Katarina with Varus
How to Synergize Katarina and Varus
based on 5,001 Katarina with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Varus Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Varus
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Varus
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Varus helps Katarina perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Katarina is an ally to Varus, she observes a barely noticable drop in her full damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Varus does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played alongside Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Varus.
Moreover, when Katarina plays with Varus on the same team, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Varus does a decent job of covering Katarina during teamfights.
Synergies between Katarina and Varus
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Varus?
There is no top companion for Katarina that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, Varus is a relatively poor ally for Katarina. By playing on the same side as Katarina, he decreases their win rate by -2.3% to 46.5%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Katarina and Varus that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Varus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Katarina players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Katarina and Varus together, you may not be providing your side enough crowd control. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Katarina in order to pair well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Katarina and Varus synergy build include Lich Bane, Nashor's Tooth, and Stormsurge. When Katarina incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Katarina had an average winrate of 46.5% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Varus with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Varus with Katarina are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.