Varus
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Good (7/10)
Low Investment
Epic Relics
Rare Relics OK
Varus functions as a high-precision combo archetype, characterized by an exceptionally potent offensive ceiling but limited defensive utility. While his capacity for exponential stat scaling through doubling mechanics ensures he remains a definitive solution for high-health encounters, the repetitive nature of his primary victory condition often impacts perceived enjoyment. He is highly effective at a three-star investment level, though his performance peaks significantly with specialized relic configurations.
Exponential Lethality
Doubles all stat gains from spells, serving as the primary multiplier for the combo.
Generates Redoubled Valor on summon, which provides the base values for exponential growth.
Restores spell mana upon playing Varus, allowing for the immediate execution of the buff sequence.
Strategy
This configuration focuses on a high-velocity offensive strike. By utilizing resource restoration to immediately deploy doubled Redoubled Valor, Varus can achieve a power scaling of 16x to 64x on the turn he is summoned. This build is designed to bypass board stalls and destroy the nexus in one strike
Adaptive Keyword Pressure
Provides Fated and Augment, while granting Overwhelm and Challenger once the $+10$ power threshold is reached.
Improves draw consistency and reduces the cost of champion spells to facilitate faster leveling and protection.- Retained for its essential contribution to stat amplification.
Strategy
This build prioritizes board flexibility and keyword distribution. By leveraging multiple keywords and increased deck consistency, Varus becomes more resilient to single-target removal and chump-blocking. It is effective for encounters requiring sustained pressure rather than a single explosive turn.
Foundational Combo
- Provides the essential Redoubled Valor spell for scaling.
Grants Overwhelm to the entire board, ensuring the massive stat gains are not wasted on small blockers.
Ensures sufficient spell mana is available upon summoning Varus to begin the buffing process.
Strategy
A reliable configuration for accounts with limited epic assets. It focuses on the basic synergy between mana restoration and high-value targeting spells to secure mid-game victories.
Other Relic Options
Vital for protection against hard removal or stuns in adventures with high enemy interaction.
Provides a consistent source of Overwhelm and minor stat buffs for the wider board.
Allows for aggressive searching of high-impact powers such as 'Slow But Steady' or 'Wild Inspiration'.
Constellation
Varus exhibits high performance metrics at the three-star threshold
Blighted Blessing
The first time each round you target an ally with a single-target spell, copy it on your strongest ally.
Gift of Corruption
+1 Starting Mana. Round Start: Reduce the cost of a spell in your deck by 1, then create an exact Fleeting copy of it in hand.
Blighted Blessing II
When you target an ally with a single-target spell, copy it on your strongest ally.Review
This star provides the critical doubling effect on the first spell played each round, serving as the technical foundation for all high-damage builds.
Gameplay Tips
- Mana Conservation Strategy
It is often necessary to skip early turns to hoard spell mana. This ensures that when Varus is played, there is enough remaining mana to cast multiple protection or buff spells immediately, minimizing the window for enemy interaction.
- Optimal Spell Sequencing
When using Secret Technique, prioritize spells that grant flat stats early in the turn before applying Redoubled Valor. Because Redoubled Valor doubles the current power, the doubled flat stat gains are amplified even further by the subsequent doubling spell.
- Base Deck Refinement
Varus's starter deck includes inefficient cards like Furious Wielder and various high-cost equipment followers. Prioritize removing these at healer nodes or swapping them in shops to maximize the probability of drawing Varus and his low-cost targeting spells.
- Managing AI Removal
The AI tends to prioritize stuns or kill spells once Varus enters the board. Use low-priority targeting spells to bait out these responses before committing your primary Redoubled Valor or equipment buffs.
- Overwhelm Acquisition
Lethal damage is irrelevant if it can be absorbed by a 1|1 blocker. Ensure a source of Overwhelm is active either through Varus's level-up, relics like Troll King's Crown, or drafted powers. Leveling Varus on the turn he is played is the most consistent method for bypassing enemy defenses.