Varus

The Arrow of Retribution · Marksman, Artillery

Summoner's Rift ARAM Arena Nexus Blitz URF One for All Swiftplay Ultimate Spellbook

No Ultimate Spellbook-specific changes; plays as on Summoner's Rift.

Abilities

PassiveLiving Vengeance

On kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Damage and Ability Power. This bonus is larger if the enemy is a champion.

QPiercing Arrow16/15/14/13/12s50/55/60/65/70

Varus readies and then fires a powerful shot that gains extra range and damage the longer he spends preparing to fire.

WBlighted Quiver40s

Passive: Varus' basic attacks deal bonus magic damage and apply Blight. Varus' other abilities detonate Blight, dealing magic damage based on the target's maximum Health. Active: Varus empowers his next Piercing Arrow.

EHail of Arrows18/16/14/12/10s90

Varus fires a hail of arrows that deal physical damage and desecrate the ground. Desecrated ground slows enemies' Move Speed and reduces their self healing and regeneration.

RChain of Corruption100/80/60s100

Varus flings out a damaging tendril of corruption that immobilizes the first enemy champion hit and then spreads towards nearby uninfected champions, immobilizing them too on contact.

Patch history

26.16 · Aug 12, 2026

Stats
Base magic resistance increased to 33 from 30.
Magic resistance growth reduced to 1.1 from 1.3.

26.12 · Jun 10, 2026

Living Vengeance
Attack speed ratio for bonus AD and AP on kill increased to 11% bonus total attack speed from 10%.
Attack speed ratio for bonus AD and AP on takedown increased to 33% bonus total attack speed from 25%.
Bonus attack speed on takedown reduced to 30% from 50%.
Piercing Arrow
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 80% bonus AD from 100%.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage reduced to 4 to 40 from 8 to 44.

26.5 · Mar 4, 2026

Piercing Arrow
Maximum base damage reduced to 80 to 360 from 80 to 400.
Maximum bonus AD ratio changed to 150% bonus AD at all ranks from 130 to 170%.
Blighted Quiver
New Effect: On-hit damage now scales with 15% bonus AD.

26.3 · Feb 4, 2026

Stats
Armor growth reduced 4 from 4.6.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit AP ratio reduced to 25% AP from 35% AP.
AP ratio per stack reduced to 1.3% per 100 AP from 1.5%.

26.2 · Jan 22, 2026

Piercing Arrow
Maximum base damage increased to 80 to 400 from 80 to 360.
Minimum base damage increased to 53.33 to 266.66 from 53.33 to 240.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 8 to 44 from 6 to 38.

35 older patches

25.16 · Aug 13, 2025

Piercing Arrow
Minimum base damage reduced to 53.33 to 240 from 60 to 246.67.
Maximum base damage reduced to 80 to 360 from 90 to 370.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 6 to 38 from 6 to 30.
Hail of Arrows
Base damage reduced to 60 to 180 from 60 to 220.
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 90% bonus AD from 100%.

Base stats

Health600 +105/lvl
Mana320 +40/lvl
Attack Damage59 +3.4/lvl
Attack Speed0.658 +3.5/lvl
Armor24 +4/lvl
Magic Resist33 +1.1/lvl
Base Health Regen3.5 +0.55/lvl
Base Mana Regen8 +0.8/lvl
Move Speed330
Range575

Ranged · Resource: Mana

Chain of Corruption

Bug Fix: Now correctly consumes Blight stacks on targets it spreads to.

25.12 · Jun 11, 2025

Stats
Base armor reduced to 24 from 27.

25.7

Hail of Arrows
Bug Fix: Resolved some inconsistencies within the tooltip.

14.22

Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 8 to 28 from 5 to 25.

14.18

Piercing Arrow
Minimum bonus AD ratio reduced to 86.67 to 113.33% bonus AD from 100 to 126.67%.
Maximum bonus AD ratio reduced to 130 to 170% bonus AD from 150 to 190%.
Hail of Arrows
Bonus AD ratio reduced to 100% bonus AD from 110%.

14.17

Piercing Arrow
Minimum base damage increased to 60 to 246.67 from 10 to 156.67.
Maximum base damage increased to 90 to 370 from 15 to 235.
Minimum AD ratio changed to 100 to 126.67% bonus AD from 83.33 to 96.67% total AD.
Maximum AD ratio changed to 150 to 190% bonus AD from 125 to 145% total AD.
Hail of Arrows
Bonus AD ratio increased to 110% bonus AD from 90%.

14.16

Piercing Arrow
Bug Fix: No longer casts in a different direction from the cursor if used while ending a long distance movement.

14.15

Stats
Base attack damage increased to 59 from 57.
Living Vengeance
Bonus attack speed increased to 10% to 20% from 10% at all levels.
Champion takedown bonus attack speed increased to 50% from 40%.
Champion takedown bonus attack damage and ability power increased to 25% bonus attack speed from 15%.
Attack speed cap increased to 3.0 from 2.7632.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage reduced to 5 to 25 from 7 to 35.

