The Hidden Top Varus Main in KR Grandmaster

[@zeuxutzzw4657]

8:22 "hiding in bushes works surprisingly well" , meanwhile Baron buff spots Varus position and yone still manages to walk into him and die

[@therealmaster9686]

just came here to say this. that yone is boosted for sure

[@hellspawn0]

​​@@therealmaster9686 he is playing in a Rank you can never reach man stfu cringy dia peak

[@kitzuru]

He could've thought someone was walking from the right and thus empowered them. It's not a thing even high elo players would be reeaaally thinking about, something like an autopilot, "see minions getting buffed? probably someone coming from behind them", unless you clearly have vision.

[@pedrohenrique-db3xd]

I see that no one understands that baron buff doesn't work on bushes and and thats a spectator bug. Zzzzzzz

[@theoforestier8766]

@@pedrohenrique-db3xd Looks like you're saying bs. Cause we can even see the melee minions running faster. Zzzzzzz

[@HamsterPants522]

He's been a strong top for the whole year. It's just that almost nobody plays him, but it very much felt like he was just Kayle but without being super weak early.

[@N3mdraz]

Isn't varus easy to gank?

[@HamsterPants522]

@@N3mdraz Yes. Kayle is too. Unlike Kayle, Varus can stun champions with his R, so he has more potential to dodge ganks than her. Additionally, he can farm minions from a further distance away than Kayle can. He can basically play off-screen and even break a freeze from a great distance away.

[@SaSo-mk6yh]

Kayle's kit is made to survive though whereas varus' is just to be aggressive.

[@HamsterPants522]

@@SaSo-mk6yh I feel like you either don't play Kayle or you're just playing a different game, because Kayle is not better at surviving anything than Varus is.

[@SaSo-mk6yh]

@@HamsterPants522 I am just pointing out the differences in kit. Idk why you are so adamant about something I could care less about.

[@revoz186]

Love how Fiora parried his strongest combo and hit the right weaknesses, he just stood still and won

[@mihaelvulje6842]

again , missplay by fiora, fiora should q into him w him so that he losses attack speed and kill him right there

[@simone8172]

@@mihaelvulje6842 And just get ulted and die the same way but not under tower? While there's a small chance she could've killed him with her ult before he could get distance, it's super unlikely. If she had her flash up and flashed R then it's an easy kill, but point blank that's a big ask.

[@mihaelvulje6842]

@@simone8172 varus oneshot with ult on lane comes from 3aa r 2 aa e 2 aa wq , but if fiora q w's him and he ults her he cannot onecombo her , so she waits out 20 seconds and just all in him with her w up , trust me i played 200+ games as ap varus top and fiora is giga counter same as with kled , jax and most of champs that can jump on him easly(dashes), negate damage , or have big ass shield

[@FernoHellbringer]

Its cuz he is braindead and pissbroken

[@yaheki]

5:13 Best combo for all time.

[@tutererangihaeata3526]

Best combo is Master Yi R > aa > aa > aa > aa > aa > aa > Q > aa > aa > aa...

[@MrDontKnowWhatMyPasswordIs]

Best combo in the game EQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQEQ

[@carlosho9376]

Reminder: Ult can also proc w. Your full burst damage with auto 3 times then ult combo is surprisely high when you just reach lv6. Against non-tank, you may also build Everfrost for Everfrost>auto>auto>ult combo for more w damage and ult's accurancy. Never use the ult for long range engaging only.

[@Haunuva]

Wow varus top, time to take a break from league.

[@MangaGamified]

op GG?

[@אורביילין-ח6ז]

Wtf so i can triple auto e triple auto ult into w q? Thats too much dmg

[@frud213]

The amount of pings after Varus gets a kill is bigger than the amount my jungler recieves

[@bongschwee103]

Lol @ 3:43 you can hear the yone spam pinging the barrier 😂

[@LoLDobby]

Genius

[@MilleFalchiJUNIOR]

5:10 finally I found the best timestamp format for excel

[@nocsu4850]

Insane how calm and controlled he plays in situations that seem doomed, especially at 6:30.

[@coolbrotherf127]

Yeah, he barely lived in many of those fights, but still knew exactly when to flash or barrier to not die.

