Varus with Lucian
How to Synergize Varus and Lucian
based on 1,140 Varus with Lucian pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Lucian Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Lucian Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Lucian
Tips for Playing as Varus with Lucian
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 Lucian Will Play
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
Varus Lucian Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lucian as Varus in LoL
The Varus Lucian synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lucian, 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 Lucian. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Lucian helps Varus perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus is an ally to Lucian, he gets a noticable increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference may signal that Lucian helps 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 with Lucian on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Lucian.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Lucian on the same team, he typically receives more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Lucian does a poor job of protecting Varus during team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Lucian
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Is Varus better when played alongside Lucian?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Varus that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, Lucian is a relatively poor ally for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he drops their win rate by -2.8% to 45.6%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Varus and Lucian that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Lucian has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you must be careful when lining up Lucian teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Varus players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Varus and Lucian together, you may not be providing your side enough utility. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Lucian teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to truly master Varus in order to work well with Lucian during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Varus and Lucian synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Shadowflame. When Varus used at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Lucian than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 45.6% when playing alongside Lucian with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you 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 that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.6% winrate overall.
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