Varus with Shaco
How to Synergize Varus and Shaco
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Varus Shaco Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Shaco
Tips for Playing as Varus with Shaco
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 Shaco Will Play
Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.
Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.
Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.
Varus Shaco Synergy Stats
How to Play with Shaco as Varus in LoL
The Varus Shaco synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shaco, 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 Shaco. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Shaco helps Varus perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Varus tries to synergize with Shaco, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Shaco helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played alongside Shaco on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Shaco.
Moreover, when Varus plays with Shaco on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Shaco does a poor job of protecting Varus in team fights.
Synergies between Varus and Shaco
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Is Varus better when played alongside Shaco?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Varus that will always be his best ally. However, Shaco is a very typical companion for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he decreases their win rate by -1.0% to 47.4%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Varus and Shaco that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Shaco has a much greater difficulty compared to Varus. That means you must be cautious when arranging Shaco allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Varus and Shaco together, you may not be providing your team a lot of cover. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of your Shaco ally's ability, 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, 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 Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to focus on in your Varus and Shaco synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Varus included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Shaco than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 47.4% when playing alongside Shaco with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Varus players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Varus and Shaco pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% winrate overall.
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