[@Gamer-g2v1r]

Yone be like: "Baron minions without anyone present? Boy, I sure do hope there's no one hiding inside this br-"

[@phille9467]

I tried the same ap build with rageblade cuz i was fed and had fun…this champ once get fed is ridiculous insane, i think i would be afraid more of a fed varus than any other adc I swear

[@fitmotheyap]

I have done rageblade and full ap, rageblade is better if they can't engage on you easily, full ap is better if you people get on you fast

[@MiloThatch420]

Rifts healing is so wild sometimes.. the %hp burst on a tank can heal u up a lot 😂

[@Baka_Mop]

Never in my life have I seen a Fiora land all ult vitals and do no damage against a squishy

[@dVector13]

Survivability on ap varus when itemizing is optimal but theres an unmatched feeling for when you go full damage and delete a tank's hp.

[@TerraTheWise]

AP Varus is easily one of my favorite builds. Had a sion on the enemy team that was just a menace in team fights if I wasn’t there because no one had the damage to hurt him. Queue me walking into lane with a R, wait for 3 blights then, Q and he’s instantly dead at 80% HP. Entire team spam question mark pings me and it was hilarious.

[@navjotsingh2251]

AP varus is the only anti tank champion that is so easy to play I love it. Whenever there is a chogath/illaoi/sion etc always pick AP varus.

[@OutstandinglySteve]

3:43 you can hear Yone rage pinging his barrier

[@TenTiggers]

Level 2-3 gank is mandatory. Repeat before 6 then the lane is over. Volibear does surprisingly well into the matchup

[@mihaelvulje6842]

Due to shield, biggest varus counter by FAR in top is kled

[@Devoanic]

@@mihaelvulje6842 imo its irelia or sometimes jax

[@Rocky-oq9cy]

I love how after every kill he gets, you can hear the sudden spam of people pinging Varus (Alive) because they are surprised.

[@mikewasasuke9695]

There is also a mid-varus playstyle but more on scaling since you go manamune then same items as above, but you go first strike as a rune so you can 1 shot tanks even faster with the build

[@Ивасик-р3п]

Mid varus is cheese that relies on opponents not being able to setup waves correctly to non-stop kill him every time in any ranged matchup. Top Varus is incredibly strong laner with insane late game. They are not the same

[@mikewasasuke9695]

@@Ивасик-р3п was ai saying they were the same playstyles? no. and cheese or not someone still made it to grandmaster and bold of you to assume that all people know how to play against a mid varus where if they lane against one they know it's a free lane or not

[@osiahihi2915]

ok, PtA, good choice. enough to give a thumb up to this guy

[@HeavenRoadV]

Amazing explanatory video thanks.

[@ubermaster1]

My favorite thing about these videos is that, without fail, there is always one person who out of nowhere says "_______ has always been strong at/in *insert lane/role here*" and just...quietly decided to not share this information until a video pops up. Always happens, and it's always funny to me cause it's always blatantly obvious that they're just trying to be unique.

[@perfectman9988]

Spot on bro haha😂

[@MassGainerNA]

I'm calling it right now...before a vid is made...FIDDLESTICKS SUPPORT IS OP

[@Devoanic]

i mean i played varus top for a while last season

[@aurah8245]

been playing ap varus mid and top for the past week and my main issue with it is while it's very strong and you can get ahead and bully very hard, people flashing or you missing any of your abilities punishes you VERY hard, lots of enemies will just flash your wq or if you're playing up against certain champs like gwen xin elise etc it's very hard to do anything vs those champs until they lose their safety tools. Playing vs ezreal has been extremely annoying as he is super good into varus. Varus can easily 1v2 even early but the hard part about him is being able to actually carry the game out, this is something i struggled with harder as ap even when I was extremely fed compared to the old onhit build for 13.10 and crit build. The build is super safe once you get core though which feels nice but carrying is much harder and precise.

[@MangaGamified]

that's what she said.

[@quasarlgq]

The trick is using one skill at a time. Procking 3 marks gives your skills almost all cd back. R counts too!. Sometimes you can even bait out an engage by failing your q. Then procking r, getting your q back and shooting at it

[@rafflesiadeathcscent3507]

@@quasarlgq lhe has skill issue, obviously

[@liamneslind5708]

On hit varus is insane right now

[@MrFufor]

2 key facts which are missing in this video is, the longer you cannel your W, the more damage you deal with the applied W stacks. NOT only the Q damage itself. Also your fully channeled Q has the same duration as the ultimate takes to apply 3 W stacks. The guy in this video never used it. But that's how you basically one shot anyone with 3 items by using ult, W active + fully charged Q

[@Briezar]

"channel your Q" you mean, it was stated at 1:56.

