Varus with Aatrox
How to Synergize Varus and Aatrox
based on 7,667 Varus with Aatrox pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Aatrox Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Varus with Aatrox
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.
Advice to Understand How Aatrox Will Play
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Varus Aatrox Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aatrox as Varus in LoL
The Varus Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Varus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Aatrox helps Varus perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is paired with Aatrox, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Aatrox does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Aatrox on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Aatrox.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Aatrox on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Aatrox does a decent job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Aatrox
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Is Varus better when played alongside Aatrox?
There is no one best champion pairing for Varus that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, Aatrox is a very typical companion for Varus. By being on the same team as Varus, he improves their win rate by 0.8% to 49.2%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Varus and Aatrox that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Aatrox has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players need to be careful when arranging Aatrox teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Varus and Aatrox together, you will not be granting your other teammates much support. Plan to have other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Aatrox ally, you need to 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 Varus to work well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Varus and Aatrox synergy build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus used at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Aatrox than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing alongside Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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