Varus with Akshan
How to Synergize Varus and Akshan
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Varus Akshan Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Varus with Akshan
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 Akshan Will Play
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Varus Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Varus in LoL
The Varus Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Akshan helps Varus perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is paired with Akshan, he gets a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Akshan does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Akshan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Akshan. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Akshan.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Akshan on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Akshan does a decent job of covering Varus during team fights.
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Is Varus better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no ideal ally for Varus that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Akshan is a very typical ally for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, they increases their win rate by 0.2% to 48.6%. This demonstrates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Varus and Akshan that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Akshan has a lower difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players don't need to be cautious when lining up Akshan teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Varus players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Together, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by pairing Varus and Akshan together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of tankyness. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Akshan ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to pair well with Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Varus and Akshan synergy build include Muramana, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Akshan than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when playing alongside Akshan with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Varus players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Varus and Akshan pairings, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.
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