[@CatgirlExplise6039]

@@Briezar read the rest of the comment

[@MrFufor]

@@Briezar Well, yes and no. It was stated the damage of WQ is amplified by charging it up, but proccing 3 stacks is more important. That's just misleading imo since charging it up is a huge part of those ap varus one shots

[@pigr1]

@@MrFufor autoing is better

[@pimpon2671]

@@MrFufor I mean, it is a huge part for one shotting but focusing on proccing 3 stacks is more reliable no? The more you climb, the more ppl know how to juke or dodge skillshots, so going for the 3 stacks is the most consistant option in my opinion.(TL;DR: charging ability = more dmg, but hard to land against ppl that know how to dodge)

[@samuelt8825]

Just for info, procking blight stack also refuce W cd (because u daid Q and E but not W ^^)

[@LoLDobby]

Thank you for correction :)

[@Homiloko2]

Wow, I had no idea Varus had a W now. It used to be a passive only.

[@kenken627]

感謝分享，這種來協助的人類榜樣阿 各位

[@akiishida9296]

Thanks to some video like this a varus top popped up out of nowhere and inted all early game against a riven making us lose the game c:

[@adrichasis]

worth noting that any qss item also counters the ult cc + debuff

[@fitmotheyap]

I have been already doing this for a while now, problem is some champions can simply run you down so it's a bit hard to play

[@flanchuga]

I think this is the first time I see a Dobby video that instead of making me think "I wanna try that" made me think "how do I counter that?".

[@acolyte6six6]

that yone was so blind lol 8:20

[@Kushtah]

As a top main I do despise ap varus a lot.

[@aphelion727]

Oh my god yay my friends told me I was trolling going AP varus top but then I proceeded to have a 75% wr across 50 games lmao. Only difference from this guy is I run exhaust. Helps a lot with all-in champs

[@derrickdabeast9064]

love the hard work dobby!❤ is it possible for a renekton video soon?

[@LoLDobby]

Thank you ! I'll check it.

[@j.l.5237]

Thank you, now every top lane player in my ranked team is picking this with a 30% win rate.

[@hazemhassan1783]

I think anathemas is the ultimate counter for him if some tank build it

[@ΔημήτρηςΒασιλάκης-ε8η]

Not really,in a fight if the tank gets poked for 10-20% ho from other teammates, it will still die. The varus damage will get reduced, but anathema builds of HP, so it will balance out the value.

[@noxiansummoner1730]

The answer for immobile but damaging toplaners like Darius is to go flash-exhaust and buy early anathema chains so he wont be 1v1 tanking in ur face while dealing over 9000 damage. It wont help win the game but you will surely survive laning phase with few kills in pocket.

[@cri1134]

there was one in euw d1/d2 a last year.pretty sure he got to master after that.He was a really bad player averaging 11 deaths per game,but had the most dmg every time.This thing is broken af

[@takumifujiwara300]

the healing reduction on E making things easy in the top lane.

[@fishmasin5334]

oh well...this video out..time to see varus top on my game 😮😮😮

[@mijosentado7654]

can i use nashors and and normal build on adc for him? it works right?

[@joelt6804]

why would you take shield bash with no shield?

[@kinshyboy]

the amulet over 30 div right now , any placement option ?

[@teitonii]

x ranged character destroys toplane wowee good video as always tho

[@gytisvirketis8911]

I was looking at tier lists and was wondering why was Varus top so popular and high up in wr lol and dobby comes to answer it

[@MangaGamified]

Oh the game with boots that can be upgraded to anything? like zhonyas, QSS, Banshees veil, GA, and even Xin Zhaos knockback? it's their fault not buying defensive upgrades.

[@exoticbreadstick8661]

i played ap varus top a few times, but it just felt gross so i stopped. Take the AP auto attack rations of teemo, the range of cait and add the bonkers 1shotting of ap varus lategame and you get a scary ass champ

[@Dentas137]

Patiently waiting for MundoKing to rise up.

[@blueastral6326]

Rito:"Oh no, Varus proc is OP, Let's nerf azir"

[@HalliphaxPH]

What is the shieldbash for?

