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Varus vs Malzahar

How often does Varus beat Malzahar in Top?

Varus into Malzahar in Top: 40% observed win rate across 55 ranked games.

Global ranked sample: games from every region and every rank pooled together, not one server's stats. Data runs through patch 26.12; curves updated 2026-08-07.

By 15 minutes the median game has Varus ahead by 426 gold.

Varus at 15:00

Typical gap to Malzahar, from 54 games that reached 15:00.

Does Varus counter Malzahar?

No counter here: Varus sits at 40% over 55 games. The swing lives in the spots below, so play the side you know better and chase the row that moves the number the most in this lane, then hold that lead through the first back.

Beating Malzahar: the Varus game plan

Someone usually dies here around 7:28 in the median game, and level 6 lands near 5:18. Until your spike is online, respect the all-in.

Varus's Top build, with receipts

The most-finished Varus core is Dusk and Dawn, Nashor's Tooth, Riftmaker: 56.0% across 1,103 games when all three got done. All matchups, patches 26.1-26.12.

Most games start Doran's Blade + Health Potion; the first finished item is usually Dusk and Dawn (5,050 games).

Skill plan: Varus players max W first and take W at level 1.

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