Kayn with Varus
How to Synergize Kayn and Varus
based on 7,066 Kayn with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kayn Varus Synergy Summary
Best Kayn vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kayn and Varus
Tips for Playing as Kayn with Varus
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Kayn in LoL
The Kayn 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, Kayn sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Varus helps Kayn perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kayn is paired with Varus, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This may indicate that Varus does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Kayn is played alongside Varus on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Moreover, when Kayn plays with Varus on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Varus does a decent job of protecting Kayn during teamfights.
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Is Kayn better when played alongside Varus?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Kayn that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Varus is a relatively poor companion for Kayn. By locking into the same team as Kayn, he lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 47.4%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Kayn and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Kayn. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Varus comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Kayn players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Kayn and Varus together, you will not be providing your side very much magic damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Varus ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to synergize with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Kayn and Varus synergy build consist of Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Hubris. When Kayn combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Varus than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 47.4% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Kayn players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
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