[@reesebonin9890]

So, why Shield Bash?

[@lfportugal]

barrier, but i think that’s troll af absolut focus and glaiving storm is better

[@Toothbooths]

Shield Bash is horrible, go for overgrowth bone plating or literally any other rune.

[@sparkingriver2881]

it gives extra resistances when shielded making barrier stronger

[@lfportugal]

@@sparkingriver2881 still sucks, varus don’t have shield or build items with shield

[@lfportugal]

@@sparkingriver2881 still sucks, varus don’t have shield or build items with shield

[@RazorWinter]

Overheal and Shield Bash. Thats some 5D chess

[@RazorWinter]

Also seems like a good Fiora counter with the built in Grevious Wounds from E. Varus just ignores her ult.

[@stempniu8686]

ironically ap varus auto attacks more than ad varus

[@Peyote-Poncho]

that Lee Sin clip at the start is so disgusting it's funny

[@fragarach]

I'm getting tempted to play again just to play these off-meta strong picks lol.

[@soratei7346]

The bane of any Tank player

[@harrisonchen6180]

what is that shield bash doing in the build

[@Homiloko2]

PtA has so much synergy with his kit since he wants to put 3 stacks on the enemy before proccing them anyway

[@oinkleberry]

I've always known AP Varus was a beast. The fact he use PTA and Nashor's rush just splendid. Why the hell he use shield bash though lol.

[@MangaGamified]

I checked the OP GG and he does get shield bash, I think 2nd set of runes Bone Plating is really needed, but there's nothing else that's immediate damage or defense, so Shield Bash was taken. (it gives 1 - 10 level based on level when you are shielded), probably a sacrifice rune just to survive the early levels. Now that I think about it, the tank runes barely has any immediate tanky runes in the first minute, mostly multipliers of stats you already have like your skills, stats from levels &/or items. No unconditional like +2 armor/mr right from the get go.

[@crorp]

it also procs from barrier usage and overheal which he takes in precision not a crazy amount but its a nice little bit of bonus dmg

[@neochua7987]

does he do the ult - w - full charge q?

[@hailongnguyen8197]

If I play Varus mid which champs I should ban?

[@lequang3517]

Finally I have sth to do in bronze

[@NINJATABI]

one big counter to this build is shields (especially maw of malmortious)

[@LemonNation]

Had a varus top in my ranked today that absolutely ran it down. I blame this video.

[@tuanduong2950]

Tbf, this ap build for Varus has been played around in aram nearly 1y

[@saltkraken9981]

one mythic item alternative i suggest is hextech protobelt. It's active is useful for kiting but is also a great tool for making picks. Rift maker is decent but late game the fight is often over before the damage ramp and omnivamp do work

[@christianisaac9327]

Riftmaker is good for the tanks and bruisers top lane

[@DeadlySins-op1gl]

Does anyone know how W stacks detonation damage interacts with Riftmaker's vamp ? The wiki says it's proc damage, so does it mean vamp is 100% effective ? The champ can seem incredibly tanky for no reason sometimes.

[@fitmotheyap]

Yep, 100% effective, the tanky feel comes more from his hp than anything tho, it's surprising how much hp champs get these days compared to the past

[@murmurmmurmurm4440]

been playing this build for like a year but with lethal tempo and exhaust in Master elo

[@lucashnz1262]

In top?

[@murmurmmurmurm4440]

@@lucashnz1262 Yes

[@mrayko8832]

lol good morning been using it my self since 2 years now and currently challenger

[@bradleye660]

🧢

[@TheHeathe_]

This video is golden

[@Omnilatent]

How does he play the mid and late game? He cannot sidelane as far as I can tell

[@Makkle4000]

I'm ready to run it down in silver 2! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@gusftw1925]

Gonna try this on my silver lobby

[@AragamiR327]

7:13 Um, how is this Zeri in Grandmaster?

[@mikevalencia1318]

do I need to learn how to kite? reason why I dnt adc bot.

[@sinking111]

Voce joga muito bem @LoL Dobby

[@Homiloko2]

A gameplay não é dele, ele pega replays dos melhores jogadores koreanos e explica a estrategia

[@TheWanHui]

New dobby video :D

[@LoLDobby]

:D

[@idkaname2use]

Q+W also works when you almost press them at the same time. It's not like that you can choose whether to press W while charging Q, but you can get rid of thinking that 'I must press W before charging Q'. Just press Q and W at the same time and it still applies W.

