Samira with Varus
How to Synergize Samira and Varus
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Samira Varus Synergy Summary
Best Samira vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Varus
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.
Samira Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Samira in LoL
The Samira 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, Samira sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Varus helps Samira perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Samira tries to synergize with Varus, she sees a barely noticable drop in her total damage output. This difference could indicate that Varus doesn't help cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played alongside Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Varus. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Varus.
Moreover, when Samira plays with Varus on the same team, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Varus does a decent job of protecting Samira in team fights.
Synergies between Samira and Varus
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Is Samira better when played alongside Varus?
There is no top companion for Samira that will 100% of the time be her #1 ally. However, Varus is a below average teammate for Samira. By playing on the same team as Samira, he decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 47.2%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Samira and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Samira. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Varus teammates 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.
Working together, Samira players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Samira and Varus together, you will not be giving your other teammates a lot of crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Varus ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Samira in order to synergize with Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Samira and Varus synergy build include Infinity Edge, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Samira used at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Varus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.
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