Urgot vs Varus Counter Pick

Reach shapes the opening minutes, and here it works against neither side in particular. Varus fires from 575 units away, Urgot from 350, yet both run at the same 330 base movement speed. Once the poke starts, you can’t simply back off from it, and stepping in unaided isn’t realistic. Urgot finishes with a 47.0% record across 185 games on patch 16.13.1.

Piercing Arrow reaches further and hits harder the longer it is drawn, Blighted Quiver leaves Blight on targets for his other spells to set off, and Hail of Arrows drags down movement speed and cuts self healing while standing on the scorched ground, which punishes anyone trying to trade over a long stretch. Varus still has the frailer frame by a wide margin: 600 health and 24 Armor at level 1, rising to 2,385 and 92 at level 18, while Urgot begins at 655 and 36 and climbs to 2,389 and 121. Both draw on physical damage, so a single landed Disdain (a shielded dash that seizes a champion and flings him out of place) pays off far more heavily for whoever lands it first.

Difficulty points the same way: Varus carries a rating of 2 and Urgot an 8, meaning the weaker side must pull off the trickier combination to earn its payoff. Chain of Corruption roots the first champion it hits and jumps to enemies standing close by, and Living Vengeance grants Varus temporary Attack Damage and Ability Power after he secures a kill. Complete kits for Urgot and Varus are available.