Mordekaiser with Varus
How to Synergize Mordekaiser and Varus
based on 9,980 Mordekaiser with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Mordekaiser Varus Synergy Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Mordekaiser and Varus
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser with Varus
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
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.
Mordekaiser Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Mordekaiser in LoL
The Mordekaiser 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, Mordekaiser sees a large worsening 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 Mordekaiser perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Mordekaiser plays on the same team as Varus, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This change may signal that Varus helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Mordekaiser is played with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Mordekaiser plays with Varus on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Varus does a poor job of protecting Mordekaiser during teamfights.
Synergies between Mordekaiser and Varus
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Is Mordekaiser better when played alongside Varus?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Mordekaiser that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. However, Varus is a below average ally for Mordekaiser. By being on the same team as Mordekaiser, he lowers their win rate by -1.5% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Mordekaiser and Varus that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Mordekaiser. That means Mordekaiser players don't need to be very careful when lining up Varus comrades to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Mordekaiser players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by pairing Mordekaiser and Varus together, you may not be providing your other allies enough utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Mordekaiser to work well with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to use in your Mordekaiser and Varus synergy build consist of Spirit Visage, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Varus than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Varus with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.0% win rate overall.
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