Viktor with Varus
How to Synergize Viktor and Varus
based on 2,117 Viktor with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Varus Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Varus
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Varus
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
Advice to Understand How Varus Will Play
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.
Viktor Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Viktor sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Varus. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Varus helps Viktor perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Viktor plays on the same team as Varus, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Varus does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played together with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Varus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Varus.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Varus on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Varus does a decent job of covering Viktor in team fights.
Synergies between Viktor and Varus
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Varus?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Viktor that will always be his #1 ally. However, Varus is a not very good teammate for Viktor. By being on the same side as Viktor, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Viktor and Varus that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Varus has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means Viktor players don't need to be careful when arranging Varus teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing together, Viktor players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Viktor and Varus together, you probably will not be providing your side very much utility. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Varus teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to work well with Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to focus on in your Viktor and Varus synergy build consist of Lich Bane, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 49.1% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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