Syndra vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Syndra
based on 3,430 Syndra vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Varus
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
Advice to Win Against Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Syndra vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Syndra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Syndra vs. Varus matchup statistics that may help us realize the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Varus..
Syndra typically has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Syndra and Varus
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Who is Better, Syndra or Varus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Syndra does have a higher winrate than Varus, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Varusas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Syndra also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Varus matchups, Syndra is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a decent counter to Varus. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Syndra against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra usually gets a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Syndra versus Varus build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 50.9% battling Varus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Varus as Syndra, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Syndra vs Varus fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.
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