Varus with Corki
How to Synergize Varus and Corki
based on 1,450 Varus with Corki pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Corki Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Corki
Tips for Playing as Varus with Corki
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 Corki Will Play
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
Varus Corki Synergy Stats
How to Play with Corki as Varus in LoL
The Varus Corki synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Corki, 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 Corki. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Corki helps Varus perform poorer in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus tries to synergize with Corki, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This may demonstrate that Corki doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Corki on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Corki. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Corki.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Corki on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Corki does a decent job of covering Varus during teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Corki
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Is Varus better when played alongside Corki?
There is no perfect synergy for Varus that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Corki is a very typical ally for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he lowers their win rate by -0.4% to 48.0%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Varus and Corki that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Corki has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you must be very careful when lining up Corki allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Varus players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Varus and Corki together, you will not be granting your team a lot of crowd control. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Corki ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
To truly master Varus in order to synergize with Corki during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Varus and Corki synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Corki than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 48.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Corki with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip 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 runes players chose for Varus and Corki pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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