Varus (Legends of Runeterra)

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Varus For Alternate Card
Region	Runeterra
Type	Champion — Darkin
Cost	4 Mana
Card text
Keywords	Quick Attack
Description	Origin:  The Arrow of Retribution. Auto-Equip: 2 The Darkin Bow.
Level Up	You have targeted 7+ allies.
3 4
Collecting & Crafting
This card is collectible, and costs 3000 or 1
Flavour
What if, over time, the man that became the Darkin remembered himself, prompted by the mortal voices within? What if, instead of overcoming those voices entirely, he came to believe in them?
Expansion	Set 6 - Worldwalker
Rarity	Champion
ID	06RU009
Artist	Kudos Productions
Artwork	Primary Censored

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Varus
Region	Runeterra
Type	Champion — Darkin
Cost	4 Mana
Card text
Keywords	Overwhelm Quick Attack
Description	Auto-Equip: 2 The Darkin Bow. 2 The Darkin Bow activates twice and has max +10|+0.
4 5
Collecting & Crafting
This card cannot be collected.
Flavour
Varus was empowered, bolstered, reminded of who he was and what he had yet to become. He embraced the sum of his parts instead of working against them--and when they acted, they acted as one.
Expansion	Set 6 - Worldwalker
ID	06RU009T6
Artist	Kudos Productions
Artwork	Primary

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The Darkin Bow
Region	Runeterra
Type	Equipment — Darkin
Cost	2 Mana
Card text
Keywords	Equipment
Description	When you play a spell or equip an ally, give me +1|+0 (max +5|+0) until the next time my bearer strikes.
+0 +0
Collecting & Crafting
This card cannot be collected.
Flavour
Heartlights Kai and Valmar were not the first to bear the bow and host 4Varus' inhuman power... but they were the first to remind him of his lost humanity.
Expansion	Set 6 - Worldwalker
ID	06RU009T7
Artist	Kudos Productions
Artwork	Primary

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Varus' Chain of Corruption
Region	Runeterra
Type	Champion Spell
Cost	3 Mana
Card text
Keywords	Burst
Description	Give an enemy Vulnerable and give an ally +1|+0 this round. Create a Fleeting 3 Chain of Corruption in hand. Create a 4Varus in your deck.
Collecting & Crafting
This card cannot be collected.
Flavour
"Pity those who cross me." - 4Varus
Expansion	Set 6 - Worldwalker
ID	06RU009T9
Artist	Kudos Productions
Artwork	Primary

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The Arrow of Retribution
Region	Runeterra
Type	Origin
Card text
Description	You may put any Cultist cards into your deck during deckbuilding. Once you have played 3+ Cultist spells, draw a 4Varus.
Collecting & Crafting
This card cannot be collected.
Flavour
"We will seek out our betrayers, and we will bring them oblivion." - 4Varus
Expansion	Set 6 - Worldwalker
ID	06RU009T11
Artist	Kudos Productions
Artwork	Primary

The Path of Champions

Path of Championsedit
Varus
Unlock 750 / 30
Playstyle	Combo
Difficulty	Hard
Star Powers
	10
	20
	40

Varus is a playable champion in The Path of Champions. See more at Varus (The Path of Champions).

Champion Stars

Stars	Power
	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.

Skins

• Original
• Arclight

Original Varus: Base Skin

1 / 12-Oct-2022

Level 1

What if, over time, the man that became the Darkin remembered himself, prompted by the mortal voices within? What if, instead of overcoming those voices entirely, he came to believe in them?

Level 2

Varus was empowered, bolstered, reminded of who he was and what he had yet to become. He embraced the sum of his parts instead of working against them--and when they acted, they acted as one.

Varus' Chain of Corruption

"Pity those who cross me." - 4Varus

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Arclight Varus: Common Skin

The transcendental archer.

Features:

• 4 new artworks

This skin is limited: From the Arclight Event Pass 2022.

12-Oct-2022

Level 1

The man once known as Varus has become one with the Arclight, guided by divine premonition to stymie conflict before it can even begin.

Level 2

When words aren't enough to deter oncoming war, Arclight Varus does not hesitate to loose his arrows upon those who would challenge the will of the divine.

Varus' Chain of Corruption

"Our arrow always finds its mark." - Arclight Varus

The Darkin Bow

"This is our gift to you!" - Arclight Varus

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Trivia

• Internally:
  • The Darkin Bow is called Blighted Blessing.
• Varus was pitched to have 3 voices, including Valmar and Kai, but was scrapped.
• In Level 1 card's artwork also features the characters Kai and Valmar.
  • It shares the same location with 4 Ambitious Cultist.
• 1 Buhru Cultist, 1 Darkinthralls, 5 Icevale Cultist, 2 Lunari Cultist, and 6 Xolaani are featured in his Level 2 artwork.
• He also appeared in the artwork of:
  • 3 Blooming Cultist
  • 1 Buhru Cultist
  • 5 Icevale Cultist

Quotes

Summoned

• ▶️   "Their purpose - and mine - is clear."
• ▶️   "Bloodshed is the only way, isn't it?"
• ▶️   "Only revenge will quiet our minds."
• ▶️   "I will surpass these mortal constraints."
• ▶️   "There is so much power in us..."

Allied 6Aatrox present

• ▶️   Varus: "Seek revenge, brother, not oblivion."
  • ▶️   Aatrox: "Such mortal emotions are unbecoming of a Darkin."

Enemy 6Aatrox present

• ▶️   Varus: "The Blade of Icathia has dulled, we see."
  • ▶️   Aatrox: "No matter, it will take only a single swing to fell you!"

