Varus with Blitzcrank
How to Synergize Varus and Blitzcrank
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Varus Blitzcrank Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Varus with Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank Will Play
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
Varus Blitzcrank Synergy Stats
How to Play with Blitzcrank as Varus in LoL
The Varus Blitzcrank synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Blitzcrank, 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 Blitzcrank. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Blitzcrank helps Varus perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Blitzcrank, he observes a clear improvement in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Blitzcrank helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Blitzcrank on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Blitzcrank.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Blitzcrank on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Blitzcrank does a decent job of covering Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Blitzcrank
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Is Varus better when played alongside Blitzcrank?
There is no one best champion pairing for Varus that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Blitzcrank is a fantastic companion for Varus. By playing on the same team as Varus, he increases their win rate by 4.0% to 52.4%. This shows that there is an important synergy between Varus and Blitzcrank that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Blitzcrank has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players must be very careful when lining up Blitzcrank comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by bringing Varus and Blitzcrank together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of AP. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Blitzcrank teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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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 Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Varus and Blitzcrank synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Blitzcrank than with many other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 52.4% helping carry Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Varus players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Blitzcrank with Varus are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.