Varus with Sylas
How to Synergize Varus and Sylas
based on 5,004 Varus with Sylas pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Varus Sylas Synergy Summary
Best Varus vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Varus and Sylas
Tips for Playing as Varus with Sylas
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 Sylas Will Play
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Varus Sylas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sylas as Varus in LoL
The Varus Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Sylas helps Varus perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Varus is paired with Sylas, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Sylas does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Varus is played with Sylas on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Sylas. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sylas.
Additionally, when Varus plays with Sylas on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Sylas does a decent job of covering Varus in teamfights.
Synergies between Varus and Sylas
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Is Varus better when played alongside Sylas?
There is no top ally for Varus that will always be his best teammate. However, Sylas is a not very good ally for Varus. By locking into the same team as Varus, he decreases their win rate by -1.1% to 47.3%. This shows that there is a bad synergy between Varus and Sylas that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Sylas has a greater difficulty than Varus. That means you must be very careful when finding Sylas allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Varus and Sylas together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of utility. Plan to include other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Sylas ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Sylas during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Varus and Sylas synergy build include Muramana, Edge of Night, and Opportunity. When Varus included at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Sylas than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 47.3% helping carry Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you 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 builds that we analyzed for Varus and Sylas pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.
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