Varus vs Darius Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Varus the marksman/mage hybrid, Darius the fighter/tank hybrid. The sample behind this page is 323 games from patch 16.13.1, and Varus wins 55.4% of them. That is 5.4 points above even, so Darius is one of the matchups Varus can lean on.
Shared damage type here — physical for Varus as well as Darius. Before items it is 600 HP, 24 armour, 30 MR for Varus; 652, 37, 32 for Darius. Early physical trades read in Darius’s favour thanks to 13 more armour. By level 18 that becomes 2385 health and 92 armour for Varus against 2590 and 125 for Darius. Darius also hits harder before items — 64 AD to 59. There is a movement gap too: 330 for Varus, 340 for Darius.
Range decides much of the early game: Varus attacks from 575 units, Darius from 175. Darius wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A missed Chain of Corruption from Varus hands Darius the window to land Crippling Strike. Level six shifts things: Chain of Corruption on one side, Noxian Guillotine on the other.
323 games sit behind that figure, and it moves whenever Varus or Darius gets tuned. The Varus versus Darius numbers rebuild from current Emerald and above games.
FAQ
Yes — Varus holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Varus wins 55.4% of the recorded games.
55.4% from Varus's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
323 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Varus build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Varus build page.