Varus with Kindred
How to Synergize Varus and Kindred
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Varus Kindred Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Kindred Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Varus with Kindred
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 Kindred Will Play
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Varus Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Varus in LoL
The Varus Kindred synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kindred, 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 Kindred. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kindred helps Varus perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is an ally to Kindred, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Kindred does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that their support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Kindred on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Kindred. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kindred.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Kindred on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Kindred does a decent job of protecting Varus in teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Kindred
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Is Varus better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no top companion for Varus that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Kindred is a relatively poor ally for Varus. By locking into the same team as Varus, they drops their win rate by -2.7% to 45.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Varus and Kindred that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kindred has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players should be cautious when enlisting Kindred teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Varus players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by grouping Varus and Kindred together, you may not be giving your team much engage potential. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this gap in their potential.
Regardless of your Kindred ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing 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 truly master Varus to pair well with Kindred during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Varus and Kindred synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Kindred than with most other common builds. In fact, Varus had an average winrate of 45.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kindred with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.7% winrate overall.
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