% · 50.0%Treasure Hunter59% · 53.8% Keystone plus three minors from Domination, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary Coup de Grace68% · 51.7%Presence of Mind65% · 49.8%

Stat shards OffenseAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceFlexAdaptive Force+9 Adaptive ForceDefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +18Adaptive Force+10–180 Health (by level)

Varus Skill Order

Hail of Arrows takes the second max on the Abyss where Blighted Quiver takes it on the Rift, so the slowing carpet grows at 8, 10, 12 and 13 while Blighted Quiver holds a single rank until 14. Piercing Arrow leads either way at 4, 5, 7 and 9.

PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q14579max 9

W214151718max 18

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Varus ARAM Abilities

Living Vengeance snowballs a fight, each kill or assist hands him attack damage and ability power, and the bonus is bigger when the kill was a champion. Hail of Arrows is his zoning tool, a spread that slows and carpets the ground in a field that cuts enemy healing.

Living VengeancePassivePPiercing ArrowMax 1stQBlighted QuiverMax lastWHail of ArrowsMax 2ndEChain of CorruptionUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

Piercing ArrowPhysical damageMax 1stStatLV 1rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+50 per rank+80% bonus ADlv 150lv 4100lv 5150lv 7200lv 9250Cost+5 per ranklv 150lv 455lv 560lv 765lv 970Cooldown-1 per ranklv 116slv 415slv 514slv 713slv 912s

Varus Base Stats