14.13

Stats
Base attack damage reduced to 57 from 60.
Attack speed growth reduced to 3.5% from 4%.
Living Vengeance
New Effect: When Varus kills an enemy, he gains 10% bonus attack speed as well as bonus attack damage and ability power equal to 10% bonus attack speed for 5 to 11 seconds. This is increased to 40% bonus attack speed and bonus attack damage and ability power equal to 15% bonus attack speed upon scoring a champion takedown. While Living Vengeance's bonus is active, Varus' attack speed cap is increased to 2.7632.
Old Effect: When Varus kills an enemy, he gains 10% to 20% (+ 20*(1+(0.04-0.03)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1))) bonus attack speed) bonus attack speed for 5 to 11 seconds, increased to 40% (+ 40*(1+(0.04-0.03)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1))) bonus attack speed) bonus attack speed upon scoring a champion takedown.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 7 to 35 from 7 to 31.
Cooldown refund per stack increased to 13% from 12%.
Maximum cooldown reduction increased to 39% from 36%.
Piercing Arrow bonus damage changed to 6 to 14% of target's missing health from 6% to 14%.
Maximum Piercing Arrow bonus damage changed to 9 to 21% of target's missing health from 9% to 21%.
Cast grace period during Piercing Arrow increased to 0.85 seconds from 0.25.

14.4

Stats
Base attack damage reduced to 60 from 62.

14.3

Hail of Arrows
Bug Fix: Corrected the phantom missile's cast timing to properly coincide with the VFX, which would previously break spell shields earlier than expected.

13.22

Piercing Arrow
Bug Fix: Cast indicator no longer always displays the line indicator even if the setting was disabled.

13.21

Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 7 to 31 from 7 to 27.
Bug Fix: Buff timer VFX is now displayed clearly.
Hail of Arrows
Slow increased to 30 to 50% from 25 to 45%.

13.20

Piercing Arrow
Undocumented/New Effect: Cast indicator now includes a line for the arrow.

13.18

General
Updated ability icons.

13.16

General
Bug Fix: Several issues with voice line playback have been resolved.
Cosmic Hunter Varus
Piercing Arrow
Bug Fix: SFX for the cast no longer plays even if the cast did not go off.

13.14

General
Bug Fix: Several issues with voice line playback have been corrected.

13.13

General
Updated voice over.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit AP ratio increased to 35% AP from 30% AP.
Detonation AP ratio per stack reduced to 1.5% per 100 AP from 2.5% per 100 AP.
Detonation maximum AP ratio reduced to 4.5% per 100 AP from 7.5% per 100 AP.

13.10

Piercing Arrow
Bug Fix: Hit VFX against minions and non-epic jungle monsters on Conqueror Varus, Infernal Varus, PROJECT Varus, and Cosmic Hunter Varus is now properly displayed.

13.4

Blighted Quiver
Bug Fix: Now properly displays the VFX of its stacks on enemies even if they briefly left vision.

13.3

Hail of Arrows
Grievous Wounds strength increased to 40% from 25%.
Bug Fix: Effect is now fully nullified if the main missile collides with projectile-interception effects, rather than triggering at the location of impact.

12.14

Stats
Base attack damage increased to 62 from 59.
Piercing Arrow
Bug Fix: VFX no longer stop rendering after casting Hail of Arrows.

12.11

Hail of Arrows
Grievous Wounds strength reduced to 25% from 30%.

12.10

Stats
Base health increased to 600 from 530.
Health growth increased to 105 from 91.
Armor growth increased to 4.6 from 3.4.
Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
Hail of Arrows
Grievous Wounds strength reduced to 30% from 40%.

12.9

Living Vengeance
Bonus attack speed ratio on champion takedown increased to 40*(1+(0.04-0.03)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1))) bonus attack speed from 30*(1+(0.04-0.03)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1))).
Bonus attack speed ratio on non-champion kill increased to 20*(1+(0.04-0.03)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1))) bonus attack speed from 15*(1+(0.04-0.03)*(x-1)*(0.7025+0.0175*(x-1))).
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 7 to 27 from 7 to 21.

12.5

Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 7 to 21 from 7 to 15.
Chain of Corruption
Base damage increased to 150 to 350 from 150 to 250.

12.3

Piercing Arrow
Bug Fix: Charge cancellation VFX has been restored for all skins.

11.24

Living Vengeance
Bonus attack speed duration increased to 5 to 11 seconds from 5 at all levels.
Blighted Quiver
On-hit base damage increased to 7 to 15 from 7 to 11.
On-hit AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 25% AP.
Detonation AP ratio per stack increased to 2.5% per 100 AP from 2% per 100 AP.
Detonation maximum AP ratio increased to 7.5% per 100 AP from 6% per 100 AP.
General
Updated visual effects.

11.22

Hail of Arrows
Bonus AD ratio increased to 90% bonus AD from 60%.

11.19

Piercing Arrow
Cooldown increased to 16 to 12 seconds from 16 to 10.

11.18

Stats
Base attack damage reduced to 59 from 61.
Living Vengeance
Base bonus attack speed on non-champion kill reduced to 10% to 20% from 20% at all levels.

11.12

Blighted Quiver
Active damage modifier reduced to 0% to 50% from 0% to 80%.
Maximum Piercing Arrow bonus damage reduced to 9% to 21% of the target's missing health from 10.8% to 25.2%.

11.7

Stats
Attack damage growth increased to 3.4 from 3.

11.4

Blighted Quiver
Active damage modifier increased to 0% to 80% from 0% to 50%.
Maximum Piercing Arrow bonus damage increased to 10.8% to 25.2% of the target's missing health from 9% to 21%.

11.2

Stats
Mana growth increased to 40 from 33.
Chain of Corruption
Cooldown reduced to 100 to 60 seconds from 120 to 60.