Varian Build Guide “Glory to the Alliance!”

Varian's Offensive Taunt Build turns him into a Tank who is capable of engaging and/or peeling for his team.

In particular, this variation of Taunt Build helps you burst down a given target with the help of Overpower at Level 1 and by denying defensive tools with either Mortal Strike or Shattering Throw at Level 13.

We recommend this Build when your team needs a Tank and your team's strategy consists of bursting down enemy Heroes.

Varian's Defensive Taunt Built turns him into a Tank who is capable of engaging and/or peeling for his team.

In particular, this variation of Taunt Build gives you access to Shield Wall at Level 10 while avoiding anti-synergistic Talents, hence why we recommend High King's Quest at Level 1.

You can play this Build when your team needs a Tank, the enemy team can deal a huge amount of burst damage, and your team does not have enough tools to deal with that.

Colossus Smash Build turns Varian into a highly explosive Melee Assassin, who excels at bursting down enemy priority targets using Colossus Smash to engage and exploit the Armor reduction effect to increase not only his own damage, but also the damage of the rest of his team.

You can play this Build only when your team does not need a Tank or an Offlaner because you will not be tanky enough to act as second frontline Hero.

Twin Blades Build turns Varian into a Bruiser thanks to the additional damage that Twin Blades of Fury provides.

Keep in mind that this Build is only viable when playing as Offlaner, and not when your team needs a Tank or a second Assassin.

ARAM Build turns Varian into a Tank who is capable of engaging and/or peeling for his team.

In particular, this variation of Taunt Build helps you burst down a given target with the help of Overpower at Level 1 and by denying defensive tools with either Mortal Strike or Shattering Throw at Level 13.