Varus with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Varus and Kog'Maw
based on 273 Varus with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Varus Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Varus and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Varus with Kog'Maw
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 Kog'Maw Will Play
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Varus Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Varus in LoL
The Varus Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, 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 Kog'Maw. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kog'Maw helps Varus perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is an ally to Kog'Maw, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change may indicate that Kog'Maw provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same team, 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 Kog'Maw.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Kog'Maw on the same team, he typically takes more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Varus in teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Kog'Maw
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Varus better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no perfect ally for Varus that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Kog'Maw is a decent teammate for Varus. By playing on the same side as Varus, he improves their win rate by 1.8% to 50.2%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Varus and Kog'Maw that results in them performing better together than alone.
Kog'Maw has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you should be very careful when lining up Kog'Maw teammates to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Varus and Kog'Maw together, you may not be providing your other teammates much tankyness. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
Other Champion Matchups Against Varus
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Varus Players
How We Calculated Our Varus Kog'Maw Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Varus to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to focus on in your Varus and Kog'Maw synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Kog'Maw than with most other common builds. In fact, Varus boasted an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Kog'Maw with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Varus players should use 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 builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Kog'Maw with Varus are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.