[@beelyagami8064]

If the 3 stack on w is important why not take hail of blades instead of pta

[@ΔημήτρηςΒασιλάκης-ε8η]

I m playing varus top last 2 years... I feel robed, now everyone plays it

[@thedosco1142]

How dare u showing my AP Varus to the world...

[@roohni2226]

So the argument was always pta vs hob. I personally like hob better but i might try pta i guess. Altho i feel like hob has more value to quick proc W for an ult or normal burst otherwise esp later on when you can’t really basic attack 3 times in late without hob and without being hard focused by everyone

[@Devoanic]

@@DragonRuffian no i've used hob and have killed plenty of bruisers easily

[@qurt5101]

Unironically Varus at this moment is just another Gragas, he has so many builds atm that allows him to go 3 positions and even support with no trouble

[@gorgistanojevik3196]

bing chilling

[@nutshellggdarken7114]

But did he break Korea?

[@leonidas7625]

5:27 this darius q is so dumb like just give up the cannon and walk up knowing you will get level 6 and varus dies..

[@sylphephilippe449]

The thing is, Varus has no mobility, most ppl going for Varus top will get destroyed by a big bruiser with his jungler... And no, varus doesn't deal that much dmg once you get a little bit of mr and lifesteal, his dmg are made to counter hp builds, but going dmg and mr will make you unkillable by his one and only combo, if you survive, you win. The best counter is a all in type of champ with sustain, and obviously, a camp from your jungler, once behind varus is over, so camp him, dive him, make his life a living hell and its like any other adc who's feeding, they can't come back.

[@phalanx7971]

lol I used to play AP varus top lane back in season 6

[@guylan8541]

Again a renekton getting bullied

[@yakimura96]

I belive that camille and gp are also counters.

[@kigatomi33]

Okay I’m going to main Varus. Also Varus is made of Love🏳️‍🌈

[@Byakuya_ML]

Way of the bow

[@blackwiza24]

This player is a booster. He plays varus and draven barrier top. He boosts in NA D1 to Chall all the times. I have seen this guy a lot of times. For example, look at this player 6 days ago on opgg in Challenger NA: gs9 savage. Draven and varus top XD

[@johanestebanramirezbarrios1411]

wow, people seriusly think that Varus isnt safe, i mean, he is a range champ with almost 600 range in autoatacks, his skills have 700 range and more, his passive make his farm easy, and his w passive same, just afk farm, and win games by pressing R, and riot still dont nerf this gargabe lol

[@mihaelvulje6842]

Varus isn't safe at all, that 575 ranged when riven dashes onto u doesn't do anything , that 575 range is same as panth w, u can't cait trap and e someone to escape u can't graplle away like akshan, u can't q and condemn as vayne, you are just there 330 mov speed in melee range so get your facts straight

[@johanestebanramirezbarrios1411]

@@mihaelvulje6842 HAHAHAHAHA man they delet dash from claw. That items was the only counter play for adc in top - mid lane

[@derp_sherpa]

Pog

[@SarosEreshkigal]

DOOOOBBBBYYYY DOOOOWWWWNN！！！！！！

[@lifeo4285]

파카가 드디어 외국진출울 하다니 감격스럽다

[@ianklimisch4139]

PtA seems bizarre when most fights you'll only get 5-6 autos off. HoB makes way more sense

[@js4981]

dude

[@fitmotheyap]

PtA here is to boost the burst damage, you already get high AS from the passive so it doesn't really matter if you take HoB

[@zeronothinghere9334]

There's a hidden detail that you don't talk about. AA AA AA E AA procs 4 W stacks if well timed. You need to make sure that the E is fired right before the autoattack. It's not a bug, it's a feature >.

[@dizknots9357]

Yeah the same thing happens with R auto E

[@tyroqwerty2790]

Shield Bash?

[@lfportugal]

only possible reason is barrier. still troll af ig

[@Devoanic]

Imo hob is so much betetr than pta, due to quick trading early game and quick burst late game.

[@Devoanic]

also with the summoner's spell I find ghost to be a lot better in top lane for kiting and it also translate really well into late game

[@Pchelozavr]

Nothing said about passive Look how he lasthits creep before every fight