Kassadin with Varus
How to Synergize Kassadin and Varus
based on 2,050 Kassadin with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kassadin Varus Synergy Summary
Best Kassadin vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kassadin and Varus
Tips for Playing as Kassadin with Varus
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Understand How Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Kassadin Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Kassadin in LoL
The Kassadin Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kassadin sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Varus helps Kassadin perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kassadin tries to synergize with Varus, he sees a little drop in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Varus doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kassadin is played with Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Varus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Additionally, when Kassadin plays with Varus on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Kassadin in team fights.
Synergies between Kassadin and Varus
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Is Kassadin better when played alongside Varus?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kassadin that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Varus is a relatively poor companion for Kassadin. By playing on the same side as Kassadin, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 48.8%. This proves that there is a harmful synergy between Kassadin and Varus that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Kassadin. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Varus comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Kassadin and Varus together, you probably will not be granting your side much support. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Varus ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to pair well with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Kassadin and Varus synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Kassadin used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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