Varus with Lissandra
How to Synergize Varus and Lissandra
based on 1,892 Varus with Lissandra pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Lissandra Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Varus with Lissandra
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 Lissandra Will Play
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
Varus Lissandra Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lissandra as Varus in LoL
The Varus Lissandra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lissandra, 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 Lissandra. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Lissandra helps Varus perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is paired with Lissandra, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Lissandra supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Lissandra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lissandra.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Lissandra on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Lissandra does a poor job of protecting Varus in teamfights.
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Is Varus better when played alongside Lissandra?
There is no perfect ally for Varus that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Lissandra is a not very good companion for Varus. By locking into the same side as Varus, she drops their win rate by -2.1% to 46.3%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Varus and Lissandra that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Lissandra has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you should be cautious when lining up Lissandra teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, Varus players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Varus and Lissandra together, you will not be granting your other allies enough engage potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Lissandra teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Varus in order to pair well with Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Varus and Lissandra synergy build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Varus incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Lissandra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Lissandra with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Varus players should take 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 runes players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.3% win rate overall.
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