Varus with Gnar
How to Synergize Varus and Gnar
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Varus Gnar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Varus with Gnar
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 Gnar Will Play
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Varus Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Varus in LoL
The Varus Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, 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 Gnar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gnar helps Varus perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is an ally to Gnar, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This may signal that Gnar does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Gnar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Gnar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Gnar.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Gnar on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Gnar does a decent job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Gnar
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Is Varus better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Varus that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Gnar is a not very good ally for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, he decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 45.4%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Varus and Gnar that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Gnar has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means Varus players need to be careful when arranging Gnar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Varus players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by pairing Varus and Gnar together, you will not be providing your team enough utility. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gnar ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should 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 synergize with Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Varus and Gnar synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Terminus. When Varus bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Gnar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 45.4% when playing alongside Gnar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against 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. Out of all the rune sets players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.4% winrate overall.
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