Varus with Galio
How to Synergize Varus and Galio
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Varus Galio Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Galio
Tips for Playing as Varus with Galio
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 Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Varus Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Varus in LoL
The Varus Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, 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 Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Galio helps Varus perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Galio, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Galio provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Galio on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Galio.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Galio on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Galio does a decent job of covering Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Galio
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Is Varus better when played alongside Galio?
There is no one best ally for Varus that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Galio is a very typical companion for Varus. By being on the same team as Varus, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 48.4%. This shows that there is a weak strategic relationship between Varus and Galio that results in them performing at the same level together than alone.
Galio has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you must be very careful when lining up Galio teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Varus players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by bringing Varus and Galio together, you may not be providing your side a lot of attack damage. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Galio teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus in order to synergize with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Varus and Galio synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Galio than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 48.4% helping carry Galio with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Varus and Galio pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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