Varus with Mordekaiser
How to Synergize Varus and Mordekaiser
based on 9,980 Varus with Mordekaiser pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Mordekaiser Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Varus with Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser Will Play
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Varus Mordekaiser Synergy Stats
How to Play with Mordekaiser as Varus in LoL
The Varus Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, 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 Mordekaiser. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Mordekaiser helps Varus perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus plays on the same team as Mordekaiser, he sees a little decrease in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Mordekaiser does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Mordekaiser on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Mordekaiser.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Mordekaiser on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Mordekaiser does a decent job of covering Varus in teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Mordekaiser
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Is Varus better when played alongside Mordekaiser?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Varus that will no matter what be his #1 ally. However, Mordekaiser is a good teammate for Varus. By locking into the same team as Varus, he increases their win rate by 2.6% to 51.0%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Varus and Mordekaiser that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Mordekaiser has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you must be very careful when finding Mordekaiser teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by grouping Varus and Mordekaiser together, you will not be providing your other allies enough utility. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Mordekaiser ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Mordekaiser during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to have in your Varus and Mordekaiser synergy build include Runaan's Hurricane, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Mordekaiser than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Mordekaiser with Varus are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.