Varus with Skarner
How to Synergize Varus and Skarner
based on 514 Varus with Skarner pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Skarner Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Skarner
Tips for Playing as Varus with Skarner
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 Skarner Will Play
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Varus Skarner Synergy Stats
How to Play with Skarner as Varus in LoL
The Varus Skarner synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Skarner, 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 Skarner. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Skarner helps Varus perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus plays on the same team as Skarner, he sees a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Skarner supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played together with Skarner 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 synergisticly with Skarner.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Skarner on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Skarner does a decent job of protecting Varus in teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Skarner
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Is Varus better when played alongside Skarner?
There is no perfect ally for Varus that will always be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Skarner is a very typical teammate for Varus. By being on the same side as Varus, he improves their win rate by 0.8% to 49.2%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Varus and Skarner that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Skarner has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means Varus players need to be very careful when lining up Skarner comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by aligning Varus and Skarner together, you probably will not be giving your side much magical damage output. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Skarner ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Varus to synergize with Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to use in your Varus and Skarner synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Varus combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Skarner than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Varus boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Skarner with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Varus players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.2% win rate overall.
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