Nunu & Willump with Varus
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Varus
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Nunu & Willump Varus Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Varus
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Varus
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump 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, Nunu & Willump 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 worsening shows that Varus helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump tries to synergize with Varus, he sees a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Varus does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Varus on the same team, 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.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Varus on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Varus does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump during teamfights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Varus
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Varus?
There is no top ally for Nunu & Willump that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Varus is a relatively poor companion for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same side as Nunu & Willump, he lowers their win rate by -2.4% to 45.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Nunu & Willump and Varus that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Varus allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing together, Nunu & Willump players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Nunu & Willump and Varus together, you will not be giving your side enough utility. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Varus ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump and Varus synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 45.1% when playing alongside Varus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.1% win rate overall.
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