Yone vs Varus Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Yone the fighter/assassin hybrid, Varus the marksman/mage hybrid. 272 tracked games on 16.13.1 put Yone at a 57.7% win rate into Varus. A 7.7-point edge is what puts this matchup in Yone’s column.
The 575-versus-175 attack range gap means Varus can contest the wave from outside Yone’s reach. That forces Yone to play around cooldowns and pathing rather than raw stats.
Both Yone and Varus threaten mainly physical damage, so one resistance covers the lane. Yone carries 620 base health to Varus’s 600, and 33 armour to 24. That 9-point armour gap favours Yone in the first all-in. Late-game bases read 2405 health / 111 armour for Yone and 2385 / 92 for Varus. Movement speed: Yone 345, Varus 330.
Yone threatens Fate Sealed; Varus counters through Blighted Quiver. Fate Sealed and Chain of Corruption are the two buttons that end the exchange outright. Yone pays in Flow, Varus in Mana, so extended trades drain them at different rates.
A 8/10 difficulty rating on Yone, against 2/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. That 57.7% rests on 272 recorded games from 16.13.1.
FAQ
Yes — Yone holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Yone wins 57.7% of the recorded games.
57.7% from Yone's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
272 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Yone build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Yone build page.