Allied 5Kayn present

• ▶️   Varus: "You speak of 'balance' as if you've mastered it."
  • ▶️   Kayn: "I need not make peace with my parasite, as you have."

Enemy 5Kayn present

• ▶️   Varus: "Of all forms, you pick one hiding in shadows."
  • ▶️   Rhaast: "This vessel is capable of incredible power, observe."

Allied 2Seraphine present

• ▶️   Seraphine: "You should let the voices inside you sing."
  • ▶️   Varus: "Sing? I can barely stand it when they talk."
• ▶️   Seraphine: "I can hear nobility in you, Varus, however you try to hide it."
  • ▶️   Varus: "Perhaps you lack a musician's ear after all."

Enemy 4Varus present

• ▶️   "The things they say... remind us of who we were."
  • ▶️   "We cannot go back to that, we can only be something new."
• ▶️   "We've been many things: honored, forsaken, cursed..."
  • ▶️   "But above all, we started as men."
• ▶️   "Their voices grow ever stronger, reminding me of mortality."
  • ▶️   "This constant we abide, we do not know that they are wrong."
• ▶️   "We hear them... Kai and Valmar."
  • ▶️   "Always, their chatter is endless."

Allied 4 Ambitious Cultist present

• ▶️   Varus: "There is so much power in us..."
  • ▶️   Ambitious Cultist: "I long to know where it comes from."

Allied 1 Buhru Cultist present

• ▶️   Varus: "There is so much power in us..."
  • ▶️   Buhru Cultist: "Power enough to hunt leviathan. I know."

Allied 5 Icevale Cultist present

• ▶️   Varus: "Their purpose - and mine - is clear."
  • ▶️   Icevale Cultist: "When and where we find power, we will take it."

Allied 2 Lunari Cultist present

• ▶️   Varus: "There is so much power in us..."
  • ▶️   Lunari Cultist: "Both sun and moon pale in comparison to you."

Sees a Unit Summoned

Allied 6Aatrox

• ▶️   Aatrox: "You are soft, Varus. Weak. Too human!"
  • ▶️   Varus: "At least I remember my lost mortality."

Allied 5Kayn

• ▶️   Kayn: "The child is gone, the killer remains."
  • ▶️   Varus: "Both will live on through you."

Enemy 5Kayn

• ▶️   Kayn: "They will fear my name."
  • Rhaast: "And grovel before mine."
    • ▶️   Varus: "They don't even know you're there, Rhaast."

Allied 2Seraphine

• ▶️   Varus: "You hear the voices in my head, can you quiet them too?"
  • ▶️   Seraphine: "Hmm, maybe I could, but I won't."

Allied 4 Ambitious Cultist

• ▶️   Ambitious Cultist: "What I could learn from studying such a weapon..."
  • ▶️   Varus: "You will know our power, be patient."

Allied 1 Buhru Cultist

• ▶️   Buhru Cultist: "That weapon calls to me, offering a great hunt."
  • ▶️   Varus: "Indeed. It knows we seek betrayers."

Allied 5 Mihira, Aspect of Justice

• ▶️   Mihira: "Thy mortality is fading! Come, be saved."
  • ▶️   Varus: "No. The fire of revenge burns bright in our heart."

Allied 5 Icevale Cultist

• ▶️   Icevale Cultist: "If I had your power they would have to listen!"
  • ▶️   Varus: "They will, if you follow."

Allied 2 Lunari Cultist

• ▶️   Lunari Cultist: "Grant me your power, let me end our war."
  • ▶️   Varus: "Our revenge comes first, then your petty war."

Level Up

• ▶️   "The arrow of retribution will find its mark!"
• ▶️   "I am more than this! We are more!"
• ▶️   "Beware those who have nothing to lose!"

Sees a Spell or Skill Resolve

Allied 3 Chain of Corruption

• ▶️   "Your will crumbles so easily."
• ▶️   "Their minds are so fragile..."
• ▶️   "Give in..."

Attack Declared

• ▶️   "What good is mercy?"
• ▶️   "We deliver their end."
• ▶️   "There's a price to pay."

Block Declared

• ▶️   "There is no forgiveness."
• ▶️   "Don't stand against us."
• ▶️   "I know what we are."

Death

• ▶️   "Kai... Val..."
• ▶️   "I... We..."
• ▶️   Varus groans.

Turn timer appears

Allied turn timer

• ▶️   "We already spend too much time debating the path forward."
• ▶️   "Patience is not a trait I share with these two."

Enemy turn timer

• ▶️   "They can stall their fate, but they cannot deny it."
• ▶️   "In empty moments I hear them, clamoring to be free..."

Chosen

• ▶️   "We are alike in our conviction."

Removed from choice

• ▶️   "We will seek our retribution elsewhere."

Victory

• ▶️   "One step closer to retribution."
• ▶️   "Let this be a lesson to the rest."
• ▶️   "Vengeance, born on an arrowhead."

Defeat

• ▶️   "We suffer this loss as one."
• ▶️   "We've come so far, this won't stop us."
• ▶️   "There's nothing left here for us."

Change Log

Varus
V3.19	Level Up becomes: "You have targeted 7+ allies." Old Level Up: "You have targeted 8+ allies."
V3.17	Added.

Varus (Level 2)
V3.17	Added.

The Darkin Bow
V3.17	Added.

Varus' Chain of Corruption
V3.17	Added.

The Arrow of Retribution
V3.17	Added.

References

Legends